Nersesyan, Rachiya Nersesovich

Rachia Nersesyan (according to other sources, the real name is Kechechyan ^[2] or Achemyan ^[3] ) was born on November 12 (24), 1895 in the city of Nicomedia , (now Izmit , Turkey ) in the family of a craftsman ^{[1] [4]} .

He studied at French and American colleges, at the Armenian school in Constantinople .

Since 1915, he began to participate in the performances of Armenian drama companies and operettas in Turkey. In 1918 he became an actor of the Armenian Drama Society of Constantinople ^[4] . During work, creativity was affected by the art of A. Antoine , O.M. Lunye-Po , as well as the Western European tragedy school and at the same time the Viennese operetta.

In 1922 he moved to the USSR with a group of actors ( V. Papazyan , M. Janan, etc.). He performed in Batumi at the Iron Theater.

Since 1923 - actor of the 1st State Theater of Armenia (now the Armenian Theater named after G.M. Sundukyan ) in Yerevan .

Possessed the ability to acute stage reactions, improvisational ease, huge acting charm ^[4] .

From the 1920s he starred in films (he began in Turkish films). He established himself as a master, transmitting the wealth of the inner world of his heroes through concise external expressive means ^[5] .

He died on November 6, 1961 in Yerevan ^[1] . He was buried in the pantheon of Komitas Park .

• Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR (1932) ^[6] .
• People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1939).
• People's Artist of the USSR (1956).
• Stalin Prize of the second degree (1941) - for playing the role of Hakobyan in the film "Zangezur".
• All-Union Film Festival (Diploma, film "Heart Sings", Moscow , 1958).
• Order of Lenin (04/14/1944) ^[1] - for playing the title role in the film "David Beck".
• Order of the Badge of Honor (02/01/1939).
• Medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
• Medals.

Theater Roles

• 1924 - " Hamlet " by W. Shakespeare - Hamlet
• 1926 - The Fiesco Conspiracy in Genoa by F. Schiller - Verrina
• 1927 - " Love Spring " K.A. Treneva - Koshkin ^[4]
• 1927 - “Uncle Baghdasar” A.O. Paronyana - Cyprus
• 1927 - " Snowstorm " by A.S. Pushkin - Vladimir
• 1928 - “Love Under the Elms” by J. O'Neill - Ephraim Cabot
• 1928 - “ Fault ” B.A. Lavreneva - Bersenev ^[1]
• 1928 - “ Armored train 14-69 ” V.V. Ivanova - Vershinin
• 1929 - “Fury” by E.G. Yanovsky - Simon
• 1929 - " Profitable place " A.N. Ostrovsky - Zhadov
• 1930 - "In the Ring" by V.B. Vagharshyan - Melik-aga
• 1932 - “ Fear ” A.N. Afinogenova - Borodin
• 1933 - " Macbeth " by W. Shakespeare - Macbeth
• 1935 - Plato Krechet A.E. Korneichuk - Plato Krechet
• 1935 - Thunderstorm A.N. Ostrovsky - Wild
• 1939 - “For Honor" A.M. Shirvanzade - Elizbarov
• 1939 - Windsor Mockers by W. Shakespeare - Falstaff
• 1940 - Othello by W. Shakespeare - Othello
• 1942 - “ Russian people ” K.M. Simonova - Safonov
• 1949 - “ Masquerade ” M.Yu. Lermontov - unknown
• 1951 - "The Living Corpse " L.N. Tolstoy - Protasov
• 1953 - " King Lear " by W. Shakespeare - Lear
• 1954 - “Uncle Baghdasar” A.O. Paronyan - Baghdasar
• 1954 - "Freed Don Quixote" A.V. Lunacharsky - Don Quixote
• 1961 - “ My Heart in the Mountains ” by W. Saroyan - McGregor
• " Gevorg Marzpetuni " Muratsana - Gevorg Marzpetuni
• “Russian Question” K.M. Simonova - Bob Murphy
• "Red necklace" L.M. Saghatelyana - Navas
• “Love at Dawn” Y.A. Galan - Stefan
• "Ilya Golovin" S.V. Mikhalkova - Ilya Golovin
• “Under one roof” G.M. Boryana - grandfather Artin
• "Far" A.N. Afinogenova - Malko .

Filmography

• 1926 - Zare - Saido, the shepherd
• 1926 - Namus - Rustam
• 1927 - Khas-Push - Rza
• 1928 - House on the volcano - Petros, tartar
• 1929 - Hashim
• 1930 - Thief - engineer Harutyunov
• 1931 - Kikos - Aram
• 1932 - Mexican diplomats - Sparapet Saco
• 1932 - Yezidi Kurds - Jamal
• 1932 - Two Nights - Captain Benoyan
• 1933 - Child of the Sun - Fist
• 1933 - Light and Shadows
• 1934 - Hickor - Ambo
• 1935 - Pepo - Pepo, the fisherman
• 1937 - Six Volleys - Hakob
• 1937 - Karo - Nalbandyan
• 1938 - Zangezur - Hakobyan
• 1938 - Sevan Fishermen - Anes
• 1941 - Blood for Blood (Short) - Grandfather
• 1942 - Daughter (short) - engineer Grigor
• 1943 - David Beck - David Beck
• 1947 - Anahit - Nureddin
• 1949 - Girl of the Ararat Valley - repatriate
• 1954 - Trifle (short) - fire extinguisher
• 1954 - Brides (Short) - Vardan
• 1955 - Ghosts leave the peaks - Vagan
• 1955 - In search of the addressee - Gasparyan
• 1956 - Path of Thunder - Sam
• 1956 - Heart sings - Garib
• 1956 - For Honor - Andreas Elizbarov
• 1957 - Personally known - the father of Medea
• 1957 - To Whom Life Smiles - Levon's Father
• 1958 - Song of First Love - Tigran Varunz, Arsen's father
• 1959 - What the River Noises About - Atanas Gambaryan
• 1959 - Her Fantasy - Winemaker
• 1960 - Northern Rainbow - Catholicos Nerses Ashtarazzi, father of Vartan
• 1960 - Voices of our quarter - citizen
• 1961 - Tzhvzhik (Liver) (short) - Nerses-ahpar
• 1961 - Before Dawn - Grandfather Artin

• Nersesyan Rachiya Nersesovich - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
• Biography on the website of the Encyclopedia of the Hayazg Foundation