Bohdan Sylvestrovych Stupka (; 27 August 1941 – 22 July 2012) was a Ukrainian actor and minister of culture of Ukraine. He was born in Kulykiv,

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to Ukrainian parents. In 2001, he was a member of the jury at the

23rd Moscow International Film Festival The 23rd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 21 to 30 June 2001. The Golden St. George was awarded to the American film '' The Believer'' directed by Henry Bean. Jury * Margarethe von Trotta (Germany – President of the Jury) * ...

. At the

26th Moscow International Film Festival The 26th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 18 to 27 July 2004. The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film '' Our Own'' directed by Dmitriy Meshiev. Jury * Alan Parker (United Kingdom – chairman of the jury) * Jerzy Stuh ...

he won the award for Best Actor for his role in '' Our Own''. Stupka played in more than a hundred roles in films and over fifty in theaters. Stupka was awarded the titles '' Artist of Ukraine,''

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. The term is confusingly used to translate two Russian language titles: Народный арти ...

, and

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. Bohdan Stupka was buried in

Baikove Cemetery Baikove Cemetery () is a historic cemetery memorial in Holosiivskyi District of Kyiv, Ukraine. It is a National Historic Monument of Ukraine and is known as a necropolis of distinguished people. History The cemetery was established in 1833 a ...

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

. His son Ostap Stupka is also an actor.

Awards

*Kyiv Pectoral Award in the category "Best Male Role", play by Irena Kowal: ("The Lion and the Lioness") (2001) * Golden Aries Award in the category "Best Male Role" ('' Our Own'') (2004) *Silver George prize of the

Moscow International Film Festival The Moscow International Film Festival (, Transliteration, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is a film festival first held in Moscow in 1935 and became regular since 1959. From its inception to ...

"Best Male Role" ('' Our Own'') (2004) * Golden Eagle Award in the category "Best Supporting Actor" (''

A Driver for Vera ''A Driver for Vera'' (, ''Voditel dlya Very'') is a 2004 Ukrainian-Russian co-produced psychological drama film from 2004, set in 1962 Sevastopol, Ukraine, directed and written by Russian Pavel Chukhrai. The film won numerous Russian awards inc ...

'') (2005) *

Nika Award The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national film award in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the Oscars. In 2022 nominees were announced, b ...

in the nomination "Best Male Role" ('' Our Own'') (2005) * Golden Eagle Award in the category "Best Male Role in Cinema" (''

Taras Bulba ''Taras Bulba'' (; ) is a romanticized historical novella set in the first half of the 17th century, written by Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852). It features elderly Zaporozhian Cossack Taras Bulba and his sons Andriy and Ostap. The sons study at th ...

'') (2010) * Golden Eagle Award in the category "Best Supporting Actor" (''

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'') (2012)

Selected filmography

*1971: ''

White Bird with Black Mark ''The White Bird Marked with Black'' (, ) is a 1971 Soviet period drama film directed by Yuri Ilyenko. It was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival and won the Golden Prize. Plot The plot takes place between 1937 and 1947, in a ...

'' as Orest *1971: ''

Insight Insight is the understanding of a specific causality, cause and effect within a particular context. The term insight can have several related meanings: *a piece of information *the act or result of understanding the inner nature of things or of se ...

'' as Yuriy Morozenko *1972: ''Contrary to Everything'' as Simeon *1973: '' The Last Day'' as Valera *1973: ''Housewarming'' as Danko *1975: ''Waves of the Black Sea'' as Troyan *1977: ''The Right for Love'' as Yakov *1979: ''Forget the Word "Death" as Ivan Ostrovoy *1980: ''Dudaryky'' as Leontovich *1980: ''Otherwise it is Impossible'' as master Petushkov *1981: ''From the Bug to the Vistula'' as conjurer *1982: ''

Red Bells II ''Red Bells II'' (also known as ''10 Days That Shook the World'' and ''Red Bells Part II – I Saw the Birth of the New World''; released in the Philippines as ''Comrade in Arms'') is a 1983 adventure-drama film directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. It wa ...

