Pyotr Velyaminov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Soviet Russian film and theater actor
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Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
About Pyotr Velyaminov
- Pyotr Sergeevich Velyaminov (Russian: ???? ?????´???? ???????´???; 1926–2009) was a Soviet Russian film and theater actor who was awarded the title People's Artist of the RSFSR.
- Commander of Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 3rd class.His father, Sergey Petrovich Velyaminov (1898-1976), was from a hereditary military and ancient noble family, known from the 11th century.
- His mother was Tatiana Ermilovna (1893–1972).Pyotr Velyaminov was arrested at the age of sixteen in 1943 charged with anti-communist activities and sentenced to a Gulag camp.
- He spent nine years at prison.
- Here he joined an amateur theatrical group.
- After his release in 1953 he began performing in the Abakan Drama Theatre.He received the award People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1985 and also People's Artist of the Chuvash Republic. He had three children, including a son Sergei Velyaminov (born February 5, 1964), who became an actor like his father.
- He was married to the daughter of popular Soviet actor Georgy Burkov. He was buried June 17, 2009 at Literatorskiye Jetty of Volkovo Cemetery in St.
- Petersburg.
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