Irina Zhdanovich Explained

Irina Zhdanovich
Native Name Lang:Russian
Birth Name:Irina Florianovna Zhdanovich
Birth Date:10 October 1906
Birth Place:Minsk, Russian Empire
Death Place:Minsk, Belarus
Occupation:Actress
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Irina Florianovna Zhdanovich (Belarusian: Ірына Фларыянаўна Ждановіч, 10 October 1906 — 3 December 1994) was a Soviet and Belarusian actress. She received numerous distinctions including the People's Artist of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1940 and Stalin Prize in 1948.

Biography

She was born in Minsk, Russian Empire (now Belarus).[1] She was married to Boris Platonov.[2]

Zhdanovich was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1947 to 1991. She was also a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the BSSR in its second and fourth convocations.[3]

She died on 3 December 1999 and was buried in the Eastern Cemetery in Minsk.

Career

In 1920, Zhdanovich opened the Belarusian State Theater, now named Janka Kupala National Theatre, the first state theater in Belarus.[4] [5] On the day of the theater's opening, she played the lead role in Lynx, based on Eliza Orzeszkowa's W zimowy wieczór.[6]

Zhdanovich has acted in numerous plays at the theater including Marylka in Kuźma Čorny's Fatherland, Vera in Maxim Gorky's The Last Ones, Nastya in Eduard Samuylenok's The Death of the Wolf, Anya in Arkady Movzon's Constantine Zaslonov, Negina in Alexander Ostrovsky's Talents and Admirers, and Nora in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House.

Zhdanovich played the role of priest at the execution in Kastus Kalinovskiy, a biopic film directed by Vladimir Gardin.

Awards

Zhdanovich has won several awards and distinctions for her work. In 1940, she was named the People's Artist of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. Zhdanovich has also received two Orders of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.[7]

She was the recipient of the Stalin Prize in 1948 for her role as Anya in Constantine Zaslonov.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Администрация Октябрьского района г.Могилева - 27 сентября: этот день в истории . octmogilev.gov.by . 3 August 2018 . ru . 28 September 2016.
  2. Web site: Кумир и жертва . Стартовая страница Беларуси. 21.by . 3 August 2018 . ru . 26 September 2006.
  3. Web site: "Любіце сваю справу". 110 лет с дня рождения артистки Купаловского театра Ирины Жданович . TUT.BY . 6 August 2018 . ru-RU . 1 October 2016 . 6 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210637/https://news.tut.by/society/514209.html?crnd=2589 . dead .
  4. Web site: Culture . President of the Republic of Belarus . The Press Service of the President of the Republic of Belarus . 3 August 2018 . Minsk . en-EN . 28 May 2013.
  5. Web site: National identity hailed as important factor of Belarus' independence . Nesvizh Regional Executive Committee . 3 August 2018 . en-gb . 24 January 2018.
  6. Web site: Volozhinsky . Vladimir . Купаловский театр: 125 лет истории. Спектакли, съезды, оккупация, реконструкции . TUT.BY . 3 August 2018 . Minsk . ru-RU . 3 February 2015 . 6 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180806180524/https://news.tut.by/culture/380371.html . dead .
  7. Book: The Great Soviet Encyclopedia . 1970 . 3rd . 4 August 2018 . ru.
  8. Воюш . Инга . ГІСТОРЫЯ ЖУРНАЛІСТЫКІ: ТРАДЫЦЫІ І СУЧАСНАСЦЬ . 6 August 2018 . Belarusian State University . Minsk . ru .