Boris Shchukin | |
Native Name: | Борис Щукин |
Birth Name: | Boris Vasilyevich Shchukin |
Birth Date: | 17 April [O.S. 5 April] 1894 |
Birth Place: | Moscow, Russian Empire |
Death Place: | Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
Resting Place: | Novodevichy Cemetery |
Native Name Lang: | ru |
Occupation: | Actor, theater director, pedagogue |
Years Active: | 1920–1939 |
Awards: | People's Artist of the USSR |
Boris Vasilyevich Shchukin (Russian: Бори́с Васи́льевич Щу́кин; — 7 October 1939) was a Russian and Soviet actor, theater director and pedagogue. In 1936, Shchukin was among the first group of recipients of the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR.[1] In 1941, he was posthumously awarded the Stalin Prize. He was most famous for his portrayals of Vladimir Lenin.[2] On October 7, 1939, Shchukin died of cardiovascular disease in Moscow.