Career
Glebov"s more recent ancestors include Count Vasily Orlov, Prince Nicholas Troubetzkoy, and Prince Peter Wittgenstein. When World World War II broke out, the young actor volunteered to fight for the Red Army. He took part in the Battle of Moscow as an anti-aircraft gunner.
Despite a noble background, Glebov made a spectacular career in the Soviet cinema.
He is best known for portraying the Cossack protagonist in the 1957 epic And Quiet Flows the Don, a trilogy directed by Sergei Gerasimov. He is buried in the Vagankovo Cemetery.