People gone in a year. Paul Walker, Heath Ledger, Cory Monteith, Vladislav Galkin - actors who died young

The outgoing year was overshadowed by the loss of incredibly creative and beloved great people.

Andrei Panin, 50, was found dead in his apartment. The main version of death is violent, before the death of the actor could be seriously beaten. In particular, experts talk about the presence of traumatic brain injury and a large number various bruises, abrasions and bruises.

Oksana Khozhay died at the age of 48 / VK Oksana Khozhay

In August 2012, Ukrainian singer Oksana Khozhay was diagnosed with a rare disease - Sjögren's syndrome (also known as "dry syndrome", which is accompanied by severe pain, drying of the mucous membrane and muscles - ed. IVONA). In February, Oksana Khozhay's condition began to deteriorate sharply. In early March, she underwent an emergency operation, after which the singer did not come to her senses. Soon Oksana felt better and she came out of a coma, but the doctors refused to comment on her condition, referring to the prohibition of the patient herself. After 8 months of fighting the disease, the star of the 90s died in an emergency hospital at the age of 48.

Actor Valery Zolotukhin died on March 30, 2013

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Evgeny Ogir / Facebook Tina Karol

Tina Karol's husband died in Kyiv. The cause of death of Eugene Ogir was stomach cancer, which the doctors could not cure. On this day star wife Evgenia Ogira performed at a concert in Zaporozhye. She learned the terrible news only after she went backstage.

On May 18, 2013, director Alexei Balabanov died.

Died film director Alexei Balabanov / ok-inform.ru

Near St. Petersburg, at the age of 54, the creator of famous films died of heart failure Brother and I do not hurt. The son of Alexei, 23-year-old Fedor, has already stated that he and his brother are going to finish the film according to the script of his father: “Dad was not against it. We talked to him literally the day before his death. I did not read the script, but I know that we should Renata Litvinov and Ingeborg Dapkunaite were to take part.

Died famous singer from the group King and Jester / obozrevatel.com

On the night of July 19, the lead singer of the Korol and jester group, 39-year-old Mikhail Gorshenev (Pot), died in his house in St. Petersburg. The cause of death of the leader of the rock band King and Jester Mikhail Gorshenev could be alcohol and drugs. The press learned that his wife found a syringe in the hand of the dead leader of the King and the Jester group, and a spoon next to the body.

Unfortunately, for some actors, musicians and politicians, 2013 was the last year of their lives. Let's remember these famous personalities who left us this year.

Andrei Panin

On this day, the famous Russian actor Andrei Panin died. The 50-year-old actor was found in his apartment, he no longer showed signs of life. The main version of Andrei's death is violent. Before he was killed, he could have been severely beaten. Experts recorded numerous injuries and head trauma.

Valery Zolotukhin

On this day, the People's Artist of Russia Valery Zolotukhin passed away. In the winter of 2012, he was diagnosed with cancer, and on March 4, 2013 he was taken to intensive care. On March 14, doctors put him into a state of artificial coma, according to them, the cancer was diagnosed too early. late stage when the brain tumor had spread greatly and was not operable. Valery Zolotukhin was 72 years old.

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher died at the age of 88 from a heart attack. The cause of her death was a heart attack. Her health in last years worsened, she suffered several strokes, one of which led to death.

Alexey Balabanov

On May 18, at the age of 54, director Alexei Balabanov, who directed such films as "Brother" and "It Doesn't Hurt Me," passed away. The cause of his death was heart failure. His son in one of the interviews said that he would finish the film that his father started to shoot.

James Gandolfini

On this day, American actor James Gandolfini died as a result of sudden cardiac arrest. He was 51 years old.

Mikhail Gorshenyov

Mikhail Gorshenyov died suddenly on the night of July 18-19, 2013 in house number 5 on Ozerkovsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg. The cause of death was toxic cardiomyopathy with the development of acute heart failure.

Yuri Yakovlev

On November 30, at the age of 86, the famous Russian actor Yuri Yakovlev died. The official cause of death has not yet been established, but there is evidence that the actor suffered from increased eye pressure, which could lead to fainting, as a result of which he died.

Paul Walker

Also on this day, the famous Hollywood actor Paul Walker, known to the Russian audience from the film "Fast and the Furious", tragically died. The actor died in an accident in the suburbs of Los Angeles.

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela, the first black president, passed away in 1996. South African President Jacob Zuma announced his death. According to him, Nelson left very quietly, around 20:50 in the circle of his relatives.

Mikhail Kalashnikov

On December 23, after a serious long illness, the gunsmith Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov died.

In the outgoing year, there were no many people whose names will remain in Russian and world history. Among them famous actors, musicians and statesmen.

FEBRUARY

Feltsman Oscar Borisovich

Oscar Feltsman. Photo: ITAR-TASS

Oscar Feltsman was born in Odessa. Already at the age of five, he began to learn to play the violin, a little later the piano. Oscar Feltsman's first piano piece entitled "Autumn" appeared when he was barely six years old. Among his compositions were operettas and musical comedies.

Feltsman collaborated with various poets, including Andrei Voznesensky, Rasul Gamzatov, Evgeny Dolmatovsky, Robert Rozhdestvensky and many others. Feltsman's hits were performed by masters of the national stage: Leonid Utyosov, Mark Bernes, Muslim Magomayev, Maria Pakhomenko, Iosif Kobzon. In recent years, the composer has created a number of chamber works, including poems by Marina Tsvetaeva.

Oscar Feltsman was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd, 3rd and 4th class, for his outstanding contribution to the development of Russian musical art and many years of creative activity, as well as the Order of Friendship for a great personal contribution to the development of national art. In 1989, Feltsman received the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR.