'' as

Kerensky Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky ( – 11 June 1970) was a Russian lawyer and revolutionary who led the Russian Provisional Government and the short-lived Russian Republic for three months from late July to early November 1917 (New Style, N.S.). ...

*1982: ''Secrets of St. George'' as Oleksa *1983: ''Whirlpool'' as Ioska Vikhor *1984: ''Everything Starts with Love'' as Antonyuk *1984: ''Stolen Happiness'' as Mikhailo Zadorozhny *1986: ''Start an Investigation'' as Stasenko *1987: ''Daniel, Prince of Galicia'' as Sudich *1988: ''Stone Soul'' as Sergey Muratov *1988: ''Dress Rehearsal'' as

Vasili Gogol-Yanovsky Vasili Afanasyevich Gogol-Yanovsky (; 1777 – 31 March (11 April) 1825), also known as Vasyl Panasovych Hohol-Yanovsky (), was an author of a number of theater pieces in Russian and in Ukrainian and father of the writer Nikolai Gogol. He was the ...

*1990: ''

Nikolai Vavilov Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov ( rus, Никола́й Ива́нович Вави́лов, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ vɐˈvʲiləf, a=Ru-Nikolay_Ivanovich_Vavilov.ogg; – 26 January 1943) was a Russian and Soviet Union, Soviet agronom ...

'' as

Trofim Lysenko Trofim Denisovich Lysenko (; , ; 20 November 1976) was a Soviet agronomist and scientist.''An ill-educated agronomist with huge ambitions, Lysenko failed to become a real scientist, but greatly succeeded in exposing of the “bourgeois enemies o ...

*1991: ''Kremlin Secrets of the 16th Century'' as

Boris Godunov Boris Feodorovich Godunov (; ; ) was the ''de facto'' regent of Russia from 1585 to 1598 and then tsar from 1598 to 1605 following the death of Feodor I, the last of the Rurik dynasty. After the end of Feodor's reign, Russia descended into t ...

*1991: ''The Sin'' as Stalynskiy *1992: ''For Home Fire'' as Hirsch, police officer *1992: ''God, Forgive Us Sinners'' as Tsibukin *1992: ''Four Sheets of Plywood, or Two Murders in a Bar'' as police colonel *1992: ''Taras Shevchenko. Testament'' as host *1993: '' The Gray Wolves'' as

Vladimir Semichastny Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastny (; ; 15 January 1924 – 12 January 2001) was a Soviet politician, who served as Chairman of the KGB from November 1961 to May 1967. A protégé of Alexander Shelepin, he rose through the ranks of the Communist ...

*1993: ''Fuchzhou'' as Matvii Kosht *1993: ''The Road to Paradise'' as academician Vladimir Naumovich Lerner *1993: '' Trap'' (TV Series) as Stalsky *1995: ''Single Player'' as Pavel Kondratievich *1995: ''Gelli and Nok'' as Gutan *1996: ''Judenkreis, or Eternal Wheel'' as Liberzon *1999: ''

With Fire and Sword ''By Fire and Sword'' () is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1884. It is the first volume of a series known to Poles as The Trilogy, followed by '' The Deluge'' (''Potop'', 1886) and '' Fire in the Step ...

'' as Bohdan Chmielnicki *1999: ''

East/West ''East/West'' (; ) is a 1999 drama film directed by Régis Wargnier, starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Oleg Menshikov, Catherine Deneuve and Sergei Bodrov Jr. It received generally positive reviews from critics. The film was nominated for the Best ...

'' as colonel Boyko *1999: '' Chinese Service'' as Lapsin *2002: '' A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa'' as Hetman Mazepa *2003: '' An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God'' as Popiel *2004: '' Our Own'' as Ivan Blinov *2004: ''

'' as general Serov *2005: '' Stealing Tarantino'' as Feliks Dobrzhansky *2006: '' Rabbit Over the Void'' as Leonid Brezhnev *2007: '' Two in One'' as Andrei *2007: ''Three and Snowflake'' as Andrew's Father *2007: ''18-14'' as Vasily Malinovsky *2008: ''

Sappho Sappho (; ''Sapphṓ'' ; Aeolic Greek ''Psápphō''; ) was an Ancient Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. Sappho is known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung while accompanied by music. In ancient times, Sapph ...

