Aleksei Dikiy
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Aleksei Dikiy

Russian and Soviet actor and theatre director (1889–1955)

Aleksei Dikiy (Russian: Алексей Денисович Дикий) (24 February 1889 – 1 October 1955) was a Soviet actor and director who worked at Moscow Art Theatre and later worked with Habima Jewish theatre in Tel Aviv. He was arrested and imprisoned in Gulag under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin but later played the role of Joseph Stalin in several films.2

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Born Feb 24, 1889, died Oct 1, 1955.1

Companies

Career

Occupation: director, pedagogue, opera director, drama teacher, theatre director, actor.4

Personal life

  • BornFeb 24, 1889, Dnipro5
  • DiedOct 1, 1955, Moscow6
  • CitizenshipSoviet Union, Russian Empire7

Awards

  • 1950Stalin Prize for The Battle of Stalingrad8
  • 1950State Stalin Prize, 1st degree8
  • 1949Order of the Red Banner of Labour8
  • 1949People's Artist of the USSR8
  • 1949Stalin Prize, 2nd degree8
  • 1949Stalin Prize8
  • 1949State Stalin Prize, 1st degree8
  • 1947People's Artist of the RSFSR8
  • 1947Stalin Prize for Admiral Nachimow8
  • 1947State Stalin Prize, 1st degree8
More awards (6)
  • 1946Stalin Prize for Kutuzov8
  • 1946State Stalin Prize, 1st degree8
  • 1944Order of Lenin8
  • 1933Honored Artist of the RSFSR8
  • Date not recordedMedal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"8
  • Date not recordedMedal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"8