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Ruben Simonov

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Ruben Simonov
Simonov on a 1971 Soviet stamp
Born
Ruben Nikolayevich Simonyants

(1899-04-02)2 April 1899
Died5 December 1968(1968-12-05) (aged 69)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)Actor, theater director and pedagogue
Years active1919–1968

Ruben Nikolayevich Simonov (Russian: Рубен Николаевич Симонов, Armenian: Ռուբեն Նիկոլայի Սիմոնով; 2 April 1899 – 5 December 1968) was a Soviet actor, theater director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1946).

Biography

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Simonov was born in Moscow, to a family of Russian Armenians. Graduating from the Moscow State University, he then became an actor, starting his career at the Armenian drama studio in the Armenian House of Culture.[1] In 1939, he became director of the Vakhtangov Theatre. He also led the Armenian and Uzbek theaters of Moscow.

Selected filmography

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Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ Yuzefovich, Victor (1985). Aram Khachaturyan, trans. Nicholas Kournokoff and Vladimir Bobrov. New York, Sphinx Press. p. 74. ISBN 0-943071-00-3.
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