thumb|Vyacheslav Tikhonov (front row, seated between [[Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova) appears on a Soviet New Year TV show in 1963.]]
thumb|Vyacheslav Tikhonov's grave
Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Tikhonov (; 8 February 1928 – 4 December 2009) was a Soviet and Russian actor whose best-known role was as Soviet spy Stierlitz in the television series Seventeen Moments of Spring. He was a recipient of numerous state awards, including the titles of People's Artist of the USSR (1974) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1982).
Biography
Tikhonov was born in Pavlovsky Posad near Moscow. His mother was a kindergarten teacher and his father an engineer in the local textile factory. Vyacheslav dreamed of acting but his parents envisioned a different career, and during the war he worked in a munitions factory. also an actor, who died in 1990. The marriage was dissolved in 1963. Later, Tikhonov married a second time to Tamara Ivanovna Tikhonova and had one child with her, Anna Tikhonova, also an actor, in 1969.
He died on 4 December 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expressed his condolences to Tikhonov's family.
Career
Tikhonov made his film debut in 1948. For the next few years, he appeared in relatively low-profile films and at the Film Actors' Studio Theatre in Smolensk. The film enjoyed enormous popularity among Russian viewers of several generations. Prior to that, however, it had faced the risk of remaining unknown: Mikhail Suslov had opposed the film's going on general release. He had claimed that the film did not show the feat of the Soviet people in the war. Fortunately, the decision to release the would-be classic film was supported by KGB Chairman Yuri Andropov.
Tikhonov appeared in Nikita Mikhalkov's Oscar-winning Burnt By the Sun (1994) and also appeared in the 2010 sequel, which finished shooting before his death.
Filmography
Film
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! Title
! Russian Title
! Role
! Notes
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|1948||The Young Guard||Молодая гвардия||Volodya Osmukhin||Directed by Sergei Gerasimov<br /> Won the Stalin Prize in 1949
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|1951||In Peaceful Time||В мирные дни||sailor Volodya Grinevsky, torpedoman||
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|1951||Taras Shevchenko||Тарас Шевченко||Representative of the St Petersburg youth||
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|1952||Maximka||Максимка||Lieutenant Goreilov||
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|1954||This Should Never Be Forgotten||Об этом забывать нельзя||student Rostaslav Danchenko||
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|1955||Stars On the Wings of an Airplane||Звёзды на крыльях||pilot Olexa Lavrinets||
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|1956||The Heart is Beating Again||Сердце бьётся вновь||Leonid V. Golubev||
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|1958||It Happened in Penkovo||Дело было в Пенькове||Matvey Morozov||
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|1958||E.A. — Extraordinary Accident||ЧП. Чрезвычайное происшествие||a sailor Viktor Raisky||
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|1959||May Stars||Майские звёзды||lieutenant Andrew Rukavichkin||
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|1959||Thirst||Жажда||lieutenant Oleg Bezborodko||
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|1960||Midshipman Panin||Мичман Панин||Midshipman Basil Panin||
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|1961||Two Lives||Две жизни||Duke Sergei Nashchekin||
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|1962||Seven Winds||На семи ветрах||Captain Vyacheslav Suzdalev||
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|1963||Optimistic Tragedy||Оптимистическая трагедия||Alexei, anarchist-sailor||
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|1965||A Hero of Our Time||Герой нашего времени||Grigory Alexandrovich Pechorin||Voice
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|1965–1967||War and Peace||Война и мир||Andrei Nikolayevich Bolkonsky||part 1–5
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|1968||We'll Live Till Monday||Доживём до понедельника||Ilya Semyonovich Melnikov – History Teacher||
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|1969||Family Happiness||Семейное счастье||Nikolai Andreyevich Kapitonov, notary||
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|1970||The Roundabout||Карусель||master of the house||
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|1970||One of us||Один из нас||spy Keller||Voice
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|1971||Hold on to the clouds||Держись за облака||Vladimir Sevastiyanov||Voice
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|1972||'||Человек с другой стороны||Victor Krimov||
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|1971||Yegor Bulychov and Others||Егор Булычов и другие||parson Pavlin||
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|1974||Pyotr Martynovich and the Years of Great Life||Пётр Мартынович и годы большой жизни||||cameo
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|1975||Front Without Flanks||Фронт без флангов||Major Ivan Petrovich Mlinsky||
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|1975||They Fought for Their Country||Они сражались за Родину||Nikolay Strel'tsov||
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|1975||Story of a Human Heart||Повесть о человеческом сердце||||(author's text)
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|1976||...And Other Officials||... И другие официальные лица||Kostantin Pavlovich Ivanov||
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|1977||White Bim Black Ear||Белый Бим Черное ухо||Ivan Ivanovich (Master)||
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|1977||Front Beyond the Front Line||Фронт за линией фронта||Colonel Ivan Petrovich Mlinsky||
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|1977||Dialogue||Диалог||Alexander Yershov||
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|1977||Drove through the streets of bureau||По улицам комод водили||master of bureau||
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|1979||Ballad of Tree and Rose||Písen o stromu a ruzi||Vladimir Kuznetsov||
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|1981||Unpaid Vacation||Отпуск за свой счёт||||Narration
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|1982||The Rear Front||Фронт в тылу врага||Colonel Ivan Petrovich Mlinsky||
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|1984||European Story||Европейская история||Peter Losser, political commentator||
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|1986||Approaching the Аuture||Приближение к будущему||Lunin||
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|1987||The Appeal||Апелляция||Dmitry V. Plotnikov||
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|1987||Soul Impatience||Нетерпение души||Panteleymon Lepeshinskiy||
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|1987||Riders||Наездники||father||
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|1988||To Kill a Dragon||Убить дракона||Charlemagne||
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|1989||Love and Privileges||Любовь с привилегиями||Konstantin Gavrilovic Kozhemjakin||
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|1991||Moscow||Notti di paura||Pyotr||
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|1991||The Ghosts of the Green Room||Призраки зелёной комнаты||Martin Chiverel||
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|1992||The Possessed||Бесы||Tikhon, Bishop retired||
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|1993||Provincial Benefit||Провинциальный бенефис||Ivan Semenovich Velikatov||
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|1993||Incomparable||Несравненная||Kholev||
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|1993||The Codex of Disgrace||Кодекс бесчестия||accountant Chugunov||
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|1994||Burnt by the Sun||Утомлённые солнцем||Vsevolod Konstantinovich||
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|1994||A Boulevard Romance||Бульварный роман||Stanislav Vasil'evich Kandinski||
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|1995||An Adventure||Авантюра||||cameo appearance
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|1995||The Codex of Silence 2: Trace of black fish||Кодекс молчания 2: След чёрной рыбы||police colonel Agaev||Voice
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|1996||Sweet Friend of Years Forgotten Long Ago...||Милый друг давно забытых лет...||Fedor Fedorovich||
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|1998||Composition for Victory Day||Сочинение ко Дню Победы||Lev Morgulis||
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|2001||Berlin Express Train||Берлинский экспресс||Georgy Astakhov||
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|2006||Eyes of the Wolf||Глазами волка||old scientist||
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|2006||Andersen. A Life without Love||Андерсен. Жизнь без любви||God||(final film role)
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Television
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! Year
! Title
! Russian Title
! Role
! Notes
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|1973||Seventeen Moments of Spring||Семнадцать мгновений весны||Max Otto von Stierlitz||12 episodes
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|1984||TASS Is Authorized to Declare...||ТАСС уполномочен заявить...||KGB General Konstantinov||10 episodes
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|1998||Waiting Room||Зал ожидания||Mikhail Zaitsev, director of the orphanage||
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Legacy
- The name of Vyacheslav Tikhonov is given to the marine vessel of geophysical exploration of the shipping company Sovcomflot (launched in August 2011, the flag was raised on 16 September 2011).
- In May 2013, a monument by sculptor Alexey Blagovestnov was installed on the actor's grave. The monument reflects the versatility of Tikhonov's talent. The bronze figure is located in front of the relief on the gospel story Adoration of the Magi, which depicts many biblical characters.
- A Commemorative plaque is installed on the building of Lyceum No. 2 in Pavlovsky Posad (the former school No. 1, where the actor studied), now bearing his name.
- Since 2017, the Vyacheslav Tikhonov International Film Festival, called "17 Moments", has been held. The initiator of the festival was the actor's daughter Anna.
- On 25 August 2018, the V. Tikhonov House-museum was opened in Pavlovsky Posad in the house where the actor was born and grew up.
- 2019 — Volodarsky Street in Pavlovsky Posad was renamed Tikhonov Street.
- On 20 May 2022, a monument to Vyacheslav Tikhonov was unveiled in Pavlovsky Posad. The monument made of bronze and granite is installed at the intersection of Herzen and Kirov streets.
References
External links
- Actor Vyacheslav Tikhonov, the Legendary Stierlitz (Biography)