Viktor Mykolaiovych Dobrovolsky (January 23, 1906July 28, 1984), was a Soviet and Ukrainian film and theater actor.

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(1960).

Biography

In 1928, he graduated from the drama school at Odessa drama theatre. In 1922, he began his stage career. Worked in theatres of

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. In 1944–1956 — actor in the troupe of Ukrainian music and drama theatre named after

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in Kiev. In the years 1964–1984 — the leading actor of the Kiev drama theatre named after

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. Since 1926 were in the movie. A member of the Union of cinematographers of the

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. Died in Kiev on July 28, 1984. He was buried on

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Selected filmography

*1926 – Taras Shevchenko *1938 – Pyotr pervyy *1940 – Makar Nechay *1944 – The Ural Front *1947 –

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*1951 – Bountiful Summer *1953 – Adventure in Odessa'' *1954 – Komandir korablya *1956 – Trista let tomu... *1959 –

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Honors

Honoured Artist of the Ukrainian SSR 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� ...

(1943) *

Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" The Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" () was a World War II civilian labour award of the Soviet Union established on June 6, 1945 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to recognise the valian ...

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(1948) *

(1960) * Stalin Prize second degree (1951) * State Prize of the USSR named after Taras Shevchenko (1983) – for the creation of images of Soviet contemporaries in the performances on stage KATRD name L.Ukrainki *

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(1951) *

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(1966) * Order of Cyril and Methodius I degree (

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dobrovolsky, Viktor 1906 births 1984 deaths Burials at Baikove Cemetery Ukrainian male film actors Ukrainian male stage actors Recipients of the Order of Lenin People's Artists of the USSR Recipients of the Stalin Prize Recipients of the Shevchenko National Prize 20th-century Ukrainian male actors Soviet male film actors Soviet male stage actors