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Stanislav Sergeyevich Govorukhin (; 29 March 1936 – 14 June 2018) was a
Soviet
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
and
Russian
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film director, actor, screenwriter, producer and politician. He was named
People's Artist of Russia
People's Artist of the Russian Federation (, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an honorary and the highest title awarded to citizens of the Russian Federation ...
in 2006. His movies often featured detective or adventure plots.
Biography
Govorukhin was born in
Berezniki,
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Sverdlovsk Oblast ( rus, Свердловская область, Sverdlovskaya oblastʹ, p=svʲɪrdˈlofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the c ...
(now
Perm Krai
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). His parents divorced before he was born. His father Sergei Georgievich Govorukhin came from
Russian
Russian(s) may refer to:
*Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*A citizen of Russia
*Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
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Don Cossacks
Don Cossacks (, ) or Donians (, ), are Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don River (Russia), Don. Historically, they lived within the former Don Cossack Host (, ), which was either an independent or an autonomous democratic rep ...
and was arrested as part of the
decossackization
De-Cossackization () was the Bolshevik policy of systematic repression against the Cossacks in the former Russian Empire between 1919 and 1933, especially the Don and Kuban Cossacks in Russia, aimed at the elimination of the Cossacks as a dist ...
genocide campaign started by
Yakov Sverdlov
Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov ( – 16 March 1919) was a Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician. A key Bolshevik organizer of the October Revolution of 1917, Sverdlov served as chairman of the Secretariat of the Russian Communist Party from ...
. He had been exiled to Siberia where he died around 1938 at the age of 30. His mother Praskovya Afanasievna Glazkova was a tailor. She came from the
Volga region
The Volga region, known as the ( , ; rus, Поволжье, r=Povolžje, p=pɐˈvoɫʐje; ), is a historical region in Russia that encompasses the drainage basin of the Volga River, the longest river in Europe, in central and southern European ...
, from a simple
Russian
Russian(s) may refer to:
*Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*A citizen of Russia
*Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
*''The Russians'', a b ...
family of a village school teacher. She raised Sergei and his sister Inessa by herself and died at the age of 53.
. During the Soviet period, Govorukhin became noted for his successful adaptations of adolescent classics, including ''
Robinson Crusoe
''Robinson Crusoe'' ( ) is an English adventure novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. Written with a combination of Epistolary novel, epistolary, Confessional writing, confessional, and Didacticism, didactic forms, the ...
'' (1972), ''
Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1981), ''
In Search of the Castaways'' (1983) and ''
Ten Little Niggers'' (an adaptation of
Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English people, English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving ...
's original 1939 novel ''
And Then There Were None
''And Then There Were None'' is a mystery fiction, mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, who described it as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 N ...
'') in 1987.
Most of his Soviet movies were made at the
Odessa Film Studio. He was good friends with
Vladimir Vysotsky
Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky (25 January 193825 July 1980) was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor who had an immense and enduring effect on Soviet culture. He became widely known for his unique singing style and for his lyrics, which ...
and directed three movies starring him – ''
Vertical'' (1967), ''White Explosion'' (1969) and ''
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed'' (1979), one of the
cult film
A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a cult following. Cult films are known for their dedicated, passionate fanbase, which forms an elaborate subculture, members of which engage in repeated ...
s of the late Soviet era.
Several other of his films feature Visotsky's songs written as part of the soundtrack.
Apart from directing, he also wrote screenplays (including the top-grossing Soviet action film ''
Pirates of the 20th Century'' directed by his fellow student
Boris Durov in 1979) and started in movies as an actor. Being a trained
mountaineer
Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas that have become sports ...
, he usually performed all the stunts himself. He also dedicated several movies to mountaineering, most notably ''Vertical'' and ''White Explosion'' which became some of the first examples of this subgenre in the Soviet cinema.
During the
perestroika
''Perestroika'' ( ; rus, перестройка, r=perestrojka, p=pʲɪrʲɪˈstrojkə, a=ru-perestroika.ogg, links=no) was a political reform movement within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the late 1980s, widely associ ...
Govorukhin became less active at film making and more active in politics. He became one of the leaders of the
Democratic Party of Russia. In 1990 he directed a much-publicized documentary highly critical of the Soviet society entitled ''We Can't Live Like This'' (also translates as ''You Can't Live Like That'' or ''This Is No Way to Live'').
Although his feature films were previously ignored by the critical establishment, this film won him the
Nika Award
The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national film award in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the Oscars.
In 2022 nominees were announced, b ...
for Best Director.
It was at that time that Govorukhin released an extensive interview with
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn. (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and Soviet dissidents, dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag pris ...
.
By the start of the 2000s he returned to cinema, co-starring with
Alisa Freindlich
Alisa Brunovna Freindlich (born 8 December 1934) is a Russian actress. Since 1983, Freindlich has been a leading actress of the Bolshoi Drama Theater in Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was awarded the title of the People's Artist of the USSR in ...
in the detective TV series ''Female Logic'' and releasing another revenge movie, ''
Voroshilov Sharpshooter'' (with
Mikhail Ulyanov in the lead role). He directed a total of seven movies since then. In recent years he had been also actively working as a producer.
Govorukhin died on 14 June 2018 at the age of 82 following a long illness. He was buried at the
Novodevichy Cemetery
Novodevichy Cemetery () 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 tourist site.
History
The cemetery was designed by Ivan Mashkov and inaugurated ...
in Moscow.
Politics
Govorukhin had been a member of the
State Duma
The State Duma is the lower house of the Federal Assembly (Russia), Federal Assembly of Russia, with the upper house being the Federation Council (Russia), Federation Council. It was established by the Constitution of Russia, Constitution of t ...
since its inauguration in 1993, running the Duma culture committee for some time.
Following the
1993 Russian constitutional crisis
In September and October 1993, a constitutional crisis arose in the Russian Federation from a conflict between the then Russian president Boris Yeltsin and the country's parliament. Yeltsin performed a self-coup, dissolving parliament and insti ...
, he had abandoned his previous democratic anti-communist convictions and sided with the national-communist opposition. In 1996, he supported
Gennady Zyuganov
Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov (; born 26 June 1944) is a Russian politician who has been the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and served as Member of the State Duma since 1993. He is also the Chair of the Union ...
against
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician and statesman who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) from 1961 to ...
during the second round of the presidential election campaign. In 2000 he was a candidate in
Russian presidential elections.
In 2011–2012 Govorukhin worked as the head of Vladimir Putin's campaign office. At this time he was a member of party
United Russia
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.
In June 2013, he joined the central staff of the
All-Russia People's Front
The All-Russia People's Front (, ONF), since 2023 styled as People's Front (), is a political coalition in Russia started in 2011 by then-Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin to provide the United Russia political party with "new ideas, new su ...
, led by Russian President
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008. Putin also served as Prime Minister of Ru ...
.
[Putin becomes Popular Front for Russia leader]
Interfax-Ukraine
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The company owns a 50-seat press centre.
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...
(13 June 2013)
In March 2014, he signed a letter in support of the position of the President of Russia
Vladimir Putin
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on
Russia's annexation of
Crimea
Crimea ( ) is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mainland Ukrain ...
.
Personal life
Govorukhin was married twice. He had one son from his first marriage —
Sergey Govorukhin (1961–2011), a
war correspondent
A war correspondent is a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war, war zone.
War correspondence stands as one of journalism's most important and impactful forms. War correspondents operate in the most conflict-ridden parts of the wor ...
, writer and director of documentary films who took part in different armed conflicts in
Tajikistan
Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...
,
Yugoslavia
, common_name = Yugoslavia
, life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation
, p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia
, flag_p ...
,
Afghanistan
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and both
Chechen wars
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between 1994 and 2005. In 1995 he was wounded by Chechen terrorists which resulted in one of his legs being amputated. Nevertheless, he continued his work. In 1998 he released one of the most acclaimed documentaries about the First Chechen War — ''Damned and Forgotten'' that was awarded with the
Nika Award
The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national film award in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the Oscars.
In 2022 nominees were announced, b ...
in 1998 as the best documentary. He also took part in several
non-governmental organization
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s dedicated to helping disabled war veterans. In 2011 he survived a stroke and died several days later at the age of 50. He left two sons and one daughter.
During the 1990s Stanislav Govorukhin became professionally interested in
landscape painting
Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction in painting of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, rivers, trees, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a cohe ...
. He held a number of exhibitions from 1998 onwards.
Govorukhin belonged to the
Russian Orthodox Church
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. In 2016, during his 80th birthday,
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
Kirill or Cyril (, , secular name Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev, ; born 20 November 1946) is a Russian Orthodox bishop. He became Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' and Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church on 1 February 2009.
Prior to beco ...
awarded him with the II class Order of
Sergius of Radonezh.
Patriarch Kirill congratulated the film director S. S. Govorukhin with his 80th birthday
at the official Russian Orthodox Church website
Filmography
See also
* List of members of the State Duma of Russia who died in office
References
External links
Stanislav Govorukhin's Official site
*
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1936 births
2018 deaths
People from Berezniki
Democratic Party of Russia politicians
United Russia politicians
First convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Soviet film directors
Russian film directors
Russian Orthodox Christians from Russia
Govorukhin
Honorary members of the Russian Academy of Arts
Recipients of the Nika Award
Academicians of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia
Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class
Russian actor-politicians
Second convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Third convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Fourth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Fifth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Sixth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Seventh convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)