He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery.

Vyakhirev Rem Ivanovich

Rem Vyakhirev. Photo: ITAR-TASS

Soviet and Russian manager, statesman, one of the founders of the Gazprom company.

Rem Vyakhirev was born in the village of Bolshaya Chernigovka, Kuibyshev Region, and was the eldest child in a family of rural teachers. After graduating from school, he entered the oil department of the Kuibyshev Industrial Institute, from which he graduated in 1956 with a degree in the development of oil and gas fields. Fifteen years he worked in the association "Kuibyshevneft". In 1971 he was appointed head of the Orenburggazdobycha department.

In 1973, Vyakhirev met Viktor Chernomyrdin, and in 1976 he became the head of Orenburggazdobycha. From 1983 to 1985, Vyakhirev served as Deputy Minister of the Gas Industry of the USSR, at the same time, on the initiative of Chernomyrdin, the Gazprom company was created.

Since 1992, Rem Vyakhirev has served as the head of the concern's board of directors. Under him, the company enters the European gas market.

In 2004 Forbes magazine included Vyakhirev in the list of the richest people in Russia.

He died on February 11, 2013 at the age of 79 at his dacha in the Moscow region. He was buried at the Vostryakovsky cemetery in Moscow.

German Alexey Yurievich

Alexei German. Photo: ITAR-TASS

Film director, classic of Russian black and white cinema.

Alexei German Sr. entered the history of cinema as a director, screenwriter, actor and producer. He was born in the family of a writer and screenwriter, author of the script for the film "My Dear Man" by Yuri German and Tatyana Rittenberg. Alexei German's career began in the theater. After graduating from the Leningrad state institute theater, he served first in the Smolensk Drama Theater, and then - in the Leningrad Bolshoi Drama Theater.

In 1964, German came to Lenfilm, where his first work was the film Workers' Village, in which he was the second director.

The directorial debut of Alexei German was the tape "Check on the roads". Work on the tape was completed in 1971, but it was released on the screens only in 1985. Check on the Roads was followed by Twenty Days Without War (1976) and My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1984). The last tape completed by Herman is “Khrustalev, the car!” - was released in 1998.

Alexei German worked for many years on a film based on the novel by the Strugatsky brothers It's Hard to Be a God, but this tape never appeared on the screens during his lifetime.

Alexey German was the winner of numerous awards and prizes. In particular, his work "My friend Ivan Lapshin" in 1987 received the State Prize of the RSFSR, and a year later "Check on the Roads" was awarded the State Prize of the USSR.

The director died on February 21, 2013 at the age of 75 in the clinic of the Military Medical Academy of St. Petersburg. He was buried on February 24 at the Theological Cemetery in St. Petersburg.

Van Cliburn

The world famous American pianist, the first winner of the International P.I. Tchaikovsky.

Van Cliburn was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He began to study piano at the age of 3, and at 13 he gave his first solo concert.

The pianist gained world fame after winning the first international competition named after P.I. Tchaikovsky in Moscow in 1958, which became a sensation - at that moment in full swing was " cold war". His performance was accompanied by an eight-minute standing ovation. According to legend, the decision to award the "gold" to Cliburn was made personally by Nikita Khrushchev. At that time, the pianist was only 23 years old.

The competition was a turning point in Van Cliburn's biography. After the triumph in Moscow, he gained worldwide fame, and at home - in New York - he was greeted as a national hero. The time of non-stop performances began. Sometimes the musician had to play 150 concerts a year. But in 1978, Van Cliburn stopped touring in order to spend more time with his ailing mother. He resumed performances only in 1987 - after he played at a reception at the White House in Washington on the occasion of the visit Secretary General Central Committee of the CPSU Mikhail Gorbachev.

Throughout its musical career Van Cliburn has spoken to US presidents, representatives royal families and leaders from Europe, Asia and South America, visited the USSR on tour.

The pianist has received many awards, including the Russian Order of Friendship. The Russian Academy of Sciences named one of the stars in the constellation Lear after Van Cliburn, and his name is immortalized in the American Classical Music Hall of Fame. A recording of Tchaikovsky's First Concerto performed by the maestro in 1958 was inducted into the US National Academy Hall of Fame.

The pianist repeatedly returned to Moscow, and within the framework of the First International Festival of Master Classes "Glory to the Maestro!" even gave a series of master classes.

MARCH

Hugo Chavez

Hugo Chavez. Photo: ITAR-TASS

Venezuelan statesman and military leader, President of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013

Hugo Chavez was born in the city of Sabaneta in western Venezuela.

In 1975, with the rank of second lieutenant, he graduated from the Military Academy of Venezuela, then served in the airborne units. In February 1992, Chávez led a failed coup attempt. In 1994, he created the "Movement V Republic". In 1998, he took the post of President of the Republic, two years later he won the presidential election for the second time. In 2002, Chavez withstood an attempt to overthrow the presidency. In December 2006, he won the next presidential election.

Hugo Chavez was called the leader of the Bolivarian revolution. He is one of the founders of the political and economic bloc Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of America /ALBA/, the author of regional projects in the field of production and marketing of hydrocarbon raw materials, in particular Petrokaribe, Petrosur, as well as in the field of media - Telesur TV channel.

Chavez managed to change the country's foreign policy, making Venezuela short term authoritative regional leader who led the movement against neoliberalism in the Western Hemisphere.

Chavez is buried at the Museum of the Revolution in Caracas. The coffin with his body is placed in a marble sarcophagus and set on a pedestal in the shape of a flower surrounded by water.

