Alexei Valerievich Devotchenko (russian: Алексе́й Вале́рьевич Дево́тченко; 14 October 1965 – 5 November 2014) was a
Russian actor and
activist
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.
Born in
Leningrad, he studied at the school No. 179 of the Kalinin District (1973-1983). Devotchenko got his first acting experience in
Theater of Youth Creativity
Theater of Youth Creativity (russian: Театр Юношеского Творчества) (TYUT for short) - youth theatre school in Leningrad was founded by Matvey Dubrovin in 1956.
The history of the Theater
Theater of Youth Creativity ...
(1978-1983). In 1990 he graduated from the
Cherkasov Cherkasov (masculine, russian: Черка́сов) or Cherkasova (feminine) is a Russian surname. It may refer to:
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Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography, workshop of
Arkady Katzman and
Lev Dodin
Lev Abramovich Dodin (russian: Лев Абрамович Додин, born 1944) is a modern Russian theater director, the leader of Saint Petersburg Maly Drama Theater.
Biography
Lev Dodin was born in Novokuznetsk in 1944. He first experienced ...
. He was a member of the United Civil Front in St. Petersburg, the participant Dissenters. March 10, 2010 signed the appeal of the Russian opposition "
Putin must go".
On 18 November 2011, in his
Live Journal
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blog Devotchenko announced that he refused the title
Honored Artist of Russia and the two State Prizes of Russia, and called on cultural figures to boycott events that support the Russian government. In March 2014, he signed a letter "We are with you!" opposing the
Russian military intervention in Ukraine
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.
On 5 November 2014, Alexei Devotchenko was found dead in a pool of blood in his apartment in
Moscow.
Death of Alexei Devotchenko
by RFE/RL
References
External links
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Alexei Devotchenko
Online Film Teatr.ru
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Male actors from Saint Petersburg
Russian male film actors
Russian male stage actors
Russian male television actors
1965 births
2014 deaths
20th-century Russian male actors
21st-century Russian male actors
Soviet male actors
Honored Artists of the Russian Federation
State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates
Russian State Institute of Performing Arts alumni