Oleg Zhakov
Illustration — Zhakov in 1948 Oleg Petrovich Zhakov (1 April 1905 – 4 May 1988) was a Soviet and Russian film actor who was born in Sarapul, Vyatka Governorate. He performed in more than sixty films between 1927 up to 1988. People's Artist of the USSR (1969).
Also recorded as Oleg Petrovich Zhakov
Oleg Zhakov
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- Born
- 1905 · Sarapul.
- Died
- 1988 · Pyatigorsk.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Occupation
- actor
- Education
- Russian State Institute of Performing Arts
- Honours
- Stalin Prize · USSR State Prize · Order of the Red Star · People's Artist of the USSR · Honored Artist of the RSFSR · Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR
- Languages
- Russian
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Illustration — Zhakov in 1948 Oleg Petrovich Zhakov (1 April 1905 – 4 May 1988) was a Soviet and Russian film actor who was born in Sarapul, Vyatka Governorate. He performed in more than sixty films between 1927 up to 1988. People's Artist of the USSR (1969).
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Winner of USSR State Prize (1971) and the Stalin Prize of the second degree (1946). He graduated from the Leningrad College of Performing Arts (1929). He starred in more than a hundred films. After 1957 he lived in Pyatigorsk, where he died on May 4, 1988. He was buried at Krasnoslobodskoye Сemetery in Pyatigorsk.
Film • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1973 — Looking for a Man — The Man • 1969 — By the Lake — Alexander Alexandrovich Barmin • 1968 — The Seven Cervi Brothers — Alcide Cervi • 1955 — The Shadow Near the Pier — Major Lyudov • 1954 — A Tale of the Forest Giant — Nikandr Petrovich Dudin • 1953 — Hostile Whirlwinds — Georgy Pyatakov • The Great Warrior Skanderbeg — Tanush Thopia • 1948 — The Precious Seed — Ivashin • 1946 — The White Fang — Weedon Scott • In the Name of Life — Rozhdestvensky • 1944 — Ivan the Terrible — Heinrich von Staden • 1942 — The Murderers are Coming — captain • 1938 — The Great Citizen — Sergey Vasilevich Borovsky • Professor Mamlock — Rolf Mamlok • Peat-Bog Soldiers — Paul • 1937 — For the Soviet Motherland — Toivo Antikainen • 1936 — The Sailors of Kronstadt — Regiment Commander Draudin • 1930 — Wind in the Face — Boris • 1929 — The New Babylon — communard • 1927 — The Club of the Big Deed — Hussar • 1926 — The Overcoat — an official in the cloak

Russia, 2005. Envelope with commemorative stamp (EWCS) № 145. 100th anniversary of the birth of Oleg Zhakov, an actor. Painter A. Makhov.
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1905
Oleg Zhakov was born on 19 March 1905.
1988
Oleg Zhakov died at Pyatigorsk.
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Oleg Zhakov received Stalin Prize, USSR State Prize, Order of the Red Star, People's Artist of the USSR, Honored Artist of the RSFSR and Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR.
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