Nikolay Selivesterovich Khlibko (Russian: Николай Селивестрович Хлибко) (November 28, 1919 – November 17, 1993) was a Soviet and Russian theatre, cinema actor and artistic director.

Nikolay Khlibko
Николай Хлибко
Born
Nikolay Selivestrovich Khlibko

November 28, 1919
DiedNovember 17, 1993
Occupation(s)Actor (drama theatre, cinema); Artistic Director
Years active1962 - 1990
Awards

Biography edit

Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1971).[1][2]

Veteran of Eastern Front (World War II).[1]

Khlibko was born on November 28, 1919, in Tashkent.

1938 – 1946 years - student of Leningrad Theatrical Institute of A. Ostrovsky (Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy nowadays).[1][3] During his studies at the Institute The Great Patriotic War began. On the 3rd year of his study at the Institute Nikolay Khlibko went to fight as a volunteer in the division of the National Army. Fascist bullet pierced through his right lung, and Nikolay miraculously survived. With the end of the War he returned to the Institute and graduated interrupted studies.[4]

Khlibko received an invitation from Arkady Raikin to work with him, and he worked under his leadership 3 years in Variety Theatre in Leningrad.[4]

1956 – 1958 years - actor of Tashkent Russian Drama Theatre.[5][6][7][8][9]

1962 – 1990 years - actor of Nizhny Novgorod Drama Theatre.[1][2][10][11][12]

Khlibko was an Artistic Director of the Tashkent Polytechnic Institute.[9] Exactly Nikolay Khlibko в конце 50-х годов by the theater group returned to the stage play of Mayakovsky "The Bedbug" and "Mystery-Bouffe". Student premiere of "The Bedbug" the entire staff of Tashkent Russian Drama Theatre attended, which immediately took the play to the repertoire with Nikolay Khlibko in a role of Prisipkin, after was "The Bedbug" in Moscow Satire Theatre and in many other theatres of USSR. So, with a creative hand of Nicholay Khlibko "The Bedbug" after years of prohibition and oblivion started a " victory march " on the theatres' stages. In 1957 after 30-year break Nikolay Khlibklo returned to the stage "Mystery-Bouffe". In this play with great praise reacted union magazine "Theatrical Life".[9]

Khlibko was an Artistic Director of Gorky Theatre School.[10][11][13] Students blandly called him "uncle Kolya". Among the students of Nicholay Khlibko such well-known Russian actors as Alexander Pankratov-Chyorny,[14][15] Igor Ledogorov, Julian Kalisher, Irina Mazurkevich and others.[13]

Most of his life Khlibko dedicated to theatre, but also appeared in films.[16][17][18]

Khlibko died on November 17, 1993, in Nizhny Novgorod because of the heart attack.[19]

Family edit

Theatre works edit

Role Spectacle
Dudakov "Summerfolk", Maxim Gorky
Bubnov "The Lower Depths", Maxim Gorky
Sartakov "Сonscience", D. Pavlova
Prosorov "Chamber", Samuil Aleshin
Salov "The Wedding Day", Viktor Rozov
Filipp "Raft", U. Petukhov
Joe Keller "All My Sons", Arthur Miller
Smolokurov "On The Mountains", Pavel Melnikov-Pechersky
King "Ambassador Extraordinary", A.& P.Tur
General Kolotov "Serious Charge", Lev Sheynin
Edward IV "Richard III", William Shakespeare
Priest "Mother Courage and Her Children", Bertolt Brecht
Kolomiytsev "The Last", Maxim Gorky
Samsonov "Сoast", Yury Bondarev
Fob Dostov "Kleron", M. Gashpar
Baptista "The Taming of the Shrew", William Shakespeare
Khrukov "Jokers", Alexander Ostrovsky
Boatswain Bay "Destruction Of The Squadron", Alexander Korkeychuk
Caretaker Nikita "Three of Them", Maxim Gorky
Gastritis "Evening", Alexey Dudarev
Polivanov "The Mayor of Lykov", D.Granin
Kuchumov "Mad Money", Alexander Ostrovsky
Bukeev "Yakov Bogomolov" Maxim Gorky
Neputeviy "On The Busiest Place" Alexander Ostrovsky
Bezbedov "Life of Klim Samgin" Maxim Gorky
Prisypkin "The Bedbug" Vladimir Mayakovsky
Lefevr "Madame Sans Gêne" Victorien Sardou

Filmography edit

Year Name Role
1954 Housewarming Mazaev
1958 Fiery Years Zheleznov (leading part)
1959 There Was an Old Couple (episode)
1968 Love of Serafim Frolov (episode)

Honors and awards edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e [1] Memory Gallery of Nizhny Novgorod Drama Theatre
  2. ^ a b c Digest "Theatre, issues 1-4", Union of Soviet Writers, Ministry of Culture (Russia), Arts Committee: Iskusstvo, 1990, page 103
  3. ^ Digest "Pages of History: Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy: alphabetical index of Academy graduates, 1922-1998": Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy, 2001, ISBN 9785886890051
  4. ^ a b c d e [2] Radio program 15 of All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, Nizhny Novgorod from the "Nizhny Novgorod Theater Seasons" radio-series
  5. ^ [3] History of Russian Drama Theatre of Uzbekistan
  6. ^ Book "Gorky Reading", I.Luppol, Gorky Institute of World Literature: Nauka, 1964, pages 269, 287
  7. ^ Digest "Star of the East: Organ of the Union of Uzbekistan Writers, issues 4-6": Joint Publishing House "Kzil Uzbekistan", "Pravda Vostoka", and "Usbekistan Surkh", 1973, page 173
  8. ^ Book "The History of Sanny Tashkent", volume 2, G.Rashidov, R.Aminova: Nauka, 1966, page 406
  9. ^ a b c Book "The Creative Competition: Theater Festival of The Fortieth Anniversary of October", A.Anastasiev, Institute of Art History: Iskusstvo, 1958, page 166, 171
  10. ^ a b Book "Russian Theater School", Y.Shilov, Moscow: Paninter, 2004, Pages 265, 268, 533 ISBN 5-89884-025-7
  11. ^ a b Book "Nizhny Novgorod Drama Theatre: 20 years", V.Diachenko, L.Slivkin, A.Pybnik: Joint Publishing House "Kzil Uzbekistan", "Pravda Vostoka", and "Usbekistan Surkh", 1955, pages 15, 44, 60
  12. ^ Digest "Theatrical Life", RSFSR, Ministry of Culture (Russia), Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation, Union of RSFSR Writers, 1983, page 64
  13. ^ a b [4] Students of the theatre about Nikolay Khlibko
  14. ^ A. Pankratov-Chyorny interview
  15. ^ A. Pankratov-Chyorny calls Nikolay Khlibko as a great actor and the great artistic director in a book of Y.Groysman "Vatslav Dvorzhetsky – dynasty"
  16. ^ "Yearbook of movies", Institute of Art History: Iskusstvo, 1961
  17. ^ Digest "Soviet movies", value 3, All-Union State Fund of Movies: Iskusstvo, Moscow, 1961, page 234
  18. ^ The magazine "Cinema Art ", volume 5, Department of Cinematography of the USSR, Ministry of Culture (Russia), Union of Soviet Writers, 1969, page 172
  19. ^ Obituary: Nizhegorodskiy Rabochiy, September 21, 1993 — page 7
  20. ^ [5] IMDb
  21. ^ Russian State Military Archive

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