Anna Ivanovna Kuzmina (; 3 March 1933 – 25 November 2017) was a

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Russian actress and author of the

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era and after. She was born in

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. For her work she was named an

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(1982) and People's Artist of the Republic of Sakha (2003). Kuzmina was a 1955 graduate of the

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branch of the Moscow Theater School, specializing in drama and film. In that year she began working at the theater in

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, today the Sakha Academic Theater. She was known for her role in the television series '' Umnullubat sulustar'' ("Unfading Stars"); films in which she starred include '' Motuo'', ''

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'' and '' Yalylyylar''. During her career she was named a deputy to the 8th Convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Yakut ASSR; she was also a member of the Higher Council of Elders of the Sakha Republic. In 2010, she published a book about theater in the Sakha Republic. Kuzmina was married to Mikhail Gogolev. She died in Yakutsk.

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Анна Ивановна Кузьмина
(in Russian) 1933 births 2017 deaths 20th-century Russian actresses 21st-century Russian women writers Honored Artists of the RSFSR People from the Sakha Republic Recipients of the Golden Mask Russian film actresses Russian stage actresses Russian television actresses Soviet stage actresses Soviet women in politics Yakut people Yakut women {{Russia-actor-stub