Mikhail Pugovkin
| Mikhail Pugovkin PAU | |
|---|---|
 Mikhail Pugovkin as Yakin (1973) | |
| Born |
13 July 1923 Kostroma Governorate, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died |
25 July 2008 (aged 85) Moscow, Russia |
| Resting place | Vagankovo Cemetery, Moscow |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1939-2004 |
| Title | People's Artist of the USSR (1988) |
Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin (Russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Пу́говкин;[1] July 13, 1923, Rameshki, Chukhlomsky District of Kostroma Oblast — July 25, 2008, Moscow) (aged 85) was a Soviet and Russian comic actor named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1988.
He studied in the Moscow Art Theatre school under Ivan Moskvin, took part in World War II and, following demobilisation, was featured in the 1944 all-star cast adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Wedding. Another step to stardom was the 1967 comedy Wedding in Malinovka.
Pugovkin went on to appear in more than 100 films. His roles in Leonid Gaidai's comedies, such as Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965), Twelve Chairs (1971), Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973) and Borrowing Matchsticks (1980) made him one of the most popular comedians of the former Soviet Union.
Pugovkin lived in Yalta, Crimea before moving to Moscow in 1999. A statue of Father Fyodor from The Twelve Chairs portrayed by Pugovkin was unveiled in Kharkiv, Ukraine in 2005.[2]
Pugovkin died on July 25, 2008 in his house in Moscow. He was buried on July 29 at Vagankovo Cemetery.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Visit to Minotaur | Stepan Melnik | |
| 1982 | Sportloto-82 | San Sanych Murashko | |
| 1981 | The Suicide Club, or the Adventures of a Titled Person | Rabum's gardener | |
| 1980 | Borrowing Matchsticks | chief of Police | |
| 1978 | The New Adventures of Captain Wrongel | Captain Wrongel | |
| 1975 | Finest, the brave Falcon | Voyevoda | |
| It Can't Be! | Gorbushkin | ||
| 1973 | Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future | film director Yakin | |
| 1971 | The Twelve Chairs | Father Fyodor | |
| 1968 | Fire, Water, and Brass Pipes | Tsar | |
| 1967 | Wedding in Malinovka | Yashka the Gunner | |
| 1967 | His name was Robert | Butkin | |
| 1965 | Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures | Pavel Stepanovich | |
| 1965 | Give me a complaints book | neighbour | |
| 1964 | The First Day of Freedom | ||
| 1961 | The Girls | Commandant | |
| 1959 | Ivan Brovkin on the State Farm | Zahar Silich Peryoshkin | |
| 1956 | Ilya Muromets | Razumey | |
| 1955 | Private Ivan | Zahar Silich Peryoshkin | |
| 1954 | True Friends | club entertainer | |
| 1953 | Attack from the Sea | Piroshkov | |
Honours and awards
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland 4th class[3]
- Order of Honour [4]
- Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class
- Order of the Badge of Honour
- Medal of Zhukov
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Medal "Veteran of Labour"
- Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy"
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
- Ukrainian Order of Merit 3rd class[5]
References
- ↑ Его фамилия Пуговкин и его родители тоже были Пуговкиными и никогда свою фамилию не меняли. Супруга Михаила Ивановича безуспешно боролась с этим вымыслом
- ↑ Lenta.ru
- ↑ Указ Президента РФ от 14 января 2002 г. № 35 Archived 2009-08-04 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 1 сентября 2003 г. № 1019 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Нагороджений Указом Президента України від 30 вересня 1999 року № 1252
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