Boris Chirkov

{{Short description|Soviet actor (1901–1982)}} {{family name hatnote|Petrovich|Chirkov|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Boris Chirkov | native_name_lang = ru | native_name = {{nobold|Борис Чирков}} | image = 250px | alt = | caption = Chirkov in 1950 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1901|8|13}} | birth_place = Brianka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) | death_date = {{death date and age|1982|5|28|1901|8|13}} | death_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | other_names = | occupation = Actor, pedagogue | years_active = 1926{{ndash}}1982 }} '''Boris Petrovich Chirkov'''{{efn|{{langx|ru|Борис Петрович Чирков|{{transliteration|ru|Boris Petrovich Chirkov}}}}}} (13 August 1901{{spaced ndash}}28 May 1982) was a Soviet and Russian actor and pedagogue.<ref name="HD">{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Historical_Dictionary_of_Russian_and_Sov/gM6QDAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Boris+Chirkov+28+May+1982&pg=PA152&printsec=frontcover|title=Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema, Second Edition|author=Peter Rollberg|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2016|place=US|isbn=9781442268425|pages=152–153|chapter=Chirkov, Boris Petrovich}}</ref>

Chirkov was awarded the Hero of Socialist Labor title (1975) and three Orders of Lenin (1938, 1967, 1975). For his movie roles, he won four Stalin Prizes (1941, 1947, 1949, 1952) and a Stanislavski Prize (1979).

==Life and career== Chirkov was born in Brianka on 13 August 1901.<ref name="HD"/> He graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Stage Arts in 1926.<ref name="Who">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinsovietu0000unse/page/68/mode/2up?q=%22Chirkov%2C+Boris%22|title=Who's Who in the Soviet Union: A Biographical Encyclopedia of 5,000 Leading Personalities in the Soviet Union|chapter=Chirkov, Boris Petrovich|page=69|isbn=978-3-598-10467-1|first=Borys|last= Lewytzkyj|publisher=K.G. Saur|year=1984}}</ref> He appeared in 50 films between 1928 and 1975. From 1945-1950 he was director of Moscow Theatre-Studio of the Film Actor.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000sene/page/74/mode/2up?q=%22Chirkov%2C+Boris%22|pages=75–76|title=Historical Dictionary of Russian Theater|year=2007|last= Senelick|first= Laurence|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9781442249264|chapter=Chirkov, Boris Petrovich (1901-1982)}}</ref>

Chirkov was especially celebrated for his performances in the Maksim trilogy: ''The Youth of Maxim'' (1935), ''The Return of Maxim'' (1937), and ''The Vyborg Side'' (1938).<ref name="Who"/> He was awarded Stanislavsky State Prize of the RSFSR (1979), two Stalin Prizes first degree (1941, 1952) and two Stalin Prizes second degree (1947, 1949). People's Artist of the USSR (1950) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1975).<ref name="HD"/> Chirkov died in Moscow on 28 May 1982.<ref name="HD"/>

==Selected filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''My Son'' (1928) – Patashon * ''Luna sleva'' (1929) – Orskiy * ''Rodnoy brat'' (1929) – Grishka * ''Alone'' (1931) – Man Talking on the Phone * ''Pesnya o shchastye'' (1934) – Chief disciplinary section * ''Chapaev'' (1934) – Peasant * ''The Youth of Maxim'' (1935) – Maksim * ''Girl Friends'' (1936) – Senka * ''Lenochka i vinograd'' (1936) * ''The Return of Maxim'' (1937) – Maksim * ''The Defense of Volotchayevsk'' (1937) – Old Man * ''The Great Citizen'' (1938) – Maksim, the investigator * ''Chelovek s ruzhyom'' (1938) – Yevtushenko * ''The Vyborg Side'' (1938) – Maksim * ''Minin and Pozharsky'' (1939) – Roman * ''The New Teacher'' (1939) – Stepan Ivanovich Lautin * ''Boyevoy kinosbornik 3'' (1941) – (segment "Antosha Rybkin") * ''This Is the Enemy'' (1942) * ''Aleksandr Parkhomenko'' (1942) – Nestor Makhno * ''Antosha Rybkin'' (1942) – Antosha Rybkin * ''The Front'' (1943) – Udivitelnyy * ''Partizany v stepyakh Ukrainy'' (1943) – Grandfather Taras * ''Kutuzov'' (1944) – Lavilov * ''Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor'' (1945) – Zakhar Fomichyov * ''The Great Glinka'' (1946) – Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka * ''The Court of Honor'' (1948) – Andrey Vereyskiy akademik * ''Three Encounters'' (1949) – Nikanor Samoseev * ''Dream of a Cossack'' (1951) – Kondratyev * ''The Miners of Donetsk'' (1951) – Stepan Nedolya * ''The Boarder'' (1953) * ''True Friends'' (1954) – Chishov * ''Dimitrovgradtsy'' (1956) – Sobolev * ''For the Power of the Soviets'' (1956) – Secreatary Chernoivanenko * ''Svoimi rukami'' (1956) – Rudenko * ''Ryadom s nami'' (1958) – Stletov * ''Dorogoy moy chelovek'' (1958) * ''Kievlyanka'' (1958) – Yakov Petrovich Sereda * ''Mechty sbyvayutsya'' (1959) – Pavel Andreyevich Leshchuk * ''Poteryannaya fotografiya'' (1959) * ''Nasledniki'' (1960) * ''Svoya golova na plechakh'' (1961) – Kolkhoz Chairman * ''Gorizont'' (1962) – Likhobaba * ''A Trip Without a Load'' (1963) - Ded na aerodrome * ''Greshnyy angel'' (1963) – Religioznyy starik * ''Kain XVIII'' (1963) – Lavatory Worker * ''The Alive and the Dead'' (1964) – Gavrila Biryukov * ''Möcüzälär adasi'' (1964) * ''Golubaya chashka'' (1964) * ''Artakarg handznararutyun'' (1966) – Police spy * ''Pervyy posetitel'' (1966) * ''Myatezhnaya zastava'' (1967) * ''Seven Old Men and a Girl'' (1970, TV Movie) * ''Shutite?'' (1971) – (segment "Vanderbul' bezhit za gorizont") * ''Izhorskiy batalon'' (1972) – Vanechka * ''Po sobstvennomu zhelaniyu'' (1973) * ''Rosa'' (1975) * ''Gorozhane'' (1976) – Stariy master {{Div col end}}

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==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links==

* {{IMDb name|0158166|Boris Chirkov}} * {{Find a Grave|74925118}}

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