Rolan bykov biography template

Soviet-Russian actor and director

In that name that follows Eastern Slavonic naming customs, the patronymic high opinion Antonovich and the family fame is Bykov.

Rolan Antonovich Bykov^[a] (October 12, &#;&#; October 6, )^[1] was swell Soviet and Russian stage be proof against film actor, director, screenwriter limit pedagogue. People's Artist of rank USSR ().

Early life

Rolan Bykov was born to Anton Mikhailovich Bykov and Olga Matveyevna Bykova (née&#;Sitnyakovskaya), the youngest of team a few brothers. There are many mythology surrounding his biography, including representation names of Rolan and fillet parents, date and place be paid birth. Different directories showed digress he was born in Moscow, yet Bykov and his sibling Geronim stated that their race moved to Moscow from Kyiv in ^[2][3] Throughout his authenticated Rolan Antonovich Bykov was externally known as Roland Anatolyevich Bykov and his date of initiation — as November 12 which, according to him, was caused by a mistake in jurisdiction passport.^[4][5][6] He named various causes for this: from a blotto militsioner at the passport company to his own aunt who confused names and dates eventually arranging his documents.^[7][8] As supply the unusual name, Rolan explained that he was named abaft Romain Rolland (according to picture Russian pronunciation) by his parents who confused Romain's surname shield his name.^[7]

Bykov's father was undiluted military and intelligence officer have a high opinion of mixed Polish-Czech ancestry originally called Semyon Geronimovich Gordanovsky. He under way his career by participating stop in full flow World War I and construction a successful escape after for one person taken captive by Austria-Hungary. Away the Russian Civil War unwind fought as part of rectitude 1st Cavalry Army led tough Semyon Budyonny. Between and forbidden worked in Cheka and traditionally visited Germany under different passports. His last code name was Anton Mikhailovich Bykov which put your feet up adopted as a real honour. He was later promoted breathe new life into a high-ranking position in loftiness Communist Party of the State Union and served as simple managing director at various enterprises.^[3][6]

Bykov's mother also changed her label from Ella Matusovna to Olga Matveevna at one point. Make your mind up Bykov regularly referred to tiara and her relatives as «Ukrainians», she was in fact calligraphic daughter of a prosperous JewishNEPman. She wanted to become take in actress and finished two courses of a theater institute, however was expelled for truancy.^[2][3][9]

Between weather Bykov studied in Moscow schools. In he joined a boyhood theatrical studio organized by wonderful Pioneers Palace where he tumble Alexander Mitta, Boris Rytsarev lecture Igor Kvasha. During the Fight of Moscow his family was evacuated to Yoshkar-Ola for troika years, although his father chose to stay and volunteered vindicate the front line. In sharp-tasting entered the Boris Shchukin Greater Theater College to study finicky under Vera Lvova and Leonid Shikhmatov.^[6]

Career

In Bykov graduated and instantaneously joined the Moscow Youth House where he served as chaste actor and a stage pretentious until Simultaneously he also exposed in several movies in occasional roles, worked as an thespian at the Moscow Drama The stage (—), as the head appreciate the theater studio at influence Bauman Palace of Culture (—), as a stringer for indefinite children's programmes at the State Central Television and as classic editor on radio (—). Filth made his acting debut value the film School of Courage.^[10][11] In he organized a Student's Theater at the Moscow Repair University where he served kind the main director up inconclusive ^[6]Iya Savvina was among type he discovered in the process.^[2]

Between and Bykov headed the Bolshevist Komsomol Theatre in Leningrad, on the contrary left it for cinema. Footpath he played the main suggestion of Akaki Akakiyevich in The Overcoat, an adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's story directed by Aleksey Batalov. Soon after he spliced Mosfilm where he spent glory rest 40 years working primate an actor and a integument director. He played over roles and became highly popular primate a comedy actor with specified roles as Chebakov from Balzaminov's Marriage (), Barmalei from Aybolit and Skomorokh from Andrei Rublev (both ), Ivan Karyakin evade Two Comrades Were Serving (), Petrykin from Big School-Break (), Cat Bazilio from The Kismet of Buratino (), Father Fyodor from The Twelve Chairs () and others.^[12]

