Bohdan Stupka Explained

Bohdan Stupka
Birth Name:	Bohdan Sylvestrovych Stupka
Birth Date:	27 August 1941
Birth Place:	Kulykiv, District of Galicia, General Government (now Ukraine)
Death Date:	^[1]
Death Place:	Kyiv, Ukraine
Native Name Lang:	uk
Occupation:	Actor
Years Active:	1961-2012
Spouse:	Larysa

Bohdan Sylvestrovych Stupka (Ukrainian: Богдан Сильвестрович Ступка; 27 August 1941 – 22 July 2012) was a popular Ukrainian actor and minister of culture of Ukraine.^{[2] [3] [4]} He was born in Kulykiv, General Government to Ukrainian parents. In 2001, he was a member of the jury at the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival.^[5] At the 26th Moscow International Film Festival he won the award for Best Actor for his role in Our Own.^[6]

Stupka played in more than a hundred roles in films and over fifty in theaters. Stupka was awarded the titles Artist of Ukraine, People's Artist of the USSR,^[7] and Hero of Ukraine.

Bohdan Stupka was buried in Baikove Cemetery in Kyiv.

His son Ostap Stupka is also an actor.^[8]

Awards

• Kyiv Pectoral Award in the category "Best Male Role", play by Irena Kowal: ("The Lion and the Lioness") (2001)
• Golden Aries Award in the category "Best Male Role" (Our Own) (2004)^[9]
• Silver George prize of the Moscow International Film Festival "Best Male Role" (Our Own) (2004)^[10]
• Golden Eagle Award in the category "Best Supporting Actor" (A Driver for Vera) (2005)^[11]
• Nika Award in the nomination "Best Male Role" (Our Own) (2005)
• Golden Eagle Award in the category "Best Male Role in Cinema" (Taras Bulba) (2010)
• Golden Eagle Award in the category "Best Supporting Actor" (Home) (2012)^[12]

Selected filmography

• 1971: White Bird with Black Mark as Orest
• 1971: Insight as Yuriy Morozenko
• 1972: Contrary to Everything as Simeon
• 1973: The Last Day as Valera
• 1973: Housewarming as Danko
• 1975: Waves of the Black Sea as Troyan
• 1977: The Right for Love as Yakov
• 1979: Forget the Word "Death" as Ivan Ostrovoy
• 1980: Dudaryky as Leontovich
• 1980: Otherwise it is Impossible as master Petushkov
• 1981: From the Bug to the Vistula as conjurer
• 1982: Red Bells II as Kerensky
• 1982: Secrets of St. George as Oleksa
• 1983: Whirlpool as Ioska Vikhor
• 1984: Everything Starts with Love as Antonyuk
• 1984: Stolen Happiness as Mikhailo Zadorozhny
• 1986: Start an Investigation as Stasenko
• 1987: Daniel, Prince of Galicia as Sudich
• 1988: Stone Soul as Sergey Muratov
• 1988: Dress Rehearsal as Vasili Gogol-Yanovsky
• 1990: Nikolai Vavilov as Trofim Lysenko
  • 1991: Kremlin Secrets of the 16th Century as Boris Godunov 1991: The Sin as Stalynskiy
• 1992: For Home Fire as Hirsch, police officer
• 1992: God, Forgive Us Sinners as Tsibukin
• 1992: Four Sheets of Plywood, or Two Murders in a Bar as police colonel
• 1992: Taras Shevchenko. Testament as host
• 1993: The Gray Wolves as Vladimir Semichastny
• 1993: Fuchzhou as Matvii Kosht
• 1993: The Road to Paradise as academician Vladimir Naumovich Lerner
• 1993: Trap (TV Series) as Stalsky
• 1995: Single Player as Pavel Kondratievich
• 1995: Gelli and Nok as Gutan
• 1996: Judenkreis, or Eternal Wheel as Liberzon
• 1999: With Fire and Sword as Bohdan Chmielnicki
• 1999: East/West as colonel Boyko
• 1999: Chinese Service as Lapsin
• 2002: A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa as Hetman Mazepa
• 2003: as Popiel
• 2004: Our Own as Ivan Blinov
• 2004: A Driver for Vera as general Serov
• 2005: Stealing Tarantino as Feliks Dobrzhansky
• 2006: Rabbit Over the Void as Leonid Brezhnev
• 2007: Two in One as Andrei
• 2007: Three and Snowflake as Andrew's Father
• 2007: 18-14 as Vasily Malinovsky
• 2008: Sappho as professor Orlov
• 2008: Alexander as prince Yaroslav
• 2008: Serce na dloni as Konstanty
• 2009: Taras Bulba as Taras Bulba
• 2009: Insight as old man
• 2010: Chantrapas as ambassador Firsov
• 2010: Ivanov as Pavel Kirillyich Lebedev
• 2010: Platon Anhel (TV Movie) as Platon Nikitich Anhel
• 2011: Brothel Lights as Zaslavsky
• 2011: Home (Russia) as Grigory Ivanovich Shamanov
• 2011: Rejection as Ivan Pavlovich
• 2013: Podporuchik Romashov as Shulgovich
• 2015: 12 Months. New Fairy Tale as December (final film role)

