Nikolai Kryuchkov

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Afanasyevich and the family name is Kryuchkov.

Nikolai Kryuchkov
Николай Крючков
Born6 January 1911 [O.S. 24 December 1910]
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died13 April 1994(1994-04-13) (aged 83)
Moscow, Russia
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery
OccupationActor
Years active1927–1993

Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov[a] (6 January 1911 [O.S. 24 December 1910] – 13 April 1994) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He appeared in around 130 films between 1932 and 1993.[1][2][3].

After the 1939 film Tractor Drivers, Kryuchkov became the most filmed actor in Soviet cinema.[4] That role also won him a Stalin Prize, 1st class, in 1941.[5][6] Later he gained even greater popularity thanks to the movies Lad from Our Town (1942) and Heavenly Slug (1945).[4] A prolific actor, he could work in five films simultaneously and also played in theatre.[4] He was named Merited Artist of the RSFSR in 1942,[7] People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1950 and People's Artist of the USSR in 1965.[8]

In 1991, he received a Nika Award for Lifetime Achievement,[8] which is given by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science to one person per year.

Kryuchkov was awarded the Hero of Socialist Labor title (1980) and two Orders of Lenin (1940, 1980).[8]

Biography

Nikolai Kryuchkov was born to a working-class family in Moscow[9][10] on December 24, 1910 (N. S. January 6, 1911).[11]

At the age of 14, he entered the professional technical school at the Trekhgornaya textile factory. There, he studied to be an engraver, and it was there where he began playing in amateur theatre.[9][10]

In 1928–1930, he studied at the acting school at the Moscow Central Theater of Working Youth. He combined his studies with work at the Trekhgornaya textile factory.[12] He made his theatrical debut in 1927 in the production of a play titled 1905.[13] From 1928 to 1933, he performed as an actor at the Moscow Central Theater of Working Youth (abbr. TRAM; presently Lenkom). He studied acting under Nikolai Khmelyov, Ilya Sudakov and Igor Savchenko.[14][15]

His film debut was the role of the shoemaker Senka in Boris Barnet's film Outskirts (1933).[15]

Since 1934 he worked as an actor at the Mezhrabpomfilm film studio (since 1936 named Soyuzdetfilm, since 1948 known as the Gorky Film Studio).[14]

When the Great Patriotic War began, he wanted to enlist in the army, but the military registration and enlistment office refused him, deeming that his country needed him more as an actor.[9] He continued to act in films, including as military men. He also performed for soldiers at the frontline as part of so-called concert brigades.[16][17]

In 1941–1945, he worked as an actor at the Mosfilm film studio and the Central United Film Studio (abbr. TsOKS; presently Kazakhfilm).[17]

Since 1945, he worked as an actor at the Theatre Studio of Film Actors.[10]

In 1953, he joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.[15]

He was also a member of the Soviet Filmmakers' Union.[17]

In 1987, he published a book titled What a Man Lives By.[8]

In total, over the years, he acted in about one hundred and thirty films.[3]

He died on April 13, 1994, in Moscow[14][10] and was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery.

Selected filmography

Awards and honors

Notes

  1. ^ Russian: Николай Афанасьевич Крючков, romanized: Nikolay Afanasyevich Kryuchkov
  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 375–376. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  2. ^ Vronskaya, Jeanne (20 April 1994). "Obituary: Nikolai Kryuchkov". The Independent. London, UK. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b Маршак Илья, Славская Мила (5 January 2014). "Высший пилотаж: 7 знаменитых киноролей Николая Крючкова". Evening Moscow (in Russian). Archived from the original on 28 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b c ""Богатырь русского кино" Николай Крючков - РИА Новости, 22.12.2010".
  5. ^ Канявский, Яков (15 March 2023). Есть только миг. Книга 1. ЛитРес. ISBN 978-5-04-534962-8.
  6. ^ "Николай Крючков: парень из нашего города". AiF. 27 May 2002.
  7. ^ "Душа-певица". Moskva. No. 03/2014. Litres. 5 March 2014. ISBN 978-5-457-55371-2.
  8. ^ a b c d "Крючков Николай Афанасьевич". lenkom.ru.
  9. ^ a b c Петрухина Александра (5 May 2021). "Четыре любовных драмы Николая Крючкова" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  10. ^ a b c d Крючков Николай Афанасьевич (Центр театра и кино под руководством Никиты Михалкова).
  11. ^ "ГБУ ЦГА Москвы. Ф. 2124. — Оп. 2. — Д. 168. — Л. 193. Метрические книги Христорождественской церкви Николаевской на Новом Ваганькове".
  12. ^ Маслова Лидия (6 January 2019). "Положительный герой: Николай Крючков пришёл в кино от станка – Почему с народного артиста СССР не брали денег московские таксисты". Известия (in Russian). Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Николай Афанасьевич Крючков. Биографическая справка". РИА Новости. 6 January 2011. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  14. ^ a b c Крючков Николай Афанасьевич (russiancinema.ru).
  15. ^ a b c Крючков Николай Афанасьевич (Кино. Энциклопедический словарь) 1987, p. 217.
  16. ^ Казакова Алла. "Крючков Николай". Радио «Победы» (in Russian). Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  17. ^ a b c "Крючков Николай Афанасьевич". Театральные музеи и архивы России и русского зарубежья (in Russian). Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  18. ^ Николай Крючков - биография

References

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  • Крючков Николай Афанасьевич (russiancinema.ru). "Крючков Николай Афанасьевич" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
  • Крючков Николай Афанасьевич (Центр театра и кино под руководством Никиты Михалкова). "Крючков Николай Афанасьевич". Центр театра и кино под руководством Никиты Михалкова (in Russian). Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
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