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Yevgeny Vesnik

Soviet and Russian actor, theatrical director (1923 - 2009) · Russia · On the map · Actors · Died at 86

Yevgeny Yakovlevich Vesnik was a Soviet and Russian actor. The son of Yakov Vesnik, the first director of the Kryvorizhstal plant, he fought the Germans in World War II. He worked at the Maly Theatre from 1963 and was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1989, three years before his retirement from the stage.

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2009Died10 April 20091998Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th classAward1989People's Artist of the USSRAward1985Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd classAward1983Order of Friendship of PeoplesAward1974Order of the Red Banner of LabourAward1971People's Artist of the RSFSRAward1961Merited Artist of the RSFSRAward1945Medal "For Courage"AwardMedal "For the Capture of Königsberg"AwardOrder of the Red StarAward1944Medal "For Courage"Award1923Born15 January 1923

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Awards

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class1998
People's Artist of the USSR1989
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class1985
Order of Friendship of Peoples1983
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1974
People's Artist of the RSFSR1971
Merited Artist of the RSFSR1961
Order of the Red Star1945
Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"1945
Medal "For Courage"1945
Medal "For Courage"1944
Zhukov Medal
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Medal for Military Valour
Badge "25 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"
Guards unit
Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 2009 · aged 86

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