Viktor Viktorovich Zozulin (; 10 October 1944 – 16 August 2022) was a Russian film and theatre actor.

Biography

Zozulin attended the

Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute The Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute (russian: Театральный институт имени Бориса Щукина) is a Russian drama college in Moscow, formed in 1914 as part of the Vakhtangov Theatre. In 2002 it was granted the Aca ...

, which he had finished with honours. He then earned some invitations to at least seven theaters. Zozulin had played as Calaf in the play ''Princess Turandot'', which was considered one of his first known roles. He worked in

Vakhtangov Theatre Yevgeny Bagrationovich Vakhtangov (also spelled Evgeny or Eugene; russian: Евге́ний Багратио́нович Вахта́нгов; 13 February 1883 – 29 May 1922) was a Russian-Armenian actor and theatre director who founded the ...

for more than 55 years. He had played numerous roles during his film and theatre career. Zozulin was a recipient of the

Honored Artist of the RSFSR Honored Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Zasluzhenny artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the ...

. He was also honored with the title of the

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...

. He was famous for playing radio technician Kostya, the friend of one of the main characters of ''

Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures ''Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures'' (russian: Операция „Ы“ и другие приключения Шурика, Operatsiya „Yery“ i drugie priklyucheniya Shurika) is a 1965 Soviet slapstick comedy film directed by Leoni ...

''. Zozulin died of illness in August 2022, at the age of 77.

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