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

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.