Panin Andrey Vladimirovich

Theater and film actor. Honored Artist Russian Federation.

Andrey Panin was born in Novosibirsk. Two years later, the family moved to Chelyabinsk. Then, when Andrei was six years old, he moved to Kemerovo, where he lived for sixteen years. It was the city of Kemerovo that Panin considered his homeland. The actor graduated from the local Institute of Culture, and then moved to Moscow. In 1990 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School and became an actor of the Moscow Art Theater named after A.P. Chekhov. Among his stage works are roles in the performances of "Three Sisters", "The Miserly Knight", "Marriage", "Death Number" and others.

The actor gained fame thanks to the paintings "Mother, Do not Cry" by Maxim Pezhemsky and "Mother" by Denis Evstigneev. Massive popularity came to Andrei Panin after the television series "Brigade" directed by Alexei Sidorov. The success of the television series "Kamenskaya" also contributed to Panin's popularity. In addition, Andrey Panin created vivid memorable images in the films "Driver for Faith", "Full Moon Day", "Poisons, or The World History poisoning" and "A horseman named Death", "Blind Man's Bluff", "Morphine" and many others.

The circumstances of the actor's death are not clear. According to one version, he died in an accident, according to another, he was killed. Andrei Panin was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery.

Mamyshev-Monroe Vladislav Yurievich

Russian performance artist Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe dies

Well-known performance artist, creator of "Pirate Television", laureate of the Kandinsky Prize.

The artist was born in Leningrad. He studied at literary school No. 27, from which he was expelled for drawing and distributing caricatures of members of the Politburo.

Since 1986, he began working with the New Artists group, created by Timur Novikov. Mamyshev is known for his performances, where he changed into famous people- the first heroine of his reincarnations was Marilyn Monroe. In this image, Mamyshev performed several times at the concerts of the Pop Mechanics group by Sergei Kuryokhin. From about that time on, the pseudonym Vlad Monroe or Mamyshev-Monroe was assigned to the artist.

In 2000, the artist found a new image for himself - the Soviet movie star Lyubov Orlova. In 2003, Mamyshev took part in the scandalous exhibition "Caution, Religion!". In 2007, the artist won the Kandinsky Prize in the Media Project of the Year nomination for the original version of the feature film Volga-Volga, where Monroe played the role of Dunya Petrova.

The last exhibition of Mamyshev-Monroe "Polonius", prepared jointly with photographer Grigory Polyakovsky, was held at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. It was dedicated to the premiere of the play of the same name at the Polytheatre, where the artist played the role of Polonius.

On March 16, Mamyshev-Monroe drowned in a hotel pool on the island of Bali in Indonesia. Buried in St. Petersburg.

Berezovsky Boris Abramovich

Boris Berezovsky died

Boris Berezovsky is one of the key figures in Russian politics in the 1990s, an entrepreneur and scientist.

In 1989, Berezovsky became one of the founders of the LogoVAZ joint-stock company. From December 1994 to December 7, 1996, he was the first deputy chairman of the board of directors of CJSC Public Russian Television.

In May 1994, Berezovsky created the All-Russian Automobile Alliance (ABBA), within which he headed the project to create a domestic "people's car".

In 1996-1997, Berezovsky served as Secretary of the Security Council of Russia, then became an adviser to the head of the presidential administration of Russia Yumashev, and in April 1998 he was appointed executive secretary of the CIS.

Since 2000, the businessman has lived in the UK, since 2003 - as a political refugee. Since 2001, he has been wanted on charges of fraud, money laundering and an attempted violent seizure of power.

On the morning of March 23, 2013, Berezovsky was found dead at his home in Surrey County. According to police, the businessman's death was caused by hanging. Berezovsky was buried on May 8 in Surrey

Zolotukhin Valery Sergeevich

Died actor and director Valery Zolotukhin

Actor and director.

Valery Zolotukhin was born in Altai in peasant family. Since childhood, he dreamed of becoming an actor and in 1958 he entered the GITIS musical comedy department. After graduating from the institute in 1963, he received an invitation to the Mossovet Theater, where he worked for a year.

In 1964, the artist moved to the Taganka Theater, where he worked until his last days.

In addition to playing in the theater, Zolotukhin actively acted in films; the role of Bumbarash in the film of the same name brought him national fame. His track record includes roles in the trilogy "The Master of the Taiga", the detective story "The Loss of a Witness", the historical film "The Tale of How Tsar Peter the Black Married", the films "Night Watch" and "Day Watch", "The Master and Margarita", " Dead Souls"and many others.

After the artistic director, Yuri Lyubimov, left the Taganka Theater, Zolotukhin took his place. In early March 2013, he was forced to resign from this position due to poor health. Since 2003, Zolotukhin has also been the artistic director of the State Youth Theater of Altai.

He was buried in his homeland - in the village of Bystry Istok in Altai.

APRIL

Margaret Thatcher

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies

British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. Thatcher became the first and so far the only woman to hold this post.

Thatcher was able to bring the UK out of the economic crisis of the late 1970s, using harsh and unpopular measures, including the privatization of state-owned companies and the withdrawal of support for unpromising enterprises. She also initiated a military solution to the conflict with Argentina over the Falklands, which ended in victory for the British.

For services to the nation, Queen Elizabeth II granted Thatcher the title of baroness in 1992.

In the last years of her life, Margaret Thatcher was seriously ill, the cause of her death was a stroke. According to the will of the deceased, she was buried next to her husband in the cemetery of the military hospital in the London area of ​​Chelsea.

Livshits Alexander Yakovlevich

Alexander Livshits. Photo: ITAR-TASS

Russian economist, Minister of Finance, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation in 1996-1997, Vice President of the Russian Aluminum holding in 2001-2013.

