And a museum and memorial dedicated to his memory was opened on the site of his childhood home in Samara
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Eldar Ryazanov
Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, poet, actor and pedagogue whose popular comedies, satirizing the daily life of the Soviet Union and Russia, are celebrated throughout the former Soviet Union and former Warsaw Pact countries.
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entertainment · Soviet and Russian filmmaker (1927–2015) · film director · screenwriter · actor · writer · poet · playwright · presenter · television presenter · pedagogue · teacher · also Eldar Ryazanov, Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov, E. Riazanov, Ryazanov
Born 18 November 1927 · Died 30 November 2015 · Q381944
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2015· 9 entries
Los Angeles Times: Eldar Ryazanov dies at 88; Russian filmmaker satirized life in Soviet era
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RBTH: 6 films by Eldar Ryazanov, the man who changed New Year’s Eve forever
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The Independent: Eldar Ryazanov: Film director whose light touch helped his comedies avoid attention from the Soviet censors
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Popular Soviet-Era Film Director Eldar Ryazanov Dies At 88
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BBC: Eldar Ryazanov Soviet comedy film giant dies
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Eldar Ryazanov And His Films
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Yahoo: Russian Film Director Eldar Ryazanov, Icon Of Romantic Satire, Dies At 88
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Voice of America: Russian Film Director Eldar Ryazanov Dies at 88
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Died 2015-11-30.
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (2008).
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Nika Lifetime Achievement Award (2006).
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (1996).
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1984· 2 entries
Awarded People's Artist of the USSR (1984).
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And received the USSR State Prize in 1977
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1955· 1 entry
Ivan Pyryev, then a major force in the Soviet film industry, suggested to him to begin work on his film Carnival Night
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1950· 1 entry
Studied at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (1950).
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1937· 1 entry
His father was arrested by the Stalinist government and subsequently served 18 years in the correctional labour camps
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1930· 1 entry
The family moved to Moscow, and soon his parents divorced
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1927· 1 entry
Born 1927-11-18.
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