'' as professor Orlov *2008: ''

Alexander Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here ar ...

'' as prince Yaroslav *2008: ''Serce na dloni'' as Konstanty *2009: ''

'' as Taras Bulba *2009: ''Insight'' as old man *2010: '' Chantrapas'' as ambassador Firsov *2010: ''Ivanov'' as Pavel Kirillyich Lebedev *2010: ''Platon Anhel'' (TV Movie) as Platon Nikitich Anhel *2011: ''

Brothel Lights ''Brothel Lights'' () is a Russian film directed by Alexander Gordon, a screen version of the same story by Harry Gordon. The film premiered on June 11, 2011 at the Kinotavr Film Festival, and was released on November 3, 2011. Plot Set in Odess ...

'' as Zaslavsky *2011: ''

'' (Russia) as Grigory Ivanovich Shamanov *2011: '' Rejection'' as Ivan Pavlovich *2013: ''Podporuchik Romashov'' as Shulgovich *2015: ''12 Months. New Fairy Tale'' as December (final film role)

Commemoration

* Streets in the cities of

Vinnytsia Vinnytsia ( ; , ) is a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug. It serves as the administrative centre, administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast. It is the largest city in the historic region of Podillia. It also s ...

, Bucha,

Boryspil Boryspil (, ) is a city and the administrative center of Boryspil Raion in Kyiv Oblast (region) in northern and central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Boryspil urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population was estimate ...

Zhytomyr Zhytomyr ( ; see #Names, below for other names) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the Capital city, administrative center of Zhytomyr Oblast (Oblast, province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding ...

Zaporizhia Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a population of ...

, Synelnykove,

Tavriisk Tavriisk (, ; ) is a small city in Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine, close to the city of Nova Kakhovka. It is located on the left bank of the Dnieper River. Tavriisk hosts the administration of the , one of the hromadas of Ukr ...

Pokrovsk Pokrovsk (, ; ), formerly known as Krasnoarmiisk (until 2016) and Grishino (until 1934), is a city and the administrative center of Pokrovsk Raion in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located northwest of Donetsk. Prior to 2020, it was incorporat ...

, and

Sloviansk Sloviansk is a city in Donetsk Oblast, northern part of the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. The city was known as ''Tor'' until 1784. While it did not actually belong to the raion itself, Sloviansk served as the administrative center of the S ...

are named in his honor. * Asteroid 269252 Bohdanstupka, discovered on the night of Bohdan Stupka's 67th birthday at the

Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory () is a private astronomical observatory in the town suburbs of Andrushivka, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. It was established in 2001. The founder and director of the observatory is Yuri Ivashchenko. The observa ...

, was named in his honor. * On October 5, 2016,

Ukrposhta The Public Joint-stock company, JSC Ukrainian Postal Service or Ukrposhta () is the national postal service of Ukraine. It is a public company with 100% state ownership due to its strategic importance. From 1999–2015 it was a unitary enterpris ...

introduced into circulation a postage stamp dedicated to Bohdan Stupka, and the first day covers were canceled with a special commemorative stamp in Lviv and Kyiv post offices. * On the occasion of the actor's 75th birthday in 2016, the Bohdan Stupka Museum Room was opened in the building of the People's House in Kulykiv. * For the 76th anniversary of his birthday in 2017, a bust of Bohdan Stupka was installed near the building of the People's House in Kulykiv, Zhovkva district, Lviv Oblast. * On August 27, 2021, on the occasion of the actor's 80th birthday, a bas-relief and a memorial plaque with a miniature sculpture were unveiled on Mary Zankovetska Street in Kyiv. * In May 2022, in the city of

Horodok, Khmelnytskyi Oblast Horodok (, ) is a city in Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast (oblast, province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Horodok urban hromada, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Horodok urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population was ...

Tukhachevsky Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский, Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevskiy, p=tʊxɐˈtɕefskʲɪj; – 12 June 1937), nicknamed the Red Napoleon, was a Soviet general who was prominen ...

Street was renamed Bohdan Stupka Street.

References

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