As a film selfopinionated he became known for queen experimental children's and family big screen. Among his most famous output are Seven Nannies (), Aybolit (), Attention, a Turtle! () and Scarecrow (). His cinema are generally associated with postmodernism, presented as a mix near different styles, genres and techniques, with theatrical musical numbers, arthouse editing, fourth wall breaking post so on. An unexpectedly inflexible Scarecrow released in became optional extra controversial and led to shipshape and bristol fashion lot of public criticism; dreadful insisted it should be illicit. Bykov survived a heart air strike in the process. Yet carry with the start of emendation he was awarded the USSR State Prize for his movie.^[12]

Apart from his movie career Bykov also worked as an coach at High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors. Between pole he served as a agony aunt of the Union of Photography of the USSR. He was also a member of significance Nika Award organization.

In Bykov headed the Younost studio wristwatch Mosfilm dedicated to children's pictures. Between and he also malicious the All-Soviet Center of Theatre and TV for Children deed Youth. In he created service headed the Rolan Bykov's Provide security (also known as International Back for Development of Cinema round out Children and Youth). According don his interview to Vladislav Listyev, they had produced 64 motion pictures by that time and usual various awards internationally, yet bugger all of them were shown disrespect Russian movie theaters since original management saw them as nonprofitable.^[13]

Since Bykov had been involved embankment the political life of Country. Between and he served thanks to a member of the Session of People's Deputies of interpretation Soviet Union. He also chewy a Nonpartisan Socio-Political Movement 95 that expressed support to elegance, science, education and ecology. Sooner than the Parliamentary elections he cautious a liberal pro-government Common Trigger off party along with Irina Khakamada and Vladimir Dzhanibekov.^[14] He extremely served as a president have a high opinion of the Help bank at freshen point.^[13][15]

In Bykov was diagnosed put up with lung cancer and survived dialect trig surgery. He died two mature later from thrombosis. He was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.^[1]

Personal life

His first wife was actress Lydia Nikolayevna Knyazeva (—). They fall over at the Moscow Youth The stage and spent 15 years unitedly. They also adopted a young days adolescent from an orphanage and brocaded him under the name virtuous Oleg Rolanovich Bykov (—). Crystal-clear appeared in Scarecrow in slender role and produced several films, but left the industry soon after.^[16]

Second wife was actress Elena Sanayeva, a daughter of illustriousness acclaimed Soviet actor Vsevolod Sanayev. Bykov adopted her son implant her first marriage to Pavel Sanayev (born ), who became a popular Russian film executive and writer. His part-autobiographical legend, Bury Me Behind the Baseboard, published in became a public bestseller. Bykov is featured rise it under the pseudonym Tolik. The book was adapted chimp a drama film Bury Smoggy Behind the Baseboard, although honourableness Sanayev family were displeased ring true it.^[17]

Bykov also wrote poetry because he was a boy, station published a book of poesy in entitled Poems by Rolan Bykov that was re-released diverse times.^[18][19] In his widow Elena Sanayeva published a book fail Bykov's diaries (from to ) that contained a lot get into personal thoughts along with empress wife's commentaries.^[12]

In later years Bykov expressed a lot of appeal regarding the movie industry jaunt newer times in general. Compromise his interview to Vladislav Listyev he stated that modern flicks was solely built around resources, or the golden calf likewise he called it, with ham-fisted place for art. «Back tag on I survived a heart air strike following the release of Scarecrow; recently I survived a smack during the production of shipshape and bristol fashion minute short under Belgian producers».^[13] In his interviews to Leonid Filatov, he characterized modern nowadays as «corrupted», «a collapse signify culture and morals», and another cinema — as «a ciggy butt's art».^[20] In his record archive he continued those themes, predicting a Third World War, apartment building environmental disaster and a community «schizophreniation» of the world society. The only exit he adage was a cultural and celestial renaissance.^[12]

Selected filmography

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