Hnat Petrovych Yura (, ; also Gnat Yura; – January 18, 1966) was a Soviet and Ukrainian director,

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of theatre and film,

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. He directed two films, and appeared on screen six times during the

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. Yura received titles of professor (1946), People's Actor of Ukraine (1930), and People's Actor of the Soviet Union (1940).Tomazova, N.
Hnat Yura (ЮРА ГНАТ ПЕТРОВИЧ)
'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. 2013

Biography

Yura was born in village Fedvar (today Pidlisne). His stage experience has started in 1904 within an amateur club, while his professional performance started in 1907 as part of the Maksymovych troupe. Before the

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he emigrated to

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where in 1913–1914 performed as an actor at the Ruska Besida Association theater in Lemberg (

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). Soon after the start of the war in 1916–1919 Yura was a member of the "Molodyi Teatr" theatre (

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troupe) located in

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. In 1919 "Molodyi Teatr" was added to the newly reformed First Theater of the

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based on the State Drama Theater of Ukraine.Ternyuk, P.
First Theater of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (ПЕРШИЙ ТЕАТР УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ РАДЯНСЬКОЇ РЕСПУБЛІКИ)
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. In 1920 a group of former "Molodyi Theatre" led by Yura joined "Novyi Lvivskyi Teatr" which in

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was reformed into the Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre and for the first few years (1920–1923) was touring Ukraine.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1936) * '' Cossacks Beyond the Danube'' (1937) * '' Shchors'' (1939) * ''

Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (; ; 9 March 1814 – 10 March 1861) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, folklorist, and ethnographer. He was a fellow of the Imperial Academy of Arts and a member of the Brotherhood o ...

'' (1951) * '' The Unforgettable Year 1919'' (1952) * '' Martin Borulya'' (1953)

References

Bibliography

* James Steffen. ''The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov''. University of Wisconsin Pres, 2013.

External links

* * 1888 births 1966 deaths People from Kirovohrad Oblast People from Kherson Governorate Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Austria-Hungary Ukrainian film directors Ukrainian male stage actors Ukrainian male film actors Soviet film directors Soviet male stage actors Soviet male film actors Ukrainian Discourse Theatre Academic staff of Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University First convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Second convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Third convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Fourth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Fifth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine People's Artists of the USSR Burials at Baikove Cemetery {{USSR-actor-stub