Yelena Chernykh

Yelena Chernykh (Cyrillic: Елена Черных) (August 24, 1979 – October 4, 2011) was a Russian theatre actress.^[1][2] She has been called "хрупкая красавица и вместе с тем необычайно выносливая актриса" (a fragile beauty and yet extraordinarily hardy actress).^[3]

Yelena Chernykh Cyrillic: Елена Черных (or Helen Black)
Born	Yelena Kolesnichenko (1979-08-24)August 24, 1979 Volzhskoye, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	October 4, 2011(2011-10-04) (aged 32) Novoanninsky, Novoanninsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia
Occupation	Stage actress
Years active	2001–2011
Spouse(s)	Yegor Chernykh (m? - 2011 (her death); 1 child

Death

The 32-year-old actress was killed in a car crash on 4 October 2011 in Novoanninsky, along with fellow actors, 59-year-old Aleksandr Yegorov and 52-year-old Valentina Yudina.^[4] Chernykh and Yegorov, who both died in the same collision, were considered favorite artists of the "Волгоградского музыкально-драматического казачьего театра" (Volgograd Music and Drama Theatre of the Cossack).^[5]

At the time her death, Yelena was married to Yegor Chernykh, with whom she had one daughter.^[3]

Theater

Her better known theater works^[2][6] include

• Эй, ты, здравствуй! (Hey, you, hello!) by Г. Мамлина (G. Mamlina)
• Андрей-Стрелок и Марья-Голубка (Andrew, Archer and Maria Dove) by И. Токмаковой (I. Tokmakova)
• Хуторяне (Hutoryane) by А. Копкова (A. Kopkova)
• Чубатые ребяты (Curly guys) by Ю. Войтова (Yu Voitova)
• От любви до ненависти (From love to hate) by Н. Старицкого (N. Staritskogo)
• Святочная история (Yule Story) by Чарльза Диккенса (Charles Dickens)
• Эшелон (Echelon) by М.М. Рощина (MM Roshchin)
• От сердца к сердцу (Heart to Heart) by Ю. Войтова (Yu Voitova)
• Моя граница — моя судьба (My border - my destiny) by Ю. Войтова (Yu Voitova)
• Кошкин дом (Cat House) by С.Я. Маршака (SY Marshak).