Leonid Ivanovich Gubanov (2 August 192824 February 2004) was a Soviet Russian actor, theater director, and master of

spoken word Spoken word is an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities. It is a 20th-century continuation of an oral tradition, ancient oral artistic tradition that focuses on the aesthetic ...

performance. Born in village of in Leningrad Oblast (now in the

Nevsky District Nevsky District () is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 466,013; up from 438,061 recorded in the 2002 Census. Geography The district is the only one in St. Petersb ...

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601, ...

). He was awarded with the

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 ...

in 1989. Gubanov died on 24 February 2004. He is interred in

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

* '' Princess Mary'' as Grushnitsky (1954) * '' A Weary Road'' as Dmitri Orestovich (1956) * '' Murder on Dante Street'' as Madam Coupot's son (1956) * '' The Cossacks'' as Dmitri Olenin (1961) * ''

A Long Happy Life ''A Long Happy Life'' () is a 1966 Soviet melodrama film directed by Gennady Shpalikov. Included in the 100 best Russian films according to the Russian Guild of Film Critics (No. 92). The film tells about the geologist Viktor, who on his way ho ...

'' as Trofimov (1966)

Decorations and awards

Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" The Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" () is a commemorative medal of the Russian Federation created to denote the 850th anniversary of the city of Moscow. It was established on 26 February 1997 by Presidential Decree � ...

(1997) * Order of Honour (1998) *

Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds and efforts have been aimed at ...

(2003)Указ Президента РФ от 24 октября 2003 года
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* 1928 births 2004 deaths Male actors from Saint Petersburg Soviet male film actors Russian male film actors Soviet male stage actors Russian male stage actors Theatre directors from Saint Petersburg Russian spoken word artists Moscow Art Theatre School alumni People's Artists of the USSR People's Artists of the RSFSR Honored Artists of the RSFSR Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery {{USSR-actor-stub