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Boris Khmelnitsky

Boris Khmelnitsky

Boris Khmelnitsky was a popular Russian actor of film and theatre and a member of the legendary Taganka company under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov.

He was born Boris Alekseevich Khmelnitsky on June 27, 1940, in Ussuriisk, a small town near Vladivostok in the Far East of the Soviet Union. His father, Aleksei Khmelnitsky, was a ranking officer in the Soviet Red Army who was manager of several Army clubs in the USSR. Young Khmelnitsky was brought up in a rather privileged environment; since childhood, he studied literature, arts, and music, and enjoyed a special atmosphere of his father's circle. He studied music at Lvov College of Music, graduating in 1961 as orchestral conductor, then studied acting at Shchukin Theatrical school in Moscow, graduating in 1966 as an actor. In 1966, he made his film debut in 'Kto vernetsa - dolyubit' by director Leonid Osyka. Khmelnitsky shot to popularity with roles in _Sofiya Perovskaya (1967)_ by director Lev Arnshtam, and in _Krasnaya palatka (1970)_. In the USSR, he was best known as Robin Hood in Strely Robin Guda (1975), and later reprized the role in The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe (1983).

From 1964 to 1984 Khmelnitsky was a member of the troupe under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov at the Taganka Theatre company in Moscow. There his stage partners were Vladimir Vysotskiy, Leonid Filatov, Venyamin Smekhov, Alla Demidova, Zinaida Slavina, Ivan Dykhovichnyy, Boris Galkin, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov, Valeriy Zolotukhin, Natalya Sayko, Nikolay Gubenko, Zhanna Bolotova, Nina Shatskaya, Leonid Yarmolnik, and other notable Russian actors. During the 60s and 70s, Khmelnitsky played leading roles in Taganka productions, such as 'Pugachev' and 'Master i Margarita', a stage adaptation of the eponymous book by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. He also wrote music for several Taganka productions.

Boris Khmelnitsky enjoyed recognition in the former Soviet Union, and was part of the intellectual milieu known as "the 60s generation." He was designated People's Actor of Russia (2000). He died of a chronic illness on February 16, 2008, and was laid to rest next to his parents in Kuntsevskoe cemetery in Moscow, Russia. He is survived by his ex-wife Marianna Vertinskaya and their daughter Darya Khmelnitskaya.

Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba

2009

One Love of My Soul

2007

as Aleksandr Podzhio

The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga

2004

Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun

2004

as Svyatoslav / Erik, King of Sweden

Mozart in St. Petersburg

1997

The Career of Arturo Ui

1996

Jonathan of the Bears

1995

as Religious Mercenary

The Hetman's Regalia

1993

as Zagrava

Ubiystvo v Sanshayn-Menor

1992

as Joe Alex

Cocktail Mirage

1991

The Caravan Of Death

1991

as Mercenary leader

The Adventures of Quentin Durward, Marksman of the Royal Guard

1990

as Roma

Beybars

1989

as Sultan Kutuz

Sultan Beybars

1989

as Sultan Kutuz

Savraska

1989

as Captain

Comedy of Lysistrata

1989

Tragedy, Rock Style

1989

as Dmitriy Ivanovich's Friend

Etudes on Vrubel

1989

as Semyon Gayduk

Десять дней, которые потрясли мир

1987

Interception

1986

In Search of Captain Grant

1985

as captain Harry Grant

The Black Arrow

1985

as Lord Shoreby

Жизнь и бессмертие Сергея Лазо

1985

as Попов

Комический любовник, или Любовные затеи сэра Джона Фальстафа

1984

as Виконт

Человек меняет кожу

1982

as Павел Кристаллов

The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe

1982

as Robin Hood

The Black Triangle

1981

as Ритус

At the Beginning of Glorious Days

1980

A Story of the Forest: Mavka

1980

as Red (forest) Demon

Antarctic Tale

1980

Savage Hunt of King Stakh

1979

as Ales' Vorona

Hatred

1978

Свидетельство о бедности

1978

as Геннадий, "Крест"

The Arrows of Robin Hood

1976

as Robin Hood

Defying Everybody

1973

as Nikanor

Peterss

1973

Sing a Song, Poet

1973

as uncle

And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning

1971

Ordinary story

1970

as Count Novinskiy

The Red Tent

1969

as Alfredo Viglieri

Prince Igor

1969

as Prince Igor

The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

1968

as Petro

Sofiya Perovskaya

1968

as Nikolay Kibalchich

Love Awaits Those Who Return

1968