Igor Vladimirovich Starygin (

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:''Игорь Владимирович Старыгин'', 13 June 1946 in Moscow – 8 November 2009 in Moscow) was a Soviet and

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n stage and film actor. An alumnus of the

Russian Academy of Theatre Arts The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) () is the largest and oldest independent theatrical arts school in Russia. Located in Moscow, the school was founded on 22 September 1878 as the Shostakovsky Music School. It became the School of Mu ...

, Starygin had more than 40 roles in films and is most known for the role of

Aramis René d'Herblay, alias Aramis, is a fictional character in the novels ''The Three Musketeers'' (1844), '' Twenty Years After'' (1845), and '' The Vicomte de Bragelonne'' (1847–1850) by Alexandre Dumas, père. He and the other two musketeers, ...

in ''

D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers ''D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers'' (, ''D'Artanyan i tri mushketyora'') is a three-part swashbuckler musical miniseries produced in the Soviet Union and first aired in 1978. It is based on the 1844 novel ''The Three Musketeers'' by Alexandre Dum ...

'' (1979) and its sequels (1992, 1993, 2007). He had another famous role in the TV series '' The State Border'' (1980s). Starygin also performed with the

Moscow Art Theatre The Moscow Art Theatre (or MAT; , ''Moskovskiy Hudojestvenny Akademicheskiy Teatr'' (МHАТ) was a theatre company in Moscow. It was founded in by the seminal Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski, together with the playwright ...

and the

Theatre of Mossovet Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communica ...

. He died, aged 63, on 8 November 2009 in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

from complications of a

stroke Stroke is a medical condition in which poor cerebral circulation, blood flow to a part of the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: brain ischemia, ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and intracranial hemorrhage, hemor ...

. Starygin was buried at

Troyekurovskoye Cemetery The Troyekurovo Cemetery (), alternatively known as ''Novo-Kuntsevo Cemetery'' (), is a cemetery in Moscow, Russia. The cemetery is located in the former village of Troyekurovo on the western edge of Moscow, which derives its name from the Troye ...

Selected filmography

* ''Revenge'' (Возмездие, 1967) * ''

We'll Live Till Monday ''We'll Live Till Monday'' (, translit. Dozhivyom do ponedelnika) is a 1968 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky. It was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Golden Prize. The fil ...

'' (Доживём до понедельника, 1968) * ''

The Adjutant of His Excellency ''The Adjutant of His Excellency'' () is a Soviet television mini-series which was produced in 1969 and is set during the Russian Civil War. The plot revolves around Captain Pavel Koltsov, an agent working for the Soviet secret police who is spyin ...

'' (Адъютант его превосходительства, 1969) * ''Accused of Murder'' (Обвиняются в убийстве, 1969) * ''Towns and Years'' (Города и годы, 1973) * ''The Red and the Black'' (Красное и чёрное, 1976) * ''

d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers ''D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers'' (, ''D'Artanyan i tri mushketyora'') is a three-part swashbuckler musical miniseries produced in the Soviet Union and first aired in 1978. It is based on the 1844 novel ''The Three Musketeers'' by Alexandre Dum ...

'' (Д’Артаньян и три мушкетёра, 1978) * ''The State Border. We Will Build Our New...'' (Государственная граница. Мы наш, мы новый..., 1980) * ''The State Border. Peaceful '21 Summer'' (Государственная граница. Мирное лето 21-го года, 1980) * ''

Moon Rainbow ''Moon Rainbow'' () is a 1983 Soviet science fiction drama film directed by Andrei Yermash based on the novel of the same name by Sergei Pavlov about a person gaining inexplicable extrasensory properties in the process of space exploration. Plot ...

'' (Лунная радуга, 1983) * ''

Musketeers Twenty Years After ''Musketeers Twenty Years After'' (, translit. ''Mushketeri dvadsat' let spustya'') is a four-episode Russian musical film directed by Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich based on Alexandre Dumas' 1845 novel '' Twenty Years After''. Filming began ...

'' (Мушкетёры двадцать лет спустя, 1992) * ''

The Secret of Queen Anne or Musketeers Thirty Years After ''The Secret of Queen Anne or Musketeers Thirty Years After'' (; translit. ''Taina korolevi Anni, ili Mushketeri tritsat' let spustya'') is a 1993 Russian swashbuckler film directed by Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich based on Alexandre Dumas' 184 ...

'' (Тайна королевы Анны, или Мушкетёры тридцать лет спустя, 1993) * ''

The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin ''The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin'' () is a 2009 Russian musical comedy film directed by Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich. The film begins with the deaths of Aramis and Porthos in a fight, the suicide of Athos, and th ...

'' (Возвращение мушкетёров, или Сокровища кардинала Мазарини, 2007)

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* * 1946 births 2009 deaths Male actors from Moscow Soviet male actors Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery {{Russia-actor-stub