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Mark Anatolyevich Zakharov (russian: Марк Анатольевич Захаров; 13 October 1933 – 28 September 2019) was a
, 30 September 2019
Soviet
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and Russia
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n stage and film director, screenwriter and pedagogue
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best known for his fantasy parable
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movies. He was named People's Artist of the USSR
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Nomenclature and significa ...
in 1991.
Zakharov served as the artistic director at the Lenkom Theatre from 1973 till his death. He gathered a "dream team" of actors and reestablished Lenkom as one of the leading Soviet theatres.Life and career
Mark Zakharov was born in Moscow into a family of teachers. His paternal grandfather belonged toRussian nobility
The Russian nobility (russian: дворянство ''dvoryanstvo'') originated in the 14th century. In 1914 it consisted of approximately 1,900,000 members (about 1.1% of the population) in the Russian Empire.
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and was killed in action during the World War I
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, while his paternal grandmother belonged to Crimean Karaites
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. His father Anatoly Zakharov served as a Red Army
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soldier during the Russian Civil War
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, then worked as a school teacher in physical culture before being arrested in 1934 for counter-revolutionary activity and sentenced to three years in prison; he took part in the Great Patriotic War
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and in 1949 was expelled from Moscow again for several years as "previously convicted"., 10 July 2018 (in Russian)
Zakharov's mother Galina Sergeevna Zakharova (née Bardina) was a trained actress who led children's acting classes. His maternal grandfather Sergei Nikolaevich Bardin was a White officer who fought under Alexander Kolchak
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before leaving for Australia; his wife Sophia Nikolaevna Bardina chose to stay in Russia and headed an orphanage
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. As Zakharov himself wrote, " always considered myself Russian, even though my father admitted that we also had Tatar
The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different blood. Zakharov was raised in Moscow, where he was encouraged by his mother in his persistent efforts to become an actor. He was admitted after several attempts, and graduated from the acting school of the State Theatre Institute in 1955. Zakharov was the Artistic Director of Moscow's Lenkom Theatre since 1973, where he helped to define the landscape of Moscow's theatrical culture. Zakharov helped create an ensemble of actors who worked with him at Lenkom, including: Yevgeny Leonov, Inna Churikova, Leonid Bronevoy, Oleg Yankovsky, Aleksandr Abdulov, Nikolai Karachentsov,Mark Zakharov buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery
by
* Order of Friendship of Peoples
* Order of Merit for the Fatherland;
**1st class (13 October 2008) – for outstanding contribution to the development of domestic theatrical art and many years of creative activity
**2nd class (11 October 2003) – for outstanding contribution to the development of theatrical arts
**3rd class (26 April 1997) – for services to the state and the great personal contribution to the development of theatrical art
**4th class (13 September 2013)
* Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1977)
*
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different blood. Zakharov was raised in Moscow, where he was encouraged by his mother in his persistent efforts to become an actor. He was admitted after several attempts, and graduated from the acting school of the State Theatre Institute in 1955. Zakharov was the Artistic Director of Moscow's Lenkom Theatre since 1973, where he helped to define the landscape of Moscow's theatrical culture. Zakharov helped create an ensemble of actors who worked with him at Lenkom, including: Yevgeny Leonov, Inna Churikova, Leonid Bronevoy, Oleg Yankovsky, Aleksandr Abdulov, Nikolai Karachentsov,
Tatyana Pelttser
Tatyana Ivanovna Pelttser (russian: Татья́на Ива́новна Пе́льтцер; german: Tatjana Peltzer; June 6, 1904 in Moscow – July 16, 1992 in Moscow), was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. People's Artist of ...
, Aleksandr Zbruyev, Aleksandra Zakharova, Tatyana Kravchenko, Aleksandr Lazarev, and Dmitry Pevtsov.
His name appeared on a petition opposing Russian annexation of Crimea
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, however, he himself denied ever signing it. He stated in an interview that he opposed Russian soldiers being deployed to Ukraine
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as it reminded him the start of the Afghanistan conflict, however, he also couldn't imagine Russia without Crimea
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. He also stated that had he been offered to sign a letter supporting the annexation, he would've signed it.
Mark Zakharov died in Moscow on 28 September 2019, 15 days before his 86th birthday. He was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery
Novodevichy Cemetery ( rus, Новоде́вичье кла́дбище, Novodevichye kladbishche) is a cemetery in Moscow. It lies next to the southern wall of the 16th-century Novodevichy Convent, which is the city's third most popular touris ...
near Stanislav Govorukhin
Stanislav Sergeyevich Govorukhin (russian: Станислав Сергеевич Говорухин; 29 March 1936 – 14 June 2018) was a Soviet and Russian film director, actor, screenwriter, producer and politician. He was named People's Artis ...
, Leonid Bronevoy and Oleg Tabakov.by
TASS
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, 1 October 2019 (in Russian)
Musical productions
* '' Juno and Avos'', a rock operaFilmography
* ''Train Stop — Two Minutes
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'' (1972)
* ''Wake Up and Sing'' (TV, 1974)
* '' The Captivating Star of Happiness'' (1975) (screenplay)
* '' The Twelve Chairs'' (1976)
* '' An Ordinary Miracle'' (1978)
* '' The Very Same Munchhausen'' (1979)
* ''The House That Swift Built
''The House That Swift Built'' (russian: Дом, который построил Свифт, Dom, kotoriy postroil Svift) is a 1982 Soviet fantasy comedy film directed by Mark Zakharov based on the eponymous play by Grigori Gorin about Irish satir ...
'' (1983)
* ''Formula of Love
''Formula of Love'' (russian: Формула любви, Formula lyubvi) is a 1984 Soviet romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Mark Zakharov, from a screenplay by Grigori Gorin. It is loosely based on the story "Count Cagliostro" by Aleksey ...
'' (1984)
* '' To Kill a Dragon'' (1988)
* '' Balakirev the Buffoon'' (2002)
Honours and awards
* Order of Friendship of Peoples
* Order of Merit for the Fatherland;
**1st class (13 October 2008) – for outstanding contribution to the development of domestic theatrical art and many years of creative activity
**2nd class (11 October 2003) – for outstanding contribution to the development of theatrical arts
**3rd class (26 April 1997) – for services to the state and the great personal contribution to the development of theatrical art
**4th class (13 September 2013)
* Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1977)
* People's Artist of the USSR
People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union.
Nomenclature and significa ...
(1991)
* USSR State Prize
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(1987) – for the production of plays in the Lenkom Theatre
* Russian Federation State Prize (1992, 1997, 2002)
* National Award "Musical Heart of Theatre" (2007) – Winner of the Grand Award for outstanding creative achievement in the field of musical theatre
* Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts
Russian Academy of Arts (RAKh / rus. РАХ, Росси́йская акаде́мия худо́жеств) is the State scientific Institution of Russian Federation, eligible heir to the USSR Academy of Arts. RAKh is the public cultural Instit ...
* International Stanislavsky Theatre Award (2010) – "for his contribution to the development of Russian theatre"
* The minor planet 5359 Markzakharov was named in his honour
* Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation
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(2018)
See also
* Grigori Gorin, the playwright of many Zakharov's plays and filmsReferences
External links
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