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Vasili Vanin

1898 – 1951

Russian actor and theatre director

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Lived 1898 – 1951 (aged 53). Vasili Vanin was a Russian actor, theatre director, film director and drama teacher.

Vasili Vasilyevich Vanin (; 13 January 1898 – 12 May 1951) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre director and pedagogue. He was given the award People's Artist of the USSR in 1949.

Biography Vasili Vanin was born on 13 January 1898 in Tambov, in the family of a small railway employee. Having lost his father early, in 1906 he was assigned to an orphanage / Between 1924 and 1950 he was actor and director in the Mossovet Theatre; from 1950 the leader of the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre.

Filmography Tommy (1931) The Return of Maxim (1937) Lenin in October (1937) Peat-Bog Soldiers (1938) Lenin in 1918 (1939) Member of the Government (1939) Valery Chkalov (1941) Kotovsky (1942) The District Secretary (1942) – Stalin Prizes second degree (1943) The Front (1943) The Liberated Earth (1946) Light over Russia (1947) The Precious Seed (1948)

Honors and awards

Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1933) People's Artist of the RSFSR (1947) People's Artist of the USSR (1949) Three Stalin Prizes second degree (1943, 1846, 1949)

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Important facts

Birth century
Employers
Mossovet Theatre, Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
Awards
Order of Lenin; People's Artist of the USSR; Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Honoured Artist of Kazakh SSR; People's Artist of the RSFSR; Honored Artist of the RSFSR; Stalin Prize, 2nd degree
Also known as
Vasily Vanin, Vasily Vasilyevich Vanin, Vasili Vasilyevich Vanin

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Vasili Vanin?

Russian actor and theatre director (1898–1951)

When was Vasili Vanin born?

Vasili Vanin was born on 13 January 1898 in Tambov.

When did Vasili Vanin die?

Vasili Vanin died on 12 May 1951 in Moscow.

What was Vasili Vanin's occupation?

Vasili Vanin was an actor, theatre director, film director and drama teacher.

What nationality was Vasili Vanin?

Vasili Vanin was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Vasili Vanin

· Wikidata: Q4103369

· DBpedia: Vasili Vanin

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