Livshits worked for the Russian government in the 1990s. He became the Minister of Finance and Deputy Governor from Russia at the IMF in 1996, having also received the post of Deputy Prime Minister.

In 1997, Livshits left the government, becoming the presidential representative in the National Banking Council, as well as deputy head of the presidential administration, where he worked until 1998. In 1999, the economist was Russia's special envoy to the G8.

A year later, Livshits resigned from officials, heading the board of the Russian Credit Bank. A year later, he again changed his job, moving to Rusal. It was in the aluminum company that Livshits worked in recent years. IN political life countries former minister practically did not participate.

MAY

Balabanov Alexey Oktyabrinovich

Alexey Balabanov. Photo: ITAR-TASS

In 1981, Balabanov graduated from the translation department of the Gorky Pedagogical Institute, in 1983-1987 he worked as an assistant director at the Sverdlovsk film studio. In 1990 he graduated from the Higher Courses for Screenwriters and Directors.

Among his works are the tapes "War", "It doesn't hurt me", "About freaks and people", "Cargo 200", "Blind Man's Bluff", "Morphine" and others.

The director's last film "I also want" was released on Russian screens in mid-December 2012. It tells about the mystical bell tower, to which people go in the hope of finding happiness. The director played himself in one of the episodes of the film, during which he dies.

Aleksey Balabanov suddenly died while working on another script in the sanatorium "Dunes" in the city of Sestroretsk. He was buried at the Smolensk cemetery in St. Petersburg.

Schmidt Sigurd Ottovich

Sigurd Schmidt. Photo: ITAR-TASS

Well-known Russian historian and local historian.

The scientist taught at the Russian State University for the Humanities, headed the Department of Moscow Studies and was an honored professor at the Russian State University for the Humanities.

In 1944, Sigurd Schmidt graduated from the Faculty of History of Moscow State University, and in 1949 he began teaching at the Moscow Institute of History and Archives, on the basis of which the Russian State Humanitarian University was created. In 1965, Schmidt received a doctorate in history, and five years later he became a professor. In 1992 he became an academician Russian Academy education. Schmidt - the author of more than 20 books, a large number of articles - was known in the country as a brilliant popularizer of history.

JULY

Segalovich Ilya Valentinovich

Russian programmer, co-founder of Yandex.

Ilya Segalovich was born in the city of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) in the family of geophysicist, laureate of the State Prize of the USSR Valentin Segalovich.

In 1986 he graduated from the Geophysical Faculty of the Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute. After graduating from the institute, Segalovich worked as a programmer at the All-Union Institute of Mineral Resources, where he wrote geophysical information systems in Fortran. In the early 1990s, together with his classmate Arkady Volozh, Segalovich coined the word "Yandex" to refer to the unstructured information search technology that they developed. In the future, Segalovich stood at the origins of the creation of the most popular search engine in Runet, and in recent years he served as technical director of Yandex.

In September 2012, Segalovich was diagnosed with cancer. On July 27, 2013, he died in a London clinic. He was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow.

Todorovsky Petr Efimovich

Peter Todorovsky. Photo: ITAR-TASS

Petr Todorovsky was born in Bobrinets, Ukraine. Since the summer of 1943, he was a cadet of the Saratov Military Infantry School, since 1944 - the commander of a mortar platoon in the 93rd Infantry Regiment of the 76th rifle division 47th Army of the First Belorussian Front. Was awarded medals Patriotic WarІ and ІІ degrees and medals. After the war, until 1949, he served as an officer in a military garrison near Kostroma.

In 1954, Todorovsky graduated from the camera department of VGIK and made his debut as a cameraman at the Moldova Film Studio. For ten years he worked at the Odessa Film Studio.

As an actor, he starred in the films "It was the month of May", "Swamp".

In 1983, he directed the acclaimed film "Military Romance", which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

The director wrote music for most of his films.

Pyotr Todorovsky died on May 24, 2013 in Moscow at the age of 88. He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery.

JULY

Gorshenev Mikhail Yurievich

The best performances of the group "King and Shut"

Musician, soloist of the group "Korol i Shut"

Mikhail "Gorshok" Gorshenev was born in the city of Boksitogorsk Leningrad region. He began to study music at school. In 1988, together with classmates Alexander Balunov and Alexander Shchigolev, he founded the Kontora group. In 1990 Andrey Knyazev joined them. In the same year, they named their group "King of Jesters", which then received the current name. The first studio album, "Stone on the Head", was released by the musicians in 1996. In total, the group recorded 12 studio albums, in 2005 Mikhail Gorshenev released a solo album "I am an alcoholic anarchist".

He was buried at the Bogoslovsky cemetery in St. Petersburg.

AUGUST

Peskov Vasily Mikhailovich

Well-known journalist, traveler, writer, one of the hosts of the program "In the world of animals".

In his youth, Vasily Peskov was fond of photography. One day, an employee of the regional newspaper Molodoy Kommunar saw his pictures and invited him to work. This was the impetus for the beginning of journalistic activity.

Three years later, Vasily Mikhailovich was invited to work in the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, where for many years he led the columns "Window to Nature" and "Taiga Dead End". Many of his essays formed the basis of books. So, in 1960, "Notes of a photojournalist" was published, and three years later, Peskov's books "Steps on the Dew" and "Wait for Us, Stars" become famous.

Peskov's documentary story "Taiga Dead End", published in 1990, gained the greatest popularity. It tells about hermits-Old Believers who fled to the Sayan taiga in the Republic of Khakassia in the 1930s. In the book, Vasily Peskov tells how he established contact with the settlers and won their trust.

