Nikolay Yeryomenko(1926-2000)
- Actor
Nikolay Yeryomenko is a Soviet and Belarusian theater and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR.
Nikolay was born in Novosibirsk. Father was a military man. Mother worked in the prosecutor's office. Since childhood, Nikolai really liked performing, first in kindergarten, then at evenings at school. He graduated from a seven-year school, then a vocational school, and worked at a factory as a turner.
In 1942, he went to the Kalinin Front and was a fighter in the 11th Cavalry Corps. In July 1942 he was captured near Vyazma, and spent three years in a concentration camp in the quarries. For the rest of his life, deep scars remained on his body after this camp.
Returning from the front, he began studying in the theater studio of one of the clubs in Vitebsk. Yeryomenko entered the theater studio at the Yakub Kolas Theater. After graduating from the studio in 1948, he became an actor at the Yakub Kolas Theater in Vitebsk. Since 1959 - in the troupe of the Belarusian Drama Theater named after Janka Kupala. He served in the famous Belarusian theater for 40 years.
Nikolay Yeryomenko made his film debut in 1960 in the film Vperedi - krutoy povorot (1960), playing the role of investigator of the Regional Police Department Nikolay Radevich. He gained wide fame in 1962. His talent in cinema was discovered by Sergey Gerasimov, who directed Yeryomenko in the title role in the film Le rescapé (1962), where he played Lieutenant Aleksey Pavlov. It is worth noting that the actor himself considered the image of Aleksey Pavlov to be his best role.
In subsequent years, he played notable roles in the films Pogonya (1965) (hunter Anatoliy Ivanovich), Vzryvniki (1970) (Dmitriy Butrov), [error] (Josip Broz-Tito), La Mer en flammes (1972) (Evgeniy Zhidilov), Chelovek v prokhodnom dvore (1972) (police captain Sibul). His last film work was the role of Skvortsov in the film Zal ozhidaniya (1998) released in 1998.
Nikolay was born in Novosibirsk. Father was a military man. Mother worked in the prosecutor's office. Since childhood, Nikolai really liked performing, first in kindergarten, then at evenings at school. He graduated from a seven-year school, then a vocational school, and worked at a factory as a turner.
In 1942, he went to the Kalinin Front and was a fighter in the 11th Cavalry Corps. In July 1942 he was captured near Vyazma, and spent three years in a concentration camp in the quarries. For the rest of his life, deep scars remained on his body after this camp.
Returning from the front, he began studying in the theater studio of one of the clubs in Vitebsk. Yeryomenko entered the theater studio at the Yakub Kolas Theater. After graduating from the studio in 1948, he became an actor at the Yakub Kolas Theater in Vitebsk. Since 1959 - in the troupe of the Belarusian Drama Theater named after Janka Kupala. He served in the famous Belarusian theater for 40 years.
Nikolay Yeryomenko made his film debut in 1960 in the film Vperedi - krutoy povorot (1960), playing the role of investigator of the Regional Police Department Nikolay Radevich. He gained wide fame in 1962. His talent in cinema was discovered by Sergey Gerasimov, who directed Yeryomenko in the title role in the film Le rescapé (1962), where he played Lieutenant Aleksey Pavlov. It is worth noting that the actor himself considered the image of Aleksey Pavlov to be his best role.
In subsequent years, he played notable roles in the films Pogonya (1965) (hunter Anatoliy Ivanovich), Vzryvniki (1970) (Dmitriy Butrov), [error] (Josip Broz-Tito), La Mer en flammes (1972) (Evgeniy Zhidilov), Chelovek v prokhodnom dvore (1972) (police captain Sibul). His last film work was the role of Skvortsov in the film Zal ozhidaniya (1998) released in 1998.
