Aleksandr Ivanovich Medvedkin

Soviet Russian film director (1900-1989)

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Lived 1900–1989, aged 89

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1900–1989
Aged 89
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Updated 2026-07-21

Aleksandr Ivanovich Medvedkin was a Soviet Russian film director, best known for his 1935 film Happiness. His life and art are the subject of Chris Marker's documentary films The Train Rolls On (1971) and The Last Bolshevik (1992).

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USSR State Prize
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Order of the Red Banner
Order of Lenin
Order of the October Revolution
People's Artist of the USSR
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
People's Artist of the RSFSR
Order of the Badge of Honour
Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Order of the Patriotic War
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"