Nikolay Trofimov

Nikolay Nikolaevich Trofimov (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Трофи́мов; 21 January 1920, Sevastopol — 7 November 2005, St. Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1990).

Nikolay Trofimov
Born	Nikolay Nikolaevich Trofimov (1920-01-21)21 January 1920 Sevastopol, Taurida Governorate, USSR
Died	7 September 2005(2005-09-07) (aged 85) Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1934—2005

Biography

Nikolay Trofimov was born into a working-class family. Stage career began in 1934.^[1]

During the Great Patriotic War he served in the navy.^[2]

On the stage Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater played more than 40 roles. In the cinema, Nikolai Trofimov played mostly small roles.

Nikolay Nikolaevich Trofimov died on the night of 7 November 2005 in the St. Petersburg Alexandrovsky hospital from the consequences of a stroke. He was buried on 14 November at the Literary Sheds of Volkovskoye Cemetery.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Pirogov (Russian: Пирогов, 1947) as pieman
• Belinsky (Белинский, 1951) as typographic worker
• Tamer of Tigers (Укротительница тигров, 1954) as Myshkin
• Striped Trip (Полосатый рейс, 1961) as navigator
• Cain XVIII (Каин XVIII, 1963) as Agent 214
• Torrents of Steel (Железный поток, 1967) as soldier Chirik
• War and Peace (Война и мир, 1967) as captain Tushin
• Chronicles of a Dive Bomber (Хроника пикирующего бомбардировщика, 1967) as major, commandant of the airfield
• The Diamond Arm (Бриллиантовая рука, 1968) as Colonel of militsiya
• On the Way to Berlin (На пути в Берлин) as Ivan Zaytsev
• Tchaikovsky (Чайковский, 1970) as chief of police
• Afrikanych (Африканыч, 1970) as Ivan Afrikanych
• About the Little Red Riding Hood (Про Красную Шапочку, 1977) as Small Fat Wolf
• The Circus Princess (Принцесса цирка, 1982) as Duke
• In the Old Rhythms (В старых ритмах, 1982) as Shtykov

Awards

• Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1960)
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (1974)
• People's Artist of the USSR (12 December 1990) - for great services in the development of Soviet theater art^[4]
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th class (2000) - for the great contribution to the development of the domestic theatrical art^[5]
• Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class (1985)^[6]
• Order of the Red Star^[7]
• Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"