Yuriy Nikulin
Actor · 1966
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Biography
Born in the village of Gorny Balykley near Tsaritsyn (now Dubovsky District of Volgograd Oblast). Honored Artist of the RSFSR (26.11.1965). People's Artist of the RSFSR (28.03.1974). People's Artist of the USSR (19.07.1982). Completed two courses at the Kharkov Theater Institute (1941). In 1941-1963 - actor of the Stalingrad Drama Theater named after Maxim Gorky, then of the Film Actor Theater-Studio. Ivan Lapikov died on 2 May 1993 at a meeting with soldiers in one of the Moscow region units (village of Kalininets, Naro-Fominsk District, Moscow Oblast).
Buried at the Vagankovo Cemetery in Moscow. In 2002 a museum was opened in his native village, and in 2003 a memorial plaque was installed on the house in Volgograd where he lived. Chapter 56 of Leonid Filatov's series "To Be Remembered" is devoted to the actor's life and work.
Filmography
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Interesting facts
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Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1979 — for his performance as Nazarov in the television series "Eternal Call").
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People's Artist of the USSR (1982)
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Awarded the Medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad" for transporting wounded soldiers to the rear during the Battle of Stalingrad.
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Laureate of the State Prize of the RSFSR named after the Vasilyev brothers (1973 — for the performance of the role of Boris Krayushkin in the film "A Minute of Silence").