Georgiy S. Zhzhonov

Georgiy Stepanovich Zhzhonov (born March 22, 1915) is a Russian actor and writer. March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Having matriculated from the Leningrad Circus Tekhnikum in 1932, he appeared in several movies, including the legendary Chapaev (1934). 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev (January 28, 1887_September 5, 1919, all new style) (Russian Василий Иванович Чапаев) was a significant military commander during the Russian Civil War. ...

In 1939, he was repressed and spent 15 years in the Siberian gulags. When released in 1955, he started his film career anew and rose to become the People's Artist of the USSR in 1980. In a curious twist of fate, he was frequently cast in the roles of policemen and KGB agents. This gulag victim was even awarded a special KGB prize for the screen versions of three novels by Yulian Semyonov. Zhzhonov was also invited to play Shtirlitz, but declined for personal reasons. 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Siberia Siberia (Russian: , common English transliterations: Sibir’, Sibir; from the Tatar for “sleeping land”) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. ... Gulag (Russian: ГУЛАГ   listen?, an acronym for Главное Управление Исправительно— Трудовых Лагерей и колонии, Glavnoye Upravleniye Ispravitelno-trudovykh Lagerey i kolonii, The Chief Directorate [or Administration] of Corrective Labour Camps and Colonies) was the branch of the Soviet internal police and security service that operated the penal system of forced labour camps and associated detention and transit camps... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Cheka-KGB emblem: sword and shield The Committee for State Security, or KGB, (Russian:   listen?), was the name of the main Soviet Security Agency and intelligence agency, as well as the main secret police agency from March 13, 1954 to November 6, 1991. ... Gulag (Russian: ГУЛАГ   listen?, an acronym for Главное Управление Исправительно— Трудовых Лагерей и колонии, Glavnoye Upravleniye Ispravitelno-trudovykh Lagerey i kolonii, The Chief Directorate [or Administration] of Corrective Labour Camps and Colonies) was the branch of the Soviet internal police and security service that operated the penal system of forced labour camps and associated detention and transit camps... Yulian Semyonov (Юлиа́н Семёнович Семёнов) (October 8, 1931 - September 5, 1993), Russian writer. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Otto von Stirlitz. ...

During the Perestroika, Zhzhonov started publishing his own fiction. In the course of the 1990s, he received a slew of awards, including the Nike Award for lifelong career. A monument to him was opened in Chelyabinsk in 2000. Perestroika   listen? (Перестро́йка) is the Russian word (which passed into English) for the economic reforms introduced in June 1987 by the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. ... Chelyabinsk (Russian Челя́бинск; also transliterated as Cheljabinsk, Čeljabinsk, and Čelyabinsk) is a Russian city just to the east of the Ural Mountains. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Zhzhonov spent his 90th birthday acting in the Soviet Army Theatre. Later that day, he was invited to the Kremlin and invested with a highest civilian decoration of the Russian Federation. During a conversation that followed, President Putin admitted that Zhzhonov's roles had prompted him to become intelligence officer. Kremlin (Кремль) is the Russian word for citadel or castle and refers to any major fortified central complex found in historical Russian cities. ...