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Vasili Vasilyevich Merkuryev ( Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Мерку́рьев; 6 April 1904 – 12 May 1978 [1]) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theater director and pedagogue. [2] People's Artist of the USSR (1960).
Vasili Merkuryev was known for his compassion and legendary generosity. He shared his money and food with his students during the times when they were struggling to survive. He adopted three children of his brother, Pyotr Merkuryev, who was executed in 1939, under dictatorship of Joseph Stalin.
- January 1, 1
- Leningrad, USSR [now Russia]
- January 1, 1
- Actor
Vasiliy Merkurev. Actor: The Cranes Are Flying. Vasili Vasilyevich Merkuryev was born on April 6, 1904, in Ostrov, Pskov province, Russia. He was the youngest of seven children in the family. His father, named Vasili Ilyich Merkuryev, was a grocer in the city of Ostrov, near Pskov. His mother, named Anna Ilyinichna, was a German immigrant.
- April 6, 1904
- May 12, 1978
Mother of five-year-old Seryozha has married for a second time and now Dmitri Korneyevich Korostelyov is officially his father. The boy calls Dmitri by his last name - Korostelyov, since Seryozha's stepfather also became the boy's best friend who helps solve small, but very important problems.
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Vasili Vasilyevich Merkuryev (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Мерку́рьев; 6 April 1904 – 12 May 1978) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theater director and pedagogue.
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