Yelena Chernykh Explained

Yelena Chernykh Cyrillic: Елена Черных (or Helen Black)
Birth Name:	Yelena Kolesnichenko
Birth Date:	24 August 1979
Birth Place:	Volzhskoye, Russian SFSR, USSR
Death Place:	Novoanninsky, Novoanninsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia
Occupation:	Stage actress
Yearsactive:	2001–2011
Spouse:	Yegor Chernykh (m? - 2011 (her death); 1 child

Yelena Chernykh (Cyrillic: Елена Черных) (August 24, 1979 – October 4, 2011) was a Russian theatre actress.^{[1] [2]} She has been called "хрупкая красавица и вместе с тем необычайно выносливая актриса" (a fragile beauty and yet extraordinarily hardy actress).

Death

The 32-year-old actress was killed in a car crash on 4 October 2011 in Novoanninsky, along with fellow actors, 59-year-old Aleksandr Yegorov and 52-year-old Valentina Yudina.^[3] Chernykh and Yegorov, who both died in the same collision, were considered favorite artists of the "Волгоградского музыкально-драматического казачьего театра" (Volgograd Music and Drama Theatre of the Cossack).^[4]

At the time her death, Yelena was married to Yegor Chernykh, with whom she had one daughter.^[5]

Theater

Her better known theater works^{[2] [6]} include

• Эй, ты, здравствуй! (Hey, you, hello!) by Г. Мамлина (G. Mamlina)
• Андрей-Стрелок и Марья-Голубка (Andrew, Archer and Maria Dove) by И. Токмаковой (I. Tokmakova)
• Хуторяне (Hutoryane) by А. Копкова (A. Kopkova)
• Чубатые ребяты (Curly guys) by Ю. Войтова (Yu Voitova)
• От любви до ненависти (From love to hate) by Н. Старицкого (N. Staritskogo)
• Святочная история (Yule Story) by Чарльза Диккенса (Charles Dickens)
• Эшелон (Echelon) by М.М. Рощина (MM Roshchin)
• От сердца к сердцу (Heart to Heart) by Ю. Войтова (Yu Voitova)
• Моя граница — моя судьба (My border - my destiny) by Ю. Войтова (Yu Voitova)
• Кошкин дом (Cat House) by С.Я. Маршака (SY Marshak).

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.kp.ru/online/news/990890. ru:Под Волгоградом трое актеров "Казачьего театра" погибли в столкновении фуры и легковушки . kp.ru. October 4, 2011. October 17, 2011. Catherine Simohina, Elena Akimov. ru.
2. Web site: http://www.kino-teatr.ru/teatr/acter/ros/338413/bio. ru:Елена Черных: биография . kino-teatr.ru. October 17, 2011. ru.
3. http://www.utro.ru/news/2011/10/04/1002608.shtml/ Три актёра погибли в ДТП под Волгоградом
4. Web site: http://www.volgograd.ru/news/kriminal/2011/351615.news. ru:В ДТП разбились директор и актеры Волгоградского театра. volgograd.ru. October 6, 2011. October 17, 2011. Алина Дементьева. ru.
5. News: http://kp.ru/daily/25766.4/2750615. ru:Перед гибелью в ДТП волгоградский актер Александр Егоров сказал: "Это будет моя последняя поездка". kp.ru. October 6, 2011. October 18, 2011. Catherine Simohina. ru.
6. News: http://v1.ru/newsline/442162.html. ru:Три волгоградских актера погибли в аварии в Новоаннинском районе. October 17, 2011. Maria Gorlichenko. ru.