Nikolai Gritsenko
Nikolai Olimpievich Gritsenko or Mykola Olimpiiovych Hrytsenko (December 8, 1979) was a Soviet theater and film actor. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1942 and 1978. Gritsenko also was a member of the Vakhtangov Theatre company in Moscow.
Also recorded as Nikolai Olimpievich Gritsenko
Nikolai Gritsenko

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- Name
- Nikolai Gritsenko
- Birthplace
- Yasynuvata, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine)
- Died
- 8 December 1979
- Place of death
- Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Occupation
- Actor
- Born
- 1912 · Yasynuvata.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Fields
- acting
- Education
- Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute
- Honours
- Stalin Prize · Medal For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 · People's Artist of the USSR · Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · People's Artist of the RSFSR
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There he was designated Honored Artist of the RSFSR and People's Artist of the USSR. He died on 8 December 1979 after a "conflict" with patients at a hospital he was staying in, and was buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.
Nikolai Gritsenko studied at Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. The field of work recorded is acting. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", People's Artist of the USSR and Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".

Сцена из 3-го действия пьесы Н. Погодина “Человек с ружьем” в постановке Государственного академического театра имени Вахтангова, в центре в роли Ивана Шандрина – Народный артист СССР Н.О. Гриценко. Автор В. Мастюков. Москва, 1970. Главархив Москвы
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Сцена из 2-го действия спектакля по пьесе Н. Погодина "Человек с ружьём" в Государственном академическом театре имени Вахтангова, где роль В.И. Ленина исполняет Народный артист СССР М.А. Ульянов, Ивана Шандрина – Народный артист СССР Н.О. Гриценко. Автор В. Мастюков. Москва, 1970. Главархив Москвы
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• Name — Nikolai Gritsenko • Birthplace — Yasynuvata, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) • Died — 8 December 1979 • Place of death — Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Other Names — Mykola Hrytsenko • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 19371979
Partial filmography
Partial filmography
• Mashenka (1942) – Kolya • Old Vaudeville (film) (1946) – Lt. Anton Petrovich Fadeev • Farewell, America (1949) • Dream of a Cossack (1951) – Artamashov • The Night Before Christmas (1951) – Vakula (voice) • Hostile Whirlwinds (1953) – Schreder • Marina's Destiny (1953) – Terenty • The Safety Match (1954) – Psekov, estate manager • A Big Family (1954) – club manager • The Road (1955) – Ivan Alekseevich • The Sisters (1957) • The Eighteenth Year (film) (1958) • Gloomy Morning (film) (1959) – Vadim Roshchin • Wind of Freedom (1961) – Georg Stan • Barrier of the Unknown (1962) – Vadim Lagin • Ponedelnik: den tyazhyolyy (1964) – Kuzma Yegorovich Stryapkov • Russian Forest (film) (1964) – Aleksandr Gratsiyansky • Mother and Stepmother (film) (1964) – Fedor Zhurbenko • Man without a Passport (1966) – Pyotr Izmaylov • Two Years over the Abyss (film) (1966) – Colonel Miller • The Places Here are Quiet (film) (1967) – Saveliy Petrovich Fisyuk • Anna Karenina (1967) – Karenin • There Lived a Man (film) (1968) • A Little Crane (1969) – Markelov • Razvyazka (1969) – Terekhov • The Adjutant of His Excellency (1970, TV Series) – Vikentiy Pavlovich Speransky • Family Happiness (1970) – Vaksin • I, Francisk Skaryna... (film) (1970) – Reichenberg • Schastye Anny (1971) – Prokhor Lychkov • Veseli Zhabokrychi (film) (1971) – Vasil Mironovich • The Land of Sannikov (1973) - Trifon Stepanovich Perfilyev, gold mines • The Black Prince (1973 film) (1973) – Ananiy Mytnikov • Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973, TV Mini-Series) – general in the train • The Land of Sannikov (1973) – Trifon Perfilyev • A Man in Civilian Clothes (film) (1973) – baron Erich von Ostenfelzen • Doker (1973) • Time of Her Sons (film) (1974) – Anton Trofimovich Gulyayev • Crime (1976 film) (1976) – Pyotr Yegorovich • Stazhyor (1976) – Aleksandr Trofimov • Enemies (1977 film) (1978) – General Pechenegov • Exile No. 011 (film) (1978) – Varlamtsev • Father Sergius (1979) – General Korotkov • Rebel Barricade (film) (1979)
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Yasynuvata.
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Awards
• Stanislavsky State Prize of the RSFSR
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