Mahmud Mukhamedzyanovich Rafikov ( March 1, 1924 , Ufa , Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic - October 4, 2018 , Moscow ) - Soviet documentary cameraman , Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1992).
| Rafikov Makhmud Mukhamedzyanovich | ||||
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| Date of Birth | March 1, 1924 | |||
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| Date of death | October 4, 2018 (94 years old) | |||
| Place of death | Moscow , Russia | |||
| Citizenship |  the USSR  Russia | |||
| Profession | cameraman | |||
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He participated in the first shootings of Gagarin Yu.A. after his return from space on April 12, 1961 .
Biography
M. M. Rafikov was born on March 1, 1924. During the war he worked at an aircraft factory, after the war he took courses at the Moscow Aviation Institute . In 1951 he graduated from VGIK , after which he was sent to Mosnauchfilm (until 2003 - Tsentrnauchfilm ) for the filming of "closed paintings" (films that had the signature stamp ). His first shootings took place at the Kapustin Yar rocket range during the creation of a secret film about the tests of the R-2 rocket. In September 1954 he was sent to the Semipalatinsk training ground for filming a nuclear weapon test. According to him, he participated in the filming of more than 40 nuclear explosions from 1954 to 1960 .
He was married, son - filmmaker Marat Rafikov.
Awards and Prizes
- “Nika” Film Award (2011) - “For Outstanding Contribution to Russian Cinema” in honor of the 50th anniversary of Gagarin’s flight.
Links
- Documentary (Dir. G. Galimullina) on the First Channel https://www.1tv.ru/doc/pro-zhizn-zamechatelnyh-lyudey/nomernoy
- Mahmud Rafikov Site "History of Soviet Nuclear Weapons"
- Rafikov Mahmud. He shot only "for official use" (inaccessible link) The official portal of the Government of Tatarstan
- Makhmud Mukhamedzyanovich at the Nika Film Award