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Maxim Strauch

1900 – 1974

Soviet actor and theatre director

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About Maxim Strauch

Lived 1900 – 1974 (aged 73). Maxim Strauch was a Russian actor, theatre director and film actor.

Maksim Maksimovich Shtraukh (; 23 February 1900 – 3 January 1974) was a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actor. He was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1965.

Shtraukh is known for playing Vladimir Lenin on stage and in film. He had a privilege to get a discount for V. I. Lenin bust at any USSR shop.

Selected filmography 1923 – Glumov's Diary 1924 – Strike 1925 – Battleship Potemkin 1929 – The General Line 1929 – The Ghost That Never Returns 1930 – The Civil Servant 1933 – The Deserter 1933 – The Conveyor of Death 1934 – The Four Visits of Samuel Wolfe 1936 – A Severe Young Man 1938 – Doctor Aybolit 1938 – The Man with the Gun 1938 – The Vyborg Side 1940 – Yakov Sverdlov 1942 – His Name Is Sukhe-Bator 1943 – Two Soldiers 1943 – The Young Fritz 1946 – The Vow 1947 – Light over Russia 1948 – The Court of Honor 1949 – The Battle of Stalingrad 1949 – The Fall of Berlin 1950 – Conspiracy of the Doomed – Stalin Prize second degree (1951). 1956 – Murder on Dante Street 1957 – Stories About Lenin 1957 – Leningrad Symphony 1965 – Lenin in Poland

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Important facts

Birth century
Education
Peter and Paul Male Lutheran School
Employers
Meyerhold State Theatre, Mayakovsky Theatre, Maly Theatre, Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre
Awards
Stalin Prize; Order of Lenin; People's Artist of the USSR; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Honored Artist of the RSFSR; People's Artist of the RSFSR; Lenin Prize; Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"; Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Also known as
Maksim Maksimovich Shtraukh, Maksim Štrauh, Maxim von Strauch

People in Maxim Strauch's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Maxim Strauch?

Soviet actor and theatre director (1900–1974)

When was Maxim Strauch born?

Maxim Strauch was born on 11 February 1900 in Moscow.

When did Maxim Strauch die?

Maxim Strauch died on 3 January 1974 in Moscow.

What was Maxim Strauch's occupation?

Maxim Strauch was an actor, theatre director and film actor.

What nationality was Maxim Strauch?

Maxim Strauch was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Maxim Strauch

· Wikidata: Q1913835

· DBpedia: Maksim Shtraukh

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