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Vyacheslav Tikhonov was one of Russian cinema's best known faces, he survived hardship during the Second World War, and became renown for his portrayal of Russian aristocrats and intellectuals in several award-winning films, such as War and Peace (1965) and White Bim Black Ear (1977).
He was born Vyacheslav Vasilevich Tikhonov on February 8, 1928, in a small town of Pavlovsky Posad near Moscow, USSR (now Moscow, Russia). His father, Vasili Romanovich Tikhonov, was a technician at a local garment factory. His mother, Valentina Vyacheslavovna, was a kindergarten teacher. Tikhonov's first profession was that of a metal-worker during the Second World War. The war later became the main theme in some of his most notable film works. Young Tikhonov was obsessed with movies, his favorite actors were Nikolay Cherkasov as Aleksandr Nevsky, and Boris Babochkin as Chapaev. From 1945-1950 Tikhonov studied at the State Institute of Cinema (VGIK). He made his film debut in The Young Guard (1948) by director Sergey Gerasimov. During the filming of Molodaya Gvardiya Tikhonov met his first wife, Nonna Mordyukova. Their son, Vladimir Tikhonov, also became an actor, however, he suffered from a drug dependency and died. Vyacheslav Tikhonov met his second wife during the filming of We'll Live Till Monday (1968).
In the course of his career Tikhonov worked with some of the best Russian directors. He worked with director Stanislav Rostotskiy in five films, starting in Delo bylo v Penkove (1957). Their collaboration was especially fruitful in Dozhivem do ponedelnika (1969) and White Bim Black Ear (1977), which received an Academy Award-nomination. Before that, Tikhonov appeared in the leading role as Prince Bolkonsky in War and Peace (1965), an eight-hour epic film by actor-director Sergey Bondarchuk. In 1969 the film won the Academy Award as the best foreign-language film.
Tikhonov's most notable role on television was as Russian spy Stirlitz (Col. Maxim Isayev) in Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973), a popular TV series about a Russian intelligence agent operating in Berlin during WWII. The dual identity of Tikhonov's character is well played, and the film has won him millions of loyal fans. Tikhonov's consistent popularity made his character, Stirlitz, a hero in hundreds of jokes. After the role as Stirlitz, Tikhonov became typecast as a Soviet military character, and played heroic KGB officers and generals in several Soviet films during the 70s and 80s. In 2002 Vyacheslav Tikhonov suffered a heart attack. However, he soon recovered and returned to acting. In 2004 he played a role in a film produced by his daughter Anna Tikhonova. His last film-work was in Andersen. Zhizn bez lyubvi (2006) by director Eldar Ryazanov.
Vyacheslav Tikhonov was awarded the State Prize of the USSR and the State Prize of Russian Federation. He received numerous government awards and decorations and was designated People's Actor of the USSR (1974). Vyacheslav Tikhonov was residing in his country house in the prestigious village of Nikolina Gora, a suburb of Moscow. He died of a heart failure on the 4th of December, 2009, and was laid to rest in Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia.- Ilona Novosyolova was born on 2 November 1987 in Pavlovsky Posad, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She died on 13 June 2017 in Moscow, Russia.
- Olga Agibalova was born on 25 November 1986 in Pavlovsky Posad, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She has been married to Ilya Gazhienko since 21 September 2011. They have one child.
- Margarita Agibalova was born on 22 August 1990 in Pavlovsky Posad, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She has been married to Pavel Marso since 5 April 2014. They have one child. She was previously married to Evgeniy Kuzin.
- Nikita Kondratyev was born on 29 December 1915 in Pavlovsky Posad, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire [now Moscow Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Volga - Volga (1938), The Sound of Life (1961) and Proshchay, Amerika! (1949). He died on 16 August 1986 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Elena Anufrieva was born on 19 May 1881 in Pavlovsky Posad, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire [now Moscow Oblast, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Shyol soldat s fronta (1939), Selskiy vrach (1952) and The Young Guard (1948). She died on 26 January 1958.
- Valery Bykovsky was born on 2 August 1934 in Pavlovsky Posad, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was married to Valentina Mikhailovna Bykovskaya. He died on 27 March 2019 in Moscow, Russia.