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| name = Yevgeny Vesnik
| name = Yevgeny Vesnik
| caption = Vesnik in 1998
| caption = Vesnik in 1998
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1923|1|15}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1923|1|15}}
| birth_place = [[Saint Petersburg|Petrograd]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[USSR]]
| birth_place = [[Saint Petersburg|Petrograd]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[USSR]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|4|10|1923|1|15|mf=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|4|10|1923|1|15|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russian Federation]]
| death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russian Federation]]
| occupation = [[actor]]}}
| occupation = [[actor]]}}
'''Yevgeny Yakovlevich Vesnik''' ({{lang-ru|Евге́ний Я́ковлевич Ве́сник}}; January 15, 1923 in [[Saint Petersburg|Petrograd]] – April 10, 2009 in [[Moscow]]<ref name="ТВЦ">[http://www.tvc.ru/channel/brand/id/1521 Евгений Весник. Всё не как у людей]</ref>) was a [[Russia|Soviet]] and [[Soviet Union|Russian]] actor. The son of Yakov Vesnik,<ref name="sovsek">[http://www.sovsekretno.ru/magazines/article/741 Евгений Весник: Люблю пьяниц]</ref> the first director of the [[ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih|Kryvorizhstal]] plant, he fought the Germans in [[World War II]]. He worked at the [[Maly Theatre (Moscow)|Maly Theatre]] from 1963 and was named a [[People's Artist of the USSR]] in 1989, three years before his retirement from the stage.<ref name="sovsek"/>
'''Yevgeny Yakovlevich Vesnik''' ({{lang-ru|Евге́ний Я́ковлевич Ве́сник}}; 15 January 1923 in [[Saint Petersburg|Petrograd]] – 10 April 2009 in [[Moscow]]<ref name="ТВЦ">[http://www.tvc.ru/channel/brand/id/1521 Евгений Весник. Всё не как у людей]</ref>) was a [[Russia|Soviet]] and [[Soviet Union|Russian]] actor. The son of Yakov Vesnik,<ref name="sovsek">[http://www.sovsekretno.ru/magazines/article/741 Евгений Весник: Люблю пьяниц]</ref> the first director of the [[ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih|Kryvorizhstal]] plant, he fought the Germans in [[World War II]]. He worked at the [[Maly Theatre (Moscow)|Maly Theatre]] from 1963 and was named a [[People's Artist of the USSR]] in 1989, three years before his retirement from the stage.<ref name="sovsek"/>
==Career==
==Career==
Primarily a [[comedian]], Vesnik is remembered as the first Soviet actor to play the character of [[Ostap Bender]]. After he was remembered as Taratar in ''[[The Adventures of the Elektronic]]'' (1979), one of greatest Soviet films for children'.<ref name="sovsek"/>
Primarily a [[comedian]], Vesnik is remembered as the first Soviet actor to play the character of [[Ostap Bender]]. After he was remembered as Taratar in ''[[The Adventures of the Elektronic]]'' (1979), one of greatest Soviet films for children'.<ref name="sovsek"/>
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Among his other roles are the policeman in ''[[Old Khottabych]]'', boss of sport complex in ''[[Seven Old Men and a Girl]]'', procurator in ''[[Die Fledermaus (1979 film)|Die Fledermaus]]'', commissioner in ''[[Charodei]]'' (1982), radist in ''[[Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach]]'' and many other films.<ref name="ТВЦ">[http://www.tvc.ru/channel/brand/id/1521 Евгений Весник. Всё не как у людей]</ref>
Among his other roles are the policeman in ''[[Old Khottabych]]'', boss of sport complex in ''[[Seven Old Men and a Girl]]'', procurator in ''[[Die Fledermaus (1979 film)|Die Fledermaus]]'', commissioner in ''[[Charodei]]'' (1982), radist in ''[[Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach]]'' and many other films.<ref name="ТВЦ">[http://www.tvc.ru/channel/brand/id/1521 Евгений Весник. Всё не как у людей]</ref>


He died, aged 86, on April 10, 2009 in Moscow after suffering a [[stroke]].<ref>[https://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=273433l В Москве скончался актёр Евгений Весник]</ref>
He died, aged 86, on 10 April 2009 in Moscow after suffering a [[stroke]].<ref>[https://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=273433l В Москве скончался актёр Евгений Весник]</ref>


==Honors and awards==
==Honors and awards==

Revision as of 22:33, 27 March 2022

Yevgeny Vesnik
Vesnik in 1998
Born(1923-01-15)15 January 1923
Died10 April 2009(2009-04-10) (aged 86)
Occupationactor

Yevgeny Yakovlevich Vesnik (Russian: Евге́ний Я́ковлевич Ве́сник; 15 January 1923 in Petrograd – 10 April 2009 in Moscow[1]) was a Soviet and Russian actor. The son of Yakov Vesnik,[2] the first director of the Kryvorizhstal plant, he fought the Germans in World War II. He worked at the Maly Theatre from 1963 and was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1989, three years before his retirement from the stage.[2]

Career

Primarily a comedian, Vesnik is remembered as the first Soviet actor to play the character of Ostap Bender. After he was remembered as Taratar in The Adventures of the Elektronic (1979), one of greatest Soviet films for children'.[2]

Among his other roles are the policeman in Old Khottabych, boss of sport complex in Seven Old Men and a Girl, procurator in Die Fledermaus, commissioner in Charodei (1982), radist in Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach and many other films.[1]

He died, aged 86, on 10 April 2009 in Moscow after suffering a stroke.[3]

Honors and awards

Selected filmography

References

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