Vasiliy Semenovich LANOVOY

Background

LANOVOY, Vasiliy was born on January 16, 1934.

Education

Shchukin Theatre School.

Achievements

• 1971 - Best Actor of the year, by a poll of the Sovetsky Ekran magazine (for the film "Officers")
  
  1978 - People's Artist of the RSFSR
  
  1980 - Lenin Prize - for participation in the documentary film "The Great Patriotic War"
  
  1983 - KGB Award - for the film "Fight at the crossroads"
  
  1984 - Prize of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs - for the film Proceed to Eliminate
  
  1985 - People's Artist of USSR
  
  1994 - Order of Friendship of Peoples - for merits in development of theatrical art
  
  2001 - Order of Honour
  
  2004 - Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 4th class - for his great contribution to the development of theatrical art
  
  2004 - Order of Merit, 3rd class (Ukraine) - for high professionalism and considerable contribution to the development of Russian-Ukrainian cultural relations
  
  2008 - Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class - for his contribution to the development of domestic theatrical and cinematic arts, a multi-year social work
  
  2008 - Special Prize of the President of Belarus "for preserving and developing traditions of spirituality in the cinema"
  
  2009 - "Great Literary Prize of Russia" (Russian Writers' Union), the prize "For the benefit of Russia" for his outstanding contribution to the development of Russian culture
  
  2010 - Tsarskoselskaya art prize.

Membership

Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1968.

Interests

• Working as a narrator, hunting, sports.

Connections

Married Irina Petrovna Kupchenko in 1972.

Spouse:

Irina Petrovna Kupchenko