In 1991, another collection of Peskov's essays, Wanderings, was released, where the journalist talks about East Africa, Hungary and the Alps. In 1994, his last book, Bigger Alaska Than You Think, was published.

Despite the rich literary heritage, many remember Vasily Peskov from the program "In the Animal World", which he hosted from 1975 to 1990.

The journalist died in Moscow at the age of 84. According to Peskov's will, his ashes were scattered in his homeland, in the village of Orlovo, Voronezh region.

Soviet and Russian cinematographer who gained worldwide fame for his collaborations with directors Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Bondarchuk

Vadim Yusov was born in the Leningrad region. In 1954 he graduated from the camera department of VGIK and at the same time began to collaborate with the Mosfilm film studio. In 1960, he first worked with Andrei Tarkovsky on the set of the short film The Skating Rink and the Violin. Since 1983 - Head of the Department of Cameramanship at VGIK.

The filmography of Vadim Yusov includes more than 20 films. Among them are Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Ivan's Childhood by Andrei Tarkovsky; "I'm walking around Moscow" Georgy Danelia; "They fought for the Motherland", "Boris Godunov" by Sergei Bondarchuk and others.

In recent years, Vadim Yusov has collaborated with Oleg Dorman in the films "Interlinear" and "Own Voice", as well as with Andrey Proshkin in the film "Orange Juice".

Vadim Yusov is buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery

NOVEMBER

Yakovlev Yuri Vasilievich

Died actor Yuri Yakovlev

Actor, People's Artist of the USSR.

Yuri Yakovlev was born in Moscow in the family of a lawyer. IN post-war years studied at night school, while working as an assistant mechanic. In 1948 he tried to enter VGIK, but the commission recognized him as not "cynogenic". Then Yakovlev went to the Theater School. B. Schukin.

In 1952, the actor came to the Vakhtangov Theater, where he worked for over 60 years. Among his roles - Sorin in "The Seagull" by A. Chekhov, Dudukin in "Guilty Without Guilt" by A. Ostrovsky, Karenin in "Anna Karenina" by L. Tolstoy, Pantaloon in "Princess Turandot" and many others. In total, Yuri Yakovlev played more than 40 roles on the stage of the theater.

In 1955, Yuri Yakovlev made his debut on the big screen as Prince Myshkin in the film The Idiot, based on the novel of the same name by F.M. Dostoevsky.

Among the most famous film works of the actor are house manager Ivan Vasilyevich Bunsha / Tsar Ivan the Terrible in the film by Leonid Gaidai "Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Profession", Ippolit in the main New Year's film "Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath", Lieutenant Rzhevsky in "The Hussar Ballad", boy Bi in the comedy dystopia "Kin-Dza-Dza".

The actor died on the night of November 30, 2013 in a Moscow hospital after a long illness. He was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.

DECEMBER

Nelson Mandela

Died ex-president South Africa Nelson Mandela

The first black president of South Africa, one of the most famous activists in the struggle for human rights during the existence of apartheid. Laureate Nobel Prize peace in 1993.

Nelson Mandela was born in southeastern South Africa. In 1943 he began to study law at the university.

IN student years Mandela joined the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League, which was engaged in the fight against apartheid. In 1953, the South African government banned him from speaking at public events. In 1956 he was accused of high treason, but later acquitted.

By 1960, when the authorities banned the ANC, Mandela had already become the recognized leader of the organization. In 1961 he headed military organization ANC, and three years later was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1990 he was released.

In 1993, Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In the first national elections in South Africa with the participation of the African majority in 1994, Mandela was elected President of South Africa. He remained head of state until 1999.

Nelson Mandela died on December 5, 2013 at the age of 96 at his home. He was buried on December 15, 2013 in his ancestral village.

Kalashnikov Mikhail Timofeevich

Designer died small arms Mikhail Kalashnikov

The famous designer of small arms

Mikhail Kalashnikov was born in the Altai Territory into a large peasant family. In 1930, the family was dispossessed and exiled to the village of Nizhnyaya Mokhovaya, Tomsk Region.

In 1938, Kalashnikov was drafted into the Red Army. During military service he developed an inertial counter to account for the number of shots fired from a tank gun, adapted the TT pistol for effective firing through slots in a tank turret, and created a device to account for the life of a tank engine. For the latest invention, the commander of the Kyiv military district, General Georgy Zhukov, awarded Kalashnikov with a nominal watch.

In August 1941, Kalashnikov went to the front, but a few months later he was seriously wounded in the battles near Bryansk. While on a six-month vacation, he developed his first model of a submachine gun. In July 1942, Kalashnikov was sent to a scientific test site, where the submachine gun passed full-scale tests.

In 1945, Kalashnikov participated in a competition to develop an assault rifle chambered for the 1943 model. According to the results of competitive tests, the AK-47 assault rifle was adopted by the Soviet army at the beginning of 1949. Then Kalashnikov received the Order of the Red Star and the Stalin Prize of the first degree "For the development of a weapon model."

Since 1949, he worked in the department of the chief designer of the Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant. In addition to the AK-47, Kalashnikov created a modernized 7.62 mm AKM assault rifle and a modernized AKMS rifle with a folding stock. After switching to a caliber of 5.45 millimeters, models of the Kalashnikov assault rifle AK-74, AKS-74U, AK-74M were developed. In total, the Kalashnikov design bureau created more than a hundred samples of military weapons.

In 1971, based on the totality of research and development work and inventions without defending a dissertation, Kalashnikov was awarded the degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences.

