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Yury Solomin

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Yury Solomin
Юрий Соломин
Solomin in 2019
Born(1935-06-18)18 June 1935
Chita, East Siberian Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died11 January 2024(2024-01-11) (aged 88)
Moscow, Russia
Years active1957–2024
SpouseOlga Nikolaevna Solomina (1931–2019)[1]
ChildrenOne daughter

Yury Mefodievich Solomin (Russian: Ю́рий Мефо́диевич Соло́мин[2]; 18 June 1935 – 11 January 2024) was a Soviet and Russian actor and director who was an art director of the Maly Theatre in Moscow from 1988.[3] He previously served as Minister of Culture of the RSFSR from 1990 to 1991.[4][5][6]

Biography

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Solomin studied at the Malyi Theatre School and joined its troupe in 1957. He was acclaimed as Khlestakov in Igor Ilyinsky's production of The Government Inspector (1966), Tsar Feodor in Tsar Feodor Ioannovich (1976), Slavin in TASS Is Authorized to Declare... TV series (1984), Nicholas II in Az Vosdam... (1990), and Famusov in his own production of Woe from Wit (2000). Solomin was cast as a Russian imperial officer in many Soviet movies, including Akira Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala (1975), which won him aapan]]ese decoration for the outstanding contribution to the world culture (1993).

Solomin and Kirill Lavrov (2005)

Solomin served as the Russian Minister of Culture from 1990 to 1992.[7] On 11 March 2014, he signed the appeal of culture of the Russian Federation in support of the policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and Crimea.[8][9] In December 2015, he supported the policy of Putin with respect to Ukraine and the annexation of the Crimea.[10]

His younger brother Vitaly Solomin (1941–2002) was also a noted actor.[11]

Yury Solomin died of complications from a stroke on 11 January 2024, at the age of 88.[12]

Honors and awards

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Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Умерла жена известного актера (in Russian). Utro.ru. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  2. ^ Biography, the life story of Yuri Solomin
  3. ^ Peter Rollberg (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman Littlefield. pp. 702–703. ISBN 978-1442268425.
  4. ^ Валентин Родионов — всё о знаменитости
  5. ^ Постановление Верховного Совета РСФСР от 15 ноября 1991 № 1881-I
  6. ^ Указ президента РСФСР от 5 декабря 1991 года № 259 «О членах бывшего Совета министров РСФСР» Archived 22 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Novye izvestiya, 4 August 2005 Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Постановление ЦИК РФ № 96/767-6, 6 февраля 2012
  9. ^ Деятели культуры России — в поддержку позиции Президента по Украине и Крыму Archived 11 March 2014 at archive.today
  10. ^ Соломин: Крым – наша земля и, отключив свет, Украина подляну сделала. Это полный беспредел!
  11. ^ "Его превосходительство Юрий Соломин". РИА Новости. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  12. ^ "Умер народный артист СССР Юрий Соломин". IZ. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  13. ^ Biography Online kino-teatr.ru
  14. ^ Actor from Chita is preparing for an anniversary,(in Russian), zabmedia.ru, 16 June 2010. Accessed 11 September 2016.
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