Nikolay Trofimov Explained

Nikolay Trofimov
Birth Name:	Nikolay Nikolaevich Trofimov
Birth Date:	21 January 1920
Birth Place:	Sevastopol, Taurida Governorate, USSR
Death Place:	Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Occupation:	Actor
Yearsactive:	1934—2005

Nikolay Nikolaevich Trofimov (ru|Никола́й Никола́евич Трофи́мов; 21 January 1920, Sevastopol — 7 November 2005, St. Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1990).

Biography

Nikolay Trofimov was born into a working-class family. Stage career began in 1934.^[1]

During the Great Patriotic War he served in the navy.^[2]

On the stage Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater played more than 40 roles. In the cinema, Nikolai Trofimov played mostly small roles.

Nikolay Nikolaevich Trofimov died on the night of 7 November 2005 in the St. Petersburg Alexandrovsky hospital from the consequences of a stroke. He was buried on 14 November at the Literary Sheds of Volkovskoye Cemetery.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Pirogov (ru|Пирогов, 1947) as pieman
• Belinsky (Белинский, 1951) as typographic worker
• Tamer of Tigers (Укротительница тигров, 1954) as Myshkin
• Striped Trip (Полосатый рейс, 1961) as navigator
• Cain XVIII (Каин XVIII, 1963) as Agent 214
• Torrents of Steel (Железный поток, 1967) as soldier Chirik
• War and Peace (Война и мир, 1967) as captain Tushin
• Chronicles of a Dive Bomber (Хроника пикирующего бомбардировщика, 1967) as major, commandant of the airfield
• The Diamond Arm (Бриллиантовая рука, 1968) as Colonel of militsiya
• On the Way to Berlin (На пути в Берлин) as Ivan Zaytsev
• Tchaikovsky (Чайковский, 1970) as chief of police
• Afrikanych (Африканыч, 1970) as Ivan Afrikanych
• About the Little Red Riding Hood (Про Красную Шапочку, 1977) as Small Fat Wolf
• The Circus Princess (Принцесса цирка, 1982) as Duke
• In the Old Rhythms (В старых ритмах, 1982) as Shtykov

Awards

• Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1960)
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (1974)
• People's Artist of the USSR (12 December 1990) - for great services in the development of Soviet theater art^[4]
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th class (2000) - for the great contribution to the development of the domestic theatrical art^[5]
• Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class (1985)^[6]
• Order of the Red Star^[7]
• Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Государственная академическая капелла Санкт-Петербурга . 2017-03-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160403043111/http://capella-spb.ru/ru/article/show/content/id/1755 . 2016-04-03 . dead .
2. http://www.zwezda.ru/trofimov.html Интервью на сайте «Звёздный Журнал»
3. http://litmostki.ru/trofimov/ Могила Н. Н. Трофимова на Волковском кладбище СПб
4. Decree of the President of the USSR of 12 December 1990 No. UP-1173
5. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of January 17, 2000 No. 46
6. http://www.peoples.ru/art/cinema/actor/trofimov/ Николай Николаевич Трофимов на сайте peoples.ru
7. Web site: Николай Николаевич Трофимов на сайте БДТ . 2017-03-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101120023058/http://bdt.spb.ru/pamiat/man/trofimov_nn.htm . 2010-11-20 . dead .