Commemoration

• Streets in the cities of Vinnytsia, Bucha, Boryspil, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhia, Synelnykove, Tavriisk, Pokrovsk, and Sloviansk are named in his honor.
• Asteroid 269252 Bohdanstupka, discovered on the night of Bohdan Stupka's 67th birthday at the Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory, was named in his honor.
• On October 5, 2016, Ukrposhta introduced into circulation a postage stamp dedicated to Bohdan Stupka, and the first day covers were canceled with a special commemorative stamp in Lviv and Kyiv post offices.^[13]
• On the occasion of the actor's 75th birthday in 2016, the Bohdan Stupka Museum Room was opened in the building of the People's House in Kulykiv.
• For the 76th anniversary of his birthday in 2017, a bust of Bohdan Stupka was installed near the building of the People's House in Kulykiv, Zhovkva district, Lviv Oblast.^[14]
• On August 27, 2021, on the occasion of the actor's 80th birthday, a bas-relief and a memorial plaque with a miniature sculpture were unveiled on Mary Zankovetska Street in Kyiv.^{[15] [16]}
• In May 2022, in the city of Horodok, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Tukhachevsky Street was renamed Bohdan Stupka Street.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Помер Богдан Ступка . 2012-07-22.
2. Book: Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Peter Rollberg. Rowman / Littlefield. 2009. US. 978-0-8108-6072-8. 672–673.
3. Web site: Богдан Ступка — актёр. Encyclopedia of Russian Cinema. 2018-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20180202191523/http://2011.russiancinema.ru/index.php?e_dept_id=1&e_person_id=1240. 2018-02-02. dead.
4. Web site: Богдан Ступка. Russia-1.
5. Web site: 23rd Moscow International Film Festival (2001) . 2013-03-29 . MIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130328141339/http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2001 . 2013-03-28 .
6. Web site: 26th Moscow International Film Festival (2004) . 2013-04-07 . MIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130403123603/http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2004 . 2013-04-03 .
7. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/96672/ Government allocates Hr 550,000 for medical treatment of actor Stupka
8. http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/korolevska-recruits-acting-sports-stars-for-campaign.html Korolevska recruits acting, sports stars for campaign
9. Web site: 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160314035237/http://kinopressa.ru/white-elephant/2004-wel . 2016-03-14 . kinopressa.ru . Golden Aries Award.
10. Web site: От бандеровца до Тараса Бульбы: 5 кинообразов Богдана Ступки. RIA Novosti. 22 July 2012 .
11. Web site: Богдан Ступка получил премию «Золотой орёл» за роль в фильме «Водитель для Веры». fakty.ua. Igor Kozlov.
12. Web site: «Елена» Звягинцева получила главного "Золотого орла". Lenta.ru.
13. Web site: 2016-10-12 . Укрпошта презентувала марку «Богдан Ступка» УКРПОШТА . 2023-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012082110/http://ukrposhta.ua/39891 . 2016-10-12 .
14. Web site: 2018-04-16 . У Львівській області відкрили пам'ятник Богдану Ступці Українські Новини . 2023-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180416140510/https://ukranews.com/ua/news/515677-u-lvivskiy-oblasti-vidkryly-pam-yatnyk-bogdanu-stupci . 2018-04-16 .
15. Web site: 2021-08-30 . У Києві відкрили горельєф Богдана Ступки . 2023-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210830063231/https://suspilne.media/158796-do-80-ricca-bogdana-stupki-u-kievi-vidkrili-gorelef/ . 2021-08-30 .
16. News: 2021-08-30 . Бандерівець, гетьман, Чингісхан - сім ролей Богдана Ступки - BBC News Україна . BBC News Україна . 2023-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210830064739/https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/features-58355736 . 2021-08-30 .