Kirill Lavrov
Soviet and Russian actor (1925-2007)
Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov (Russian: Кирилл Юрьевич Лавров; 15 September 1925 – 27 April 2007) was a Soviet in Russian stage, a film actor and a director. He was honoured with the following titles; People's Artist of the USSR (1972), Hero of Socialist Labour (1985), Order of Lenin (1985) and People's Artist of Ukraine (2003).
Biography
Childhood
Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). He was baptised by the Russian Orthodox Church of St. John the Divine in Lavrushinskoe Podvorie Monastery in Leningrad. Young Kirill Lavrov was brought up in Leningrad, in a multi-ethnic Ukrainian and Russian family with deep roots in St. Petersburg society. His grandfather, Sergey Vassilevich Lavrov (1873—1944) was Dean of College at Russian Humanitarian Society and later was a notable figure among White émigré. His father, Yury Lavrov, was a popular Russian and Ukrainian stage and film actor designated People's Artist of Ukraine in 1948. Young Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov was fond of literature and theater from an early age, and was exposed to a highly stimulating intellectual environment in his family.
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