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Vladimir Valentinovich Menshov was a Soviet and Russian actor and film director. He was noted for depicting the Russian everyman and working class life in his films. Although Menshov mostly worked as an actor, he is better known for the films he directed, especially for the 1979 melodrama Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Actress Vera Ale…
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Born 17 September 1939 · Died 5 July 2021 · Q726105
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Yahoo: Vladimir Menshov Dies: Director Of Oscar-Winning Soviet Film ‘Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears’ Was 81
Died 2021-07-05.
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TASS: Oscar-winning Russian Director Vladimir Menshov dies from COVID-19 complications
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Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (2017).
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The Security Service of Ukraine banned Menshov from entering the country for a period of 5 years
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Menshov claimed that he always voted for the communists and positively assessed the Soviet Union
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Won Golden Eagle Awards (2014).
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As the chair of the Russian Academy Award committee he refused to co-sign the decision to nominate Nikita Mikhalkov's film Burnt by the Sun 3: The Citadel as the Russian submission for the 2011 Academy Award for Best For
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Menshov gave an interview about his political views, where he stated: "Over the years, it has become completely clear to me: if you take the path of anti-Sovietism, you will certainly come to outright Russophobia
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Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (2010).
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Stated that he joined it by accident and regrets it and treats the party's activities with irony, but does not leave its ranks in order to avoid scandal
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Awarded honorary citizen of Astrakhan (2007).
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Answering a question about a possible third term for Vladimir Putin's presidency, Menshov said that he was "sharply negative" about this scenario and criticized his colleagues who said there were no alternatives to the c
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Menshov was the host of the Channel One show Last Hero
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Menshov joined the United Russia party
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Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (1999).
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Was a member of the presidium of the All Russia party
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Menshov was included in the federal list Trade Unions,
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Awarded People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989).
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Awarded Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1984).
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Menshov directed the film Love and Pigeons based on the play of Vladimir Gurkin
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Awarded USSR State Prize (1981).
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Awarded Krupskaya State Prize of the RSFSR for Practical Joke (1978).
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Menshov was awarded the first prize for the best performance at the VI All-Union Film Festival in Almaty
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Studied at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (1970).
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Graduated from the VGIK postgraduate course in the department of feature film direction (Mikhail Romm's workshop)
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Studied at Moscow Art Theatre School (1965).
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Entered the acting department of the Moscow Art Theatre School
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Born 1939-09-17.
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