Nikolay Kryukov
Nikolai Nikolayevich Kryukov (2 February 1908 – 5 April 1961) was a Russian composer active in the Soviet era. Kryukov was prominent in the Soviet film industry, with more than 40 film score credits for films released between 1949 and 1962. His name is attached to the score provided for a 1950 release of Eisenstein's film The Battleship Potemkin (1925).
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Nikolay Kryukov
- Born
- 1908 · Moscow.
- Died
- 1961 · Moscow.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Occupation
- composer · musician
- Fields
- symphony · suite · oratorio
- Education
- Academic Music College of the Moscow Conservatory
- Honours
- Stalin Prize · Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 · Order of the Badge of Honour · Medal In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow · State Stalin Prize and 1st degree
- Languages
- Russian
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Nikolai Nikolayevich Kryukov (2 February 1908 – 5 April 1961) was a Russian composer active in the Soviet era. Kryukov was prominent in the Soviet film industry, with more than 40 film score credits for films released between 1949 and 1962. His name is attached to the score provided for a 1950 release of Eisenstein's film The Battleship Potemkin (1925).
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Nikolay Kryukov studied at Academic Music College of the Moscow Conservatory. The recorded working language is Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are symphony, suite and oratorio. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Badge of Honour and Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow".
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1908
Nikolay Kryukov born at Moscow.
1961
Nikolay Kryukov died at Moscow.
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Nikolay Kryukov received Stalin Prize, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Badge of Honour, Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" and State Stalin Prize, 1st degree.
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