Ruben Simonov
Ruben Nikolayevich Simonov (2 April 1899 – 5 December 1968) was a Soviet actor, theater director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1946).
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Ruben Simonov
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- Name
- Ruben Simonov
- Birth Name
- Ruben Nikolayevich Simonyants
- Born
- 2 April 1899
- Died
- 5 December 1968
- Birthplace
- Moscow, Russian Empire
- Place of death
- Moscow, Soviet Union
- Occupation
- Actor, theater director and pedagogue
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Fields
- theatre · directing · acting · theater management
- Education
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Honours
- Stalin Prize · Order of Lenin · People's Artist of the USSR · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · Honored Artist of the RSFSR · People's Artist of the RSFSR
- Languages
- Russian
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Ruben Nikolayevich Simonov (2 April 1899 – 5 December 1968) was a Soviet actor, theater director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1946).
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Ruben Simonov studied at Lomonosov Moscow State University. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is theatre, directing and acting. Employment is recorded with Vakhtangov Theatre and Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, People's Artist of the USSR and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
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• Name — Ruben Simonov • Birth Name — Ruben Nikolayevich Simonyants • Born — 2 April 1899 • Died — 5 December 1968 • Birthplace — Moscow, Russian Empire • Place of death — Moscow, Soviet Union • Occupation — Actor, theater director and pedagogue • Years Active — 1919–1968
Biography
Biography
Simonov was born in Moscow, to a family of Russian Armenians. Graduating from the Moscow State University, he then became an actor, starting his career at the Armenian drama studio in the Armenian House of Culture. In 1939, he became director of the Vakhtangov Theatre. He also led the Armenian and Uzbek theaters of Moscow.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Admiral Nakhimov (1946) as Osman Pasha • The Fall of Berlin (1950) as Anastas Mikoyan • The Golden Antelope (1954) as Raja (voice) • The Gadfly (1955) as Cardi
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• Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1933) • People's Artist of the RSFSR (1937) • Three Orders of Lenin (1939, 1946, 1967) • Two Stalin Prizes first degree (1943, 1947) • Stalin Prizes second degree (1950) • People's Artist of the USSR (1946) • Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1946, 1959) • Lenin Prize (1967) • Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" • Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
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- 1.Yuzefovich, Victor (1985). Aram Khachaturyan, trans. Nicholas Kournokoff and Vladimir Bobrov. New York, Sphinx Press. p. 74. .
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