Viktor Bortsov

Viktor Andreyevich Bortsov (Russian: Виктор Андреевич Борцов; June 14, 1934 in Orenburg, USSR – May 20, 2008 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet/Russian theatrical and cinema actor. He was a People's Artist of RSFSR.

Bortsov was best known as Savva Ignatyevich in the 1982 film The Pokrovsky Gate.^[1]

He died at 73, after a long struggle with intestinal cancer.^[2] A civil funeral was held at the Maly Theatre, Moscow on May 23, 2008. He was buried in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow.^[3][4][5]

Selected filmography

• 1970 — Liberation (Russian: Освобождение) as General Grigory Oriol
• 1978 — Aniskin Begins Again (И снова Анискин) as Sidorov, tractor driver
• 1982 — Station for Two (Вокзал для двоих) as drunkard in a restaurant
• 1982 — The Pokrovsky Gate (Покровские ворота) as Savva Ignatyevich
• 1984 — Alone and Unarmed (Один и без оружия) as Dmitry Sergeyevich
• 1986 — Ballad of an Old Gun (Баллада о старом оружии) as Gritsenko
• 1988 — Gardes-Marines, Ahead! (Гардемарины, вперёд!) as Gavrila
• 1991 — Viva Gardes-Marines! (Виват, гардемарины!) as Gavrila