Konstantin Stepankov

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Petrovich and the family name is Stepankov.

Kostiantyn Petrovich Stepankov^[2] (Ukrainian: Костянтин Петрович Степанков, by name of Kostiantyn Petrovich Voloshchuk;^[3] 3 June 1928 – 22 July 2004) was a Soviet and Ukrainian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films between 1958 and 1999. He was a member of the jury at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.^[4]

People's Artist (USSR, Ukraine) Kostiantyn Stepankov
Костянтин Степанков
Born	Kostiantyn Petrovich Voloshchuk (1928-06-03)3 June 1928 Pechesky, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	22 July 2004(2004-07-22) (aged 76) Kyiv, Ukraine
Alma mater	Karpenko-Karyi Memorial National University of Theatrical Arts
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1958–1999
Spouse	Ada Rohovtseva
Awards	Lenin's Komsomol Prize of UkrSSR (1975) Oleksandr Dovzhenko State Prize, Ukraine (2003)[1]

Biography

Kostiantyn Stepankov was born in a village Pechesky, in western Ukraine's Khmelnytskyi Oblast, to the family of a priest. From 1950 to 1953 he studied at the Karpenko-Karyi Memorial Kyiv Institute of Theatrical Arts^[5][6]

Selected filmography

• Pavel Korchagin (1956)
• The Dream (1964)
• The Viper (1965)
• The Stone Cross (1968)
• Annychka (1968)
• Commisars (1970)
• The White Bird Marked with Black (1970)^[7]
• Zakhar Berkut (1971)
• Maryna (1974)
• How the Steel Was Tempered (1975)
• Hatred (1975)
• Babylon XX (1979)
• The Gadfly (1980)
• Dudaryky (1980)
• Yaroslav Mudry (1982)
• The Legend of Princess Olga (1983)
• Battle of Moscow (1985)
• Ashik Kerib (1988)
• Stone Soul (1988)
• The Mountains are Smoking (1989)
• Miracle in the Land of Oblivion (1991)
• Carpathian gold (1991)
• Cherry nights (1992)
• Judenkreis, or Eternal Wheel (1996)
• As a blacksmith was looking for happiness (1999)

Accolades

• People's Artist of the USSR
• People's Artist of Ukraine
• Order of Merit (Second Class, 2003)
• Order of Merit (Third Class, 1998)