Derzhavin, Mikhail Mikhailovich

Mikhail Derzhavin was born on June 15, 1936 in Moscow . Father - People's Artist of the RSFSR, one of the leading actors of the E.B. Vakhtangov Theater Mikhail Stepanovich Derzhavin (Zakharov) (07.25.1903-30.7.1951). Mother - Iraida Ivanovna Derzhavina (24.1.1916–31.12.2000) ^[2] . The paternal grandfather is Stepan Klimovich Zakharov (1877-1941), the sisters are Tatyana (1941-2014) and Anna. ^[3]

Mikhail Derzhavin grew up in a house on Vakhtangov Street , in which actors, artists and musicians lived, in the nearby entrance was the Shchukin Theater School . All the children living in this house did not imagine a world other than a theater. All children's games centered around improvised theatrical stages: children set up fairy tales, invented sets, distributed roles and were themselves both actors and spectators.

Famous Vakhtangians often visited the Derzhavins' apartment: Ruben Simonov , Victor Koltsov , Anatoly Goryunov , Nikolai Okhlopkov , Andrey Abrikosov .

After the start of World War II, the Theater named after E. B. Vakhtangov , in which Mikhail Stepanovich Derzhavin served, was evacuated from Moscow to Omsk . In the evacuation, Misha attended all the performances of his father, but he especially liked “Field Marshal Kutuzov”. At the age of five, he memorized the monologue of M.I. Kutuzov , read it in the hospital before the wounded.

In 1955, Mikhail Derzhavin entