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3 | Nikolay Konstantinovich Cherkasov (Russian: Никола́й Константи́нович Черка́сов; July 27 [O.S. July 14] 1903 - September 14, 1966) was a UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}n actor. |
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5 | The most prominent UsefulNotes/{{Soviet|Russia Ukraine And So On}} actor (at least in Western eyes), he became interested in theatre as a teenager, joining the Teatr Mariinskij in [[UsefulNotes/SaintPetersburg Petrograd]] in 1918. He learned the trade with various traveling companies and therein practiced {{ballet}}, pantomime and acrobatics. |
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7 | His commanding presence soon brought him leading film roles and enormous acclaim, and approbation of the Soviet leadership (and later UsefulNotes/JosefStalin), earning him multiple national awards and a position as deputy of the Supreme Soviet. His worldwide recognition would come with the main roles in the [[EpicMovie epic films]] of Creator/SergeiEisenstein, ''Film/AlexanderNevsky'' (1938) and ''Film/IvanTheTerrible'' (1944). |
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