Frunzik (Mher) Mkrtchyan

Frunzik (Mher) Mkrtchyan (Russian: Фрунзик (Мгер) Мушегович Мкртчян; 4 July 1930 – 29 December 1993) was a popular Soviet Armenian actor who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1984. Image File history File links Mcrtchan. ... Image File history File links Mcrtchan. ... July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Soviet redirects here. ... Maria Yermolova, first Peoples Artist of the Republic (1920). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was born in Leninakan, current Gyumri, Armenia. He studied in Leninakan Art College and Theatre Studio, then finished at the Acting Department of Yerevan Institute of Fine Arts and Theatre. Since 1953 he has performed in the Sundukyan Drama Theatre of Yerevan. He also directed many successful productions, best of them Maxim Gorky's "The Lower Depths". His cinema career began in 1955. His famous roles in Rolan Bykov's "Aybolit-66" (1966), Leonid Gaidai's "Kidnapping Caucasian Style" (1966), and Georgi Daneliya's "Mimino" (1977) earned him the reputation of one of the leading comedy actors in the Soviet Union. But that reputation sometimes overshadowed his real talent and emotional deepness which he put in his roles in such classics of Armenian cinema as "Yerankyuni" (1967), "Menq enq, mer sarere" (1969) , "Hayrik" (1973), "Nahapet" (1977), "Hin oreri yerge" (1982), "Mer mankutyan tangon" (1985). Among his many awards was the USSR State Prize for 1978. He died in Yerevan, Armenia, in 1993. Gyumri (Armenian: Գյումրի) is the capital and largest city of the Shirak province in northwest Armenia. ... Yerevan (Armenian: Երեւան or Երևան; sometimes written as Erevan; former names include Erebuni and Erivan) (population: 1,088,300 (2004 estimate) [1]) is the largest city and capital of Armenia. ... Gorkys autographed portrait Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov (In Russian Алексей Максимович Пешков) (March 28 [O.S. March 16] 1868–June 14, 1936), better known as Maxim Gorky (Максим Горький), was a Soviet/Russian author, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist. ... The Lower Depths is perhaps Maxim Gorkys best-known play. ... Cover of the Soviet vinyl record of the fairytale, 1962 Doctor Aybolit (Aibolit) is a fictional character from the Aybolit (Doctor Aybolit) poem for children by Korney Chukovsky, which resembles Doctor Dolittle. ... Leonid Iovich Gaidai (Russian: Леонид Иович Гайдай) (1923–1993) is one of the most popular Soviet comedy directors, enjoying immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former USSR & modern Russia. ... Georgi Daneliya Georgi Daneliya Georgi Danelia (Georgian: გიორგი დანელია, Russian: ; born Tbilisi, 25 August 1930) is a Russian film director of Georgian descent, who became known throughout the Soviet Union for his sad comedies (as he styles them), bittersweet as the life itself. ... Stalin Prize medal State Prize medal The USSR State Prize (Russian:Госуда́рственная пре́мия СССР) was the Soviet Unions highest civilian honour. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Yerevan (Armenian: Երեւան or Երևան; sometimes written as Erevan; former names include Erebuni and Erivan) (population: 1,088,300 (2004 estimate) [1]) is the largest city and capital of Armenia. ...

Tragic Life

Even know he was known as a comedic actor, Frunzik's personal life was filled with tragedy. His first wife, Donara Mkrtchyan, became mentally ill and was sent to a mental institution for the rest of her life. Frunzik became a single parent of two young kids. His son inherited his mother’s menthal illness, which devasted Frunzik. His daughter died at the age of 39 in automobile accident in Argentina. According to people close to Frunzik, he suffered from severe depression in the last few years of his life, and became a heavy alcohol drinker. In 1993, his brother found him lying dead in his condo in Yerevan. Thousands of people attended the funeral of their beloved actor.

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