Iya Alexeyevna Arepina (; July 2, 1930 in

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– July 24, 2003 in

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n actress. She was named Best Actress at the

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Selected filmography

* '' Steppe Dawns'' (1953) as Varya * '' A Big Family'' (1954) as Tonya Zhurbina * '' Land and People'' (1955) as student * ''

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'' (1956) as Alyonushka * '' The Wrestler and the Clown'' (1957) as Maria Nikolayevna aka Mimi * '' Most Expensive'' (1957) as Polina, sister of Roman * '' The Captain's Daughter'' (1958) as Masha Mironova * '' Red Leaves'' (1958) as Stasya Yanovskaya * '' On the Roads of War'' (1958) as Vera * '' Under the Sound of Wheels'' (1958) as Nastya * ''

Journey Beyond Three Seas ''A Journey Beyond the Three Seas'' () is a Russian travelogue in the form of travel notes, made by Afanasy Nikitin, a merchant from Tver, during his journey to the Indian subcontinent in 1466–1472. ''A Journey Beyond the Three Seas'' was ...

'' (1958) as Dunayaha * '' Special Approach'' (1959) as ''Olya, kindergarten manageress'' * '' Gloomy Vangur'' (1959) as Natasha, student * '' After the Ball'' (1961) as Varenka Butyrlina * '' When Bridges are Made'' (1962) as Inga * ''

War and Peace ''War and Peace'' (; pre-reform Russian: ; ) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the work comprises both a fictional narrative and chapters in which Tolstoy discusses history and philosophy. An ...

'' (1967) as girl in the Akhrosimova house, who gave Natasha a letter * '' The Incident, which no one Noticed'' (1967) * '' The Red Snowball Tree'' (1974) as Egor Prokudin's sister

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* 1930 births 2003 deaths Russian film actresses Soviet film actresses Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress winners People from Mordovia {{USSR-actor-stub