Kalashnikov wrote several books of memoirs: "Notes of a gunsmith designer" (1992), "From someone else's threshold to the Spassky Gate" (1997), "I walked the same road with you: Memoirs" (1999), "Kalashnikov: the trajectory of fate" (2004 ), "In the whirlwind of my life" (2007), "Everything you need is simple" (2009). He was a member of the Writers' Union of Russia.

On the eve of the New Year 2014, IVONA sums up. The outgoing year was overshadowed by the loss of incredibly creative and beloved great people.

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Andrei Panin, 50, was found dead in his apartment. The main version of death is violent, before the death of the actor could be seriously beaten. In particular, experts talk about the presence of a craniocerebral injury and a large number of various bruises, abrasions and bruises.

VK Oksana Khozhay

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Tina Karol's husband died in Kyiv. The cause of death of Eugene Ogir was stomach cancer, which the doctors could not cure. On this day, the star wife of Eugene Ogira performed at a concert in Zaporozhye. She learned the terrible news only after she went backstage.

Let's remember in last days of the outgoing year about those actors who passed away this year.

Balon Vladimir Yakovlevich (02/23/1937 - 02/02/2013)

Vladimir Balon was born in St. Petersburg. He is a professional athlete, master of sports, champion of the USSR among juniors in foil fencing. Graduated from the Institute of Physical Education named after Lesgaft. In 1958-1961 he was the head coach of DSO Dynamo, then the coach of CSKA.

He moved to Moscow in the early 60s. Balon was called to the cinema by Eldar Ryazanov - to stage fights and stunts in the film "The Hussar Ballad". In it, Balon played his first role - adjutant Kutuzov. Then the actor starred in the episodes of the films "Give a Book of Complaints", "Nikolai Bauman", "Princess of the Circus", "Insolence", "Petka in Space" and others, worked as stunt directors in such films as "A Year Like Life", "They call, open the door", "Beware of the car." In the latter, Ryazanov tried Balon for the role of Semitsvetov, which eventually went to Andrei Mironov. He taught Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Detochkin how to handle the sword, as well as the four musketeers in the film "D" Artagnan and the Three Musketeers.

The most famous work of Balon was the role of the main enemy of d "Artagnan - the captain of the guards, Cardinal Jussac, in the film" D "Artagnan and the Three Musketeers" by Georgy Yungvald-Khilkevich. In life, Boyarsky and Balon were best friends. The actor also became a stunt director in sequels to films about the adventures of the Musketeers (The Musketeers Twenty Years Later, The Secret of Queen Anne, or The Musketeers Thirty Years Later, The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin).
In the late 80s, for staging fencing scenes in "Midshipmen, forward!" Balon was invited by Svetlana Druzhinina. In the film, he also played the role of the servant of the Chevalier de Brilly - Jacques.

He died on February 2, 2013 at the Botkin Hospital in Moscow from cancer. Mikhail Boyarsky, who was friends with Vladimir Balon for 40 years, said that before his death, the actor looked great: a terrible disease did not destroy his will, he awaited his inevitable death with dignity - for example, he was always perfectly shaved. Vladimir Balon was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow.

Sergachev Viktor Nikolaevich (11/24/1934 - 02/26/2013)

Viktor Nikolaevich Sergachev was born at the Borzya station (now the Trans-Baikal Territory).
After graduation high school entered the Moscow Art Theater School on the course of P.V. Massalsky, from which he graduated in 1956. After he was accepted into the troupe of the Central Theater of the Soviet Army, where he served only 1 season: back in 1955, the artist became one of the 6 founders of the Sovremennik Theater. In 1957, the actor made his debut as a director, staging with Oleg Efremov based on the play by V. Rozov the play “In Search of Joy”. In 1971, following Oleg Efremov, Viktor Sergachev moved to the Moscow Art Theater. After the division of the theater, which occurred in 1987, he served at the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater.

The first notable film role was the role of a district police officer in the film "The End of the World." In 1996, Viktor Sergachev at the Moscow Art Theater staged his own adaptation of F. M. Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment, playing the role of the Author and Porfiry Petrovich in the play. He starred in 80 films, including "The Lost Expedition", "Golden River", "This Merry Planet", "Three Fat Men", "Three Poplars on Plyushchikha".

Victor Sergachev is an Honored Artist of the RSFSR, People's Artist of the RSFSR, has the Order of Friendship for many years of fruitful activity in the field of theatrical art and in connection with the 100th anniversary of the Moscow Art Academic Theater, the Order of Honor, which the artist received for his merits in the field of culture and art and many years of fruitful work.

Viktor Sergachev died at the Research Institute. N. V. Sklifosovsky in Moscow on February 26, 2013 from aortic rupture. On March 1, the artist was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery.

Panin Andrey Vladimirovich (05/28/1962 - 03/06/2013)

Born May 28, 1962 in Novosibirsk, grew up in the city of Kemerovo. In Kemerovo he graduated from the directing department of the Institute of Culture. For some time the actor worked at the Minusinsk Theater. In 1991 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School (workshop of Alexander Kalyagin) and became an actor of the Moscow Art Theater named after A.P. Chekhov.

Among his stage works are "Three Sisters" (Salty), "The Miserly Knight", "Marriage", the performance of the Tabakov Theater-Studio "Death Number", the private production of "Winter" by Yevgeny Grishkovets, the sensational "Academy of Laughter" and "Three on swing" in the theater named after A.S. Pushkin.

One of the first film roles Andrei Panin played in the film "In a straight line." The actor gained fame thanks to the films "Mother, Do not Cry", "Mother", the television series "Kamenskaya" and "Border. Taiga Romance". Mass popularity came to the actor after the television series "Brigada" (2002), where he skillfully played the role of a corrupt policeman who went into deep crime in the early 1990s. In total, he starred in more than 70 films, including "Wedding," 24 Hours "," Driver for Faith "," Shadow Fight "," Blind Man's Buff ". One of the last roles is Watson in the Russian TV series" Sherlock Holmes ".

Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1999). Laureate of the "Crystal Turandot" award for the play "Death Number". Winner of the "Seagull" award in the nomination "Best Villain" for the role of the Baron in the play "Little Tragedies" in 1996. Laureate of the "Seagull" award in the "Double Impact" nomination - the best theatrical duet (with Nikolai Fomenko) for the performance "Academy of Laughter" in 2001. Award "Idol of the Year" for the role of Tsubaki in "Academy of laughter", as well as for the role of Garkusha in the film "The Wedding" in 2001.
Winner of the youth award "Triumph" for 2001. Awarded with film awards "Nika" and "Golden Aries", winner of prizes at the festivals "Window to Europe", "Constellation".

Died in Moscow. The body of Andrei Panin with a head wound was found in his apartment (an accident, he hit his head). He was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery.

Zolotukhin Valery Igorevich (06/21/1941 - 03/30/2013)

Born on June 21, 1941 in the village of Bystry Istok, Altai Territory. As a child, he had to endure a serious illness. For several years he lay, he was chained to a bed. Until the tenth grade, he walked on crutches. And yet he believed that he would become an actor. After school, leaving the village, for the first time in his life he took a train and went to Moscow to enter the theater institute. He graduated with honors from GITIS in the department of musical comedy (1963). Played at the Moscow City Council Theater (1963-1964). From 1964 he played at the Taganka Theater, becoming one of its brightest and most talented actors. From October 2011 to March 2013 he was the artistic director of the Taganka Theatre.

He actively acted in films, he received the greatest fame for the role of the district police officer Seryozhkin in the trilogy "The Master of the Taiga", "Missing a Witness and" Preliminary Investigation ", as well as roles in the films" Bumbarash "," The Tale of How Tsar Peter Married Married "," Little Tragedies”, “Night Watch” and “Day Watch” (2005).

He died of brain cancer at the Russian Center for Roentgen Radiology in Moscow (was in a coma for two weeks). He was buried on April 5 at home.

Mamaev Viktor Viktorovich (03/17/1955 - 05/13/2013)

Viktor Mamaev was born on March 17, 1955. In 1979 he graduated from GITIS. He starred in the films of Sergei Bondarchuk, such as "Boris Godunov" and "Quiet Flows the Don", while he helped the director as an assistant in organizing crowd scenes. For his role in the film "Father and Son" he was awarded the State Prize of the USSR. In the cinema, he mainly played the roles of strong guys, builders of communism, military sailors, just strong men.

Since 1979, he has staged 47 performances, directed the theater studio "Russians" (1979-1996). In 1980 he became co-director of XXII Olympic Games in Moscow. It is believed that it was he who launched the Olympic Bear into the sky. In 1981, Mamaev was awarded the title of "People's Artist" of the RSFSR, which he refused in 1992 after the collapse of the USSR.

In the last years of his life, Viktor Viktorovich courageously fought a serious illness: doctors diagnosed him with cancer in the last stage. May 14 was found dead in his apartment in Moscow.

Bogunova, Natalia Vasilievna (04/08/1948 - 08/09/2013)

The actress was born on April 8, 1948 in Leningrad. She studied at the Leningrad Choreographic School. A. Vaganova. She began acting in films at the age of 11 (the film "Introduction", directed by Igor Talankin). In 1970 she graduated from VGIK (Boris Babochkin's workshop). After graduating from VGIK, Natalia began working in the theater. Moscow City Council, where Lyubov Orlova then shone. She worked at the Bogunova Theater for 17 years.

The actress’s track record includes several dozen film roles - main and episodic: Daisy (“Running on the Waves”), Inga (“Goodbye, Boys”), Snegurochka (“Spring Tale”), the musician’s bride (“Smart Things”), ballerina ( "Grand pa").

But she was especially remembered for the film Big Break, which is still popular to this day, where she played leading role Svetlana Afanasyevna, teacher of Russian language and literature. "Big Break" broke all conceivable records of popularity. Bogunova was not allowed to pass on the street and in transport, and everyone was sure that she was really the wife of actor Alexander Zbruev. Her last small film work was the role of the postmaster in the film "Running on the Sunny Side" in 1992. Since then, the actress has not acted.

She died while on vacation in Crete, Greece, the cause of death was a myocardial infarction.

Martsevich, Eduard Evgenievich (12/29/1936 - 10/12/2013)

Eduard Martsevich was born on December 29, 1936 in Tbilisi. In childhood, Eduard Martsevich was engaged in various circles: dance, singing, artistic reading, drama. Graduated from the Theater School. M. S. Shchepkina (1959). Martsevich's high-profile debut was the performance of the role of Hamlet on the theater stage. The actor played in the Mayakovsky Theater and the Maly Theater, starred in many films, more than 70 roles, in particular, in the films "Fathers and Sons", "War and Peace", "TASS is authorized to declare ...", " Ideal husband"," Red Tent ". In 1987, Martsevich was awarded the title of" People's Artist of Russia ". One of the last film works of Martsevich was the film by Sergei Solovyov" Anna Karenina ".

On October 2, in serious condition, he was urgently hospitalized in the department of acute endotoxicosis of the Institute. Sklifosovsky with cirrhosis of the liver. Died October 12, 2013 without regaining consciousness

Aroseva Olga Alexandrovna (12/21/1925 - 10/13/2013)

Olga Aroseva was born in Moscow in the family of the famous Bolshevik and diplomat Alexander Arosev. Olga spent her childhood abroad - in Paris, Stockholm and Prague. In 1933 the Arosev family returned to Moscow. IN school years participated in the school drama circle, studied at the Klyuchnikov children's theater studio.

With the outbreak of World War II, Olga Aroseva entered the circus school, and then, like her sister, the Moscow City Theater School. But she did not have time to finish it, because in 1946 she was accepted into the troupe of the Leningrad Comedy Theater. In 1950, Olga Aroseva returned to Moscow and entered the Moscow Theater of Satire. During her long and fruitful artistic career in the theater, she played many roles, and all of them were played with comedic brilliance and amazing accuracy.

Olga Aroseva made her film debut in 1948 in the film Precious Grains. Then there were the pictures "We met somewhere ...", "Girl without an address" and others. But the first big success in the cinema was the role of Lyuba in Eldar Ryazanov's comedy "Beware of the Car".
In total, the actress has more than 40 roles, among which it is impossible not to mention work in the tragicomedy "Intervention", in the musical comedy "Trembita", in the comedies "Old Robbers" and "The Incredible Adventures of Italians in Russia". Since the 80s, work in the cinema has become an extremely rare occurrence for Aroseva, she almost completely switched to the theater.

Olga Aroseva brought national fame to the role in the television program "Zucchini" 13 chairs ". A trendsetter and enterprising " socialite"Pani Monika was loved by the whole country. In 1976, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the zucchini, the Polish government awarded all participants and leaders of the program the title of "Honored Worker of Culture of Poland."

Another page in the creative biography of Olga Aroseva is her work in animation. The eccentric Baba Yaga from the series of Olympic cartoons "Baba Yaga Against" and Mrs. Beladonna from "The Adventures of Funtik the Pig" speak in her voice.

People's Artist of Russia Olga Alexandrovna Aroseva was awarded the Order of Honor and the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree. She is a laureate of the State Prize of the RSFSR in 1977.

In the last years of her life, she struggled with severe cancer. At the end of the summer of 2013, she became seriously ill. Olga Alexandrovna Aroseva died on October 13, 2013 in the Moscow region.

Yakovlev Yuri Vasilyevich (04/25/1928 - 11/30/2013)

Yuri Yakovlev was born in Moscow in the family of a lawyer. With the outbreak of World War II, the Yakovlev family was evacuated to Ufa, where 13-year-old Yuri worked with his mother in the hospital. In 1943 the Yakovlevs returned to Moscow. The future actor studied at night school, worked as an assistant mechanic in the garage to help the family.

In 1948 he entered VGIK, but failed in the entrance exams - the selection committee issued a verdict "non-cinogenic". However, then the future popularly beloved theater and film actor was admitted to the famous Theater School named after B. Shchukin. After graduating in 1952, Yakovlev joined the troupe of the Vakhtangov Theater, where he worked for the rest of his life.
Yuri Yakovlev has played more than 70 roles on the theater stage.

In the movie, the actor began acting in 1956. Yakovlev's track record includes more than 100 roles. Glory came to Yuri Yakovlev in 1958, when he played Prince Myshkin in the film version of Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Idiot, directed by Ivan Pyriev. 1960-1980 became the most fruitful and bright years in Yakovlev's biography. The actor created memorable, voluminous, multifaceted images.

Audience love earned Yakovlev roles in the films of Eldar Ryazanov - Lieutenant Rzhevsky in "The Hussar Ballad" (1962) and Ippolit in the TV movie "The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!" (1975). In addition, among the most remembered by the audience of Yakovlev's works are Leonid Gaidai's comedy "Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession", where the actor played two roles at once - Bunshi's house manager and Tsar Ivan the Terrible, as well as Georgy Daneliya's film "Kin-dza-dza", in which Yakovlev co-starred with Evgeny Leonov and Stanislav Lyubshin.

Yuri Vasilyevich was awarded many honorary awards. In 1976 he received the title of People's Artist of the USSR. He also became the owner of the Chekhov Medal, the Crystal Turandot Prize and the winner of the Golden Masks competition. For an outstanding creative and scientific contribution to the artistic culture of Russia, he was awarded the Prize of the President of the Russian Federation.

Yuri Yakovlev died after a severe, prolonged illness in a Moscow hospital, where the actor was taken after a faint. Yuri Yakovlev is buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery.

Norbert Georg Kuchinke (1.01.1940 - 3.12.2013)

Kuhinke was born on January 1, 1940 in Schwarzwaldau in Silesia (now Czarny-Bur, Poland), where many repatriates from Ukraine, Belarus and Russia lived. Until 1957 he studied at a Russian school. He mastered the Russian language well.

Since 1973, Kuhinke has been the first Moscow correspondent for Der Spiegel magazine.

In the Soviet Union, he became famous for the role of the witty Danish Slavic professor Bill Hansen, which he performed in Georgy Daneliya's film "Autumn Marathon". After that, he played several more episodic roles of foreigners in such films as "Two Chapters from the Family Chronicle", "Boris Godunov", "Nastya", "Where Do Children Come From?". From under his pen came books: "God in Russia", "Russia under the Cross", "Eternal Russia", "From Genghis Khan to Gorbachev".

He took an active part in the construction of the Orthodox St. George Monastery in Götschendorf (Germany). Kuhinke was awarded two orders of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir and the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow for cooperation with the Russian Orthodox Church. According to Father Daniel, Norbert, a deeply religious Catholic, for many years “was a great friend of Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church.

He died in a Berlin hospital after a long illness.