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Boris Khmelnitsky

Boris Khmelnitsky

Acting
27 Jun 1940
16 Feb 2008
Voroshilov, Primorskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR

Biography

Boris Khmelnitsky was a popular Russian actor of film and theatre and a member of the legendary Taganka company under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov. He was born Boris Alekseevich Khmelnitsky on June 27, 1940, in Ussuriisk, a small town near Vladivostok in the Far East of the Soviet Union. His father, Aleksei Khmelnitsky, was a ranking officer in the Soviet Red Army who was manager of several Army clubs in the USSR. Young Khmelnitsky was brought up in a rather privileged environment; since chil...

Also Known As

Boris Khmelnitskiy, Boriss Hmeļņickis, Б. Хмельницкий

Photos

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