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Nikolay Nikolaevich Gubenko
Николай Губенко
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17 August 1941 - 16 August 2020
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Nikolai Nikolaevich Gubenko was born on August 17, 1941 in Odessa. His parents died during World War II, and the boy spent his childhood in an orphanage. His film debut took place in 1961 – “Ilyich Outpost”. In 1962-1962, in parallel with his studies at VGIK, he studied at the State Circus School. In 1964, Nikolai graduated from the acting, and in 1970 the director's faculty, where he was taught by Tamara Makarov and Sergey Gerasimov. As an actor, he worked in such films as “I’m twenty years old”,
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Nikolai Nikolaevich Gubenko was born on August 17, 1941 in Odessa. His parents died during World War II, and the boy spent his childhood in an orphanage. His film debut took place in 1961 – “Ilyich Outpost”. In 1962-1962, in parallel with his studies at VGIK, he studied at the State Circus School. In 1964, Nikolai graduated from the acting, and in 1970 the director's faculty, where he was taught by Tamara Makarov and Sergey Gerasimov. As an actor, he worked in such films as “I’m twenty years old”, “Where storks fly”, “Fifth of the earth”, “While the front is in defense”, “The Last crook”, “Boy and girl” and many others.
As a director, Nikolai Gubenko worked on six films:
"A soldier from the front has come." .
"If you want to be happy" , "Dranny", "From the life of vacationers", "Forbidden zone",
And life and tears and love. . In the periods from 1964 to 1968 and from 1980 to 1983 Nikolai worked as an actor in the theater on Taganka. After the death of director Anatoly Efros in 1987, Gubenko became the main director of this theater until 1989. During this period, the most popular performances staged by director Yuri Lyubimov were restored in the theater. From 1989 to 1992 Nikolai headed the Ministry of Culture of the USSR. He was the last Minister of Culture of the Soviet Union.
Since 1993, Gubenko has been the artistic director of his own theater “Commonwealth of Taganka Actors”. In addition, the director is an active political and public figure. In 1995 he was elected to the State Duma of the second convocation. Since 1985, Gubenko is People's Artist of the RSFSR, since 1992 - President of the International Association for the Promotion of Culture. For directing Nikolai has many domestic and international awards. His wife is actress Zhanna Bolotova.