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Ilya Kopalin

Soviet film director (1900-1976) · Russia · On the map · Directors · Died at 75

Ilya Petrovich Kopalin was a Soviet film director remembered for his documentaries. His most famous footage is that of Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt at the Yalta Conference and that of Yuri Gagarin's space flight.

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1976Died12 June 19761968People's Artist of the USSRAward1967Order of LeninAward1966World Without a GameFilm1963The Magic BeamFilm1957The Unforgettable YearsFilm, Director1956Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicAward1955A Celebration of Our YouthFilm, Director1954For Peace and FriendshipFilm, Director, Writer1951Stalin Prize, 3rd degreeAward1950Land RenewalFilm, Director1949Stalin Prize, 3rd degreeAwardNew AlbaniaFilm, 1949Director1948State Stalin Prize, 1st degreeAwardDay of the Victorious CountryFilm, 1948Director1946Stalin Prize, 2nd degreeAwardThe Liberated CzechoslovakiaFilm, 1946Director, Writer1945Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945Award1944Order of LeninAward1943The Court Is in SessionFilm, Director1942State Stalin Prize, 1st degreeAwardMoscow Strikes BackFilm, 1942Director1941Stalin Prize, 2nd degreeAwardTowards the SunFilm, 1941Director1930In the Bryansk PolesieFilm, Director1927MoscowFilm, Director1900Born20 July 1900

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Awards

People's Artist of the USSR1968
Order of Lenin1967
Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic1956
Stalin Prize, 3rd degree1951
Stalin Prize, 3rd degree1949
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree1948
Stalin Prize, 2nd degree1946
Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-19451945
Order of Lenin1944
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree1942
Stalin Prize, 2nd degree1941
Stalin Prize
Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
People's Artist of the RSFSR
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Order of the White Lion

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1900 to 1976 · aged 75

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