Molchanov, Pavel Stepanovich

Pavel Molchanov was born on March 1 (14), 1902 in the village of Ivolsk (now in the Buda-Koshelevsky district of the Gomel region of Belarus ) into a peasant family.

In 1922 - 1926 he studied at the Belarusian Drama Studio in Moscow.

In 1926 - 1930 and 1936 - 1951 - actor (since 1946 - artistic director) of the 2nd Belarusian State Drama Theater (now the National Academic Drama Theater named after Yakub Kolas ) in Vitebsk .

In 1930 - 1935, he was an actor in the film studio "Soviet Belarus" (now " Belarusfilm "), in 1935 - 1936 - the Belarusian State TRAM .

During the war he played in the Ulyanovsk Drama Theater ( 1941 - 1942 ). In 1944 he headed the front-line theater brigade.

Since 1951 - actor of the Belarusian Drama Theater. Y. Kupala in Minsk . He was an actor of versatile talent, perfectly mastered the art of reincarnation.

He acted in films, acted as a director ^[1] .

The author of the memoirs “Theater is my life”.

Member of the CPSU (b) since 1945 .

Pavel Molchanov died on February 24 (according to other sources - February 22 ^[1] ) 1977 . He was buried in Minsk at the Eastern cemetery .

Theater Roles

• 1936 - "Primaki" Y. Kupala - Kutas
• 1938 - "Petty Bourgeois" by M. Gorky - Perchikhin
• 1938 - “Man with a Gun” by N. F. Pogodin - V. I. Lenin
• 1940 , 1956 - “The Kremlin Chimes” by N. F. Pogodin - V. I. Lenin
• 1941 - The Ghosts of G. Ibsen - Oswald
• 1942 - The Invasion of L. M. Leonov - Fedor Ivanovich Talanov
• 1946 - " Hamlet " by W. Shakespeare - Hamlet
• 1954 - The Seagull by A.P. Chekhov - Pyotr Nikolaevich Sorin
• 1954 - “Excuse me, please!” A. E. Makayonka - Koliberov
• 1957 - The Eternal Source by L. G. Zorin - V. I. Lenin
• 1957 - The Stormy Year by A. Y. Kapler - V. I. Lenin
• "The Last" by M. Gorky - Peter
• "In the forests of Polesie" J. Kolas - Darvidoshka
• “Everyone Forgotten” by N. Hikmet - Doctor
• "Russian Question" K. Simonova - Smith
• " Spring Love " by K. Trenev - Spring
• " Examiner " N. Gogol - Bobchinsky

Stage

Belarusian State TRAM

• 1936 - "Aristocrats" N.F. Pogodin (shared with G. Ferman)

Belarusian Drama Theater I. Kolas

• 1936 - Evening of Belarusian vaudeville: “Pinsk gentry” by V. Dunin-Martsinkevich , “Pavlinka” and “Primaki” Y. Kupala
• 1937 - Face-to-Face Tour Brothers and L. Sheinin
• 1939 - The Death of the Wolf by E. Samuilionka
• 1941 - “The guy from our city” K. Simonov
• 1947 - The Russian Question by K. Simonov

Belarusian Drama Theater I. Kupala

• 1965 - “Where does the sin come from?” By A. Petrashkevich
• 1969 - “Requires a liar” D. Psafasa

Belarusian Theater for Young Spectators

• " Malchish-Kibalchish " by A. Gaidar
• The Invisible Lady by P. Calderon de la Barca

Movie Roles

• 1929 - Hotel Savoy
• 1930 - The court must go on - driver
• 1932 - Towards the Battles - Cooperator
• 1932 - Woman Agronomist
• 1951 - Unforgettable 1919 - V.I. Lenin
• 1953 - Larks sing - regional committee secretary
• 1954 - Partisan Children - Sobolev
• 1954 - Who laughs last? - Nikolai Vasilievich Anikeev
• 1959 - Love must be valued - Kazimir Petrovich
• 1959 - When Youth Starts - Gromenko
• 1960 - First Tests - Groshikov
• 1964 - Krynitsy - Potap Mokhnach
• 1964 - Moscow - Genoa - Litvinov
• 1966 - Another Name - Alexey Petrovich
• 1970 - Puzzled Savka - Savka
• 1973 - Mother-in-law - Vitaly Danilovich

Movie Director

• 1934 - Polesie robinsons (together with I. Bakhar).

• People's Artist of the Byelorussian SSR ( 1940 )
• People's Artist of the USSR ( 1948 )
• Stalin Prize of the second degree (1946) - for playing the role in the play "Nesterka" by V.F. Volsky
• Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor ( 1940 , 1955 )
• Medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
• Medal “For Valiant Labor. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin "
• 1 order.

• The work of P. S. Molchanov is devoted to the chronicle-documentary film “Ten Minutes with Pavel Molchanov” (1969)
• In 1987, one of the streets in the Oktyabrsky district of Vitebsk was named after P. S. Molchanov.
• In 2002, a circulation of 3000 copies issued a postcard with the original stamp dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of P. S. Molchanov (artist R. Volchok) ^[2] .

• Vitebsk: Encyclopedic Reference / Ch. Editor I.P. Shamyakin. - Mn. : BelSE named after P. Brovka, 1988 .-- S. 244. - 408 p. - 60,000 copies. - ISBN 5-85700-004-1 .
• Belarusian encyclopedia: At 18 vol. T. 10: Malaysia - Mugaradzha / Redkal .: G.P. Pashkoў іnsh. - Mn. : BelEn, 2000. - T. 10. - 544 p. - 10,000 copies. - ISBN 985-11-0169-9 (T. 10). (belor.)

• Molchanov Pavel Stepanovich - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .