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Georgi Vasilyev

Georgi Nikolayevich Vasilyev (25 November 1899 – 18 June 1946) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor. From 1928 to 1943, together with Sergei Vasilyev (often jointly, though incorrectly credited as Vasilyev brothers), he co-directed several films, including an influential and critically acclaimed Chapaev (1934). Vasilyev received two Stalin Prizes in 1941 and 1942.

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Georgi Vasilyev

1989 Soviet postal cover with portrait of Georgy Vasilyev.

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Name
Georgi Vasilyev
Birth Name
Georgi Nikolayevich Vasilyev
Born
25 November 1899
Birthplace
Vologda, Vologda Governorate, Russian Empire
Died
18 June 1946
Place of death
Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Occupation
Film director, screenwriter
Awards
Stalin Prize (1941,1942)
Nationality
Russian Empire and Soviet Union.
Fields
socialist realism.
Teachers
Illarion Pevtsov.
Honours
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Star, Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 and Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

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Georgi Nikolayevich Vasilyev (25 November 1899 – 18 June 1946) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor. From 1928 to 1943, together with Sergei Vasilyev (often jointly, though incorrectly credited as Vasilyev brothers), he co-directed several films, including an influential and critically acclaimed Chapaev (1934). Vasilyev received two Stalin Prizes in 1941 and 1942.

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