# Boris Chirkov > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Boris_Chirkov > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Boris_Chirkov.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Chirkov > Source revision: 1356905087 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Brianka), Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) | death_date = {{death date and age|1982|5|28|1901|8|13}} | death_place = [Moscow](/source/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](/source/Pedagogy).{{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}} Chirkov was awarded the [Hero of Socialist Labor](/source/Hero_of_Socialist_Labor) title (1975) and three Orders of Lenin (1938, 1967, 1975). For his movie roles, he won four [Stalin Prize](/source/USSR_State_Prize)s (1941, 1947, 1949, 1952) and a Stanislavski Prize (1979). ==Life and career== Chirkov was born in [Brianka](/source/Brianka) on 13 August 1901. He graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Stage Arts in 1926.{{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](/source/K.G._Saur)|year=1984}} He appeared in 50 films between 1928 and 1975. From 1945-1950 he was director of Moscow Theatre-Studio of the Film Actor.{{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](/source/Scarecrow_Press)|isbn=9781442249264|chapter=Chirkov, Boris Petrovich (1901-1982)}} Chirkov was especially celebrated for his performances in the Maksim trilogy: ''[The Youth of Maxim](/source/The_Youth_of_Maxim)'' (1935), ''[The Return of Maxim](/source/The_Return_of_Maxim)'' (1937), and ''[The Vyborg Side](/source/The_Vyborg_Side)'' (1938). He was awarded [Stanislavsky State Prize of the RSFSR](/source/Stanislavsky_State_Prize_of_the_RSFSR) (1979), two [Stalin Prizes](/source/State_Stalin_Prize) first degree (1941, 1952) and two [Stalin Prizes](/source/State_Stalin_Prize) second degree (1947, 1949). [People's Artist of the USSR](/source/People's_Artist_of_the_USSR) (1950) and [Hero of Socialist Labour](/source/Hero_of_Socialist_Labour) (1975). Chirkov died in [Moscow](/source/Moscow) on 28 May 1982. ==Selected filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''[My Son](/source/My_Son_(1928_film))'' (1928) – Patashon * ''Luna sleva'' (1929) – Orskiy * ''Rodnoy brat'' (1929) – Grishka * ''[Alone](/source/Alone_(1931_Soviet_film))'' (1931) – Man Talking on the Phone * ''Pesnya o shchastye'' (1934) – Chief disciplinary section * ''[Chapaev](/source/Chapaev_(film))'' (1934) – Peasant * ''[The Youth of Maxim](/source/The_Youth_of_Maxim)'' (1935) – Maksim * ''[Girl Friends](/source/Girl_Friends_(1936_film))'' (1936) – Senka * ''Lenochka i vinograd'' (1936) * ''[The Return of Maxim](/source/The_Return_of_Maxim)'' (1937) – Maksim * ''[The Defense of Volotchayevsk](/source/The_Defense_of_Volotchayevsk)'' (1937) – Old Man * ''[The Great Citizen](/source/The_Great_Citizen)'' (1938) – Maksim, the investigator * ''Chelovek s ruzhyom'' (1938) – Yevtushenko * ''[The Vyborg Side](/source/The_Vyborg_Side)'' (1938) – Maksim * ''[Minin and Pozharsky](/source/Minin_and_Pozharsky_(film))'' (1939) – Roman * ''[The New Teacher](/source/The_New_Teacher)'' (1939) – Stepan Ivanovich Lautin * ''Boyevoy kinosbornik 3'' (1941) – (segment "Antosha Rybkin") * ''This Is the Enemy'' (1942) * ''[Aleksandr Parkhomenko](/source/Alexander_Parkhomenko_(film))'' (1942) – Nestor Makhno * ''[Antosha Rybkin](/source/Antosha_Rybkin)'' (1942) – Antosha Rybkin * ''[The Front](/source/The_Front_(1943_film))'' (1943) – Udivitelnyy * ''Partizany v stepyakh Ukrainy'' (1943) – Grandfather Taras * ''[Kutuzov](/source/Kutuzov_(film))'' (1944) – Lavilov * ''[Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor](/source/Ivan_Nikulin%3A_Russian_Sailor)'' (1945) – Zakhar Fomichyov * ''[The Great Glinka](/source/The_Great_Glinka)'' (1946) – Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka * ''[The Court of Honor](/source/The_Court_of_Honor)'' (1948) – Andrey Vereyskiy akademik * ''[Three Encounters](/source/Three_Encounters)'' (1949) – Nikanor Samoseev * ''[Dream of a Cossack](/source/Dream_of_a_Cossack)'' (1951) – Kondratyev * ''[The Miners of Donetsk](/source/The_Miners_of_Donetsk)'' (1951) – Stepan Nedolya * ''[The Boarder](/source/The_Boarder_(1953_film))'' (1953) * ''[True Friends](/source/True_Friends_(film))'' (1954) – Chishov * ''[Dimitrovgradtsy](/source/Dimitrovgradtsy)'' (1956) – Sobolev * ''[For the Power of the Soviets](/source/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](/source/A_Trip_Without_a_Load)'' (1963) - Ded na aerodrome * ''Greshnyy angel'' (1963) – Religioznyy starik * ''[Kain XVIII](/source/Kain_XVIII)'' (1963) – Lavatory Worker * ''[The Alive and the Dead](/source/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](/source/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}} ==Notes== {{Notelist}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0158166|Boris Chirkov}} * {{Find a Grave|74925118}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chirkov, Boris}} Category:1901 births Category:1982 deaths Category:20th-century Russian male actors Category:People from Brianka Category:People from Yekaterinoslav Governorate Category:Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Category:Academic staff of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography Category:Russian State Institute of Performing Arts alumni Category:Third convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Category:Heroes of Socialist Labour Category:Honored Artists of the RSFSR Category:People's Artists of the USSR Category:Recipients of the Order of Lenin Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Star Category:Recipients of the Stalin Prize Category:Russian male film actors Category:Russian male stage actors Category:Russian male voice actors Category:Soviet male film actors Category:Soviet male stage actors Category:Soviet male voice actors Category:Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery {{USSR-actor-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Boris Chirkov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Chirkov) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Chirkov?action=history)). 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