Boris Shtokolov (Russian: Борис Тимофеевич Штоколов) (March 19, 1930 - January 6, 2005) was a famous Soviet and Russian singer, one of the greatest basses of the 20th century. March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Russian: Workers of the world, unite!) Anthem: The Internationale (1922-1944) Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991) Capital Moscow Largest city Moscow Official language(s) None; Russian de facto Government Federation of Soviet Republics Establishment October Revolution  - Declared 30 December 1922   - Recognized 1...

Boris Shtokolov was born in the city of Kuznetsk, Kemerovo Oblast (USSR). In 1949 he entered the Ural State Conservatory in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) but wanted to became a military pilot. Georgy Zhukov having heard his singing said: There are many guys like you in the aviation, but in opera singing you are unique. In 1950-1951 he was singing at the Sverdlovsk Philarmonic Society before he became a soloist at the Sverdlovsk Opera and Ballet Theater. In 1959 he was invited to the Mariinsky Theatre in Leningrad where he gained a world fame being a leading solois of this theater from 1959 to 1989. At the Mariinsky Theater he created a great number of characters, such as Ruslan, Bazilio, Boris Godunov, Susanin, Demon, Gremin and Mephistophel and many others. Novokuznetsk (Russian Новокузнецк, pop. ... Kemerovo Oblast (Russian: ) (pop. ... Snow-covered statue of Sverdlov in Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburgs Church on the Blood built on the spot where the Tsar and his family were executed. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, GCB (Russian: ) (December 1 [O.S. November 19] 1896–June 18, 1974), was a Soviet military commander and politician who, in the course of World War II, led the Red Army to liberate the Soviet Union from the Nazi occupation... The Maryinsky (or Mariinsky) Theatre (or Theater), is the St Petersburg theatre where the Mariinsky Ballet is located. ... The Maryinsky (or Mariinsky) Theatre (or Theater), is the St Petersburg theatre where the Mariinsky Ballet is located. ...

Boris Shtokolov also was a prominent theorist of opera singing and respiration techniques. In 1995 he published a book Burn, burn, my star having a subtitle How to sing.

Honours

• People's Artist of USSR (1966)
• State Prize of USSR (1981)
• Order of Lenin
• Order of the October Revolution
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour (twice)
• Order of the Patriotic War (II degree)
• Honorary member of the Slavic Academy

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Links

• A short biography in Russian: http://www.biograph.comstar.ru/bank/shtokolov.htm
• Extracts from Shtokolov's memoirs and works about him: http://www.solovki.ca/people_18/shtokolov.htm
• Article on Shtokolov in Saint Petersburg English Newspaper (in English): http://www.nevanews.com/index.php?id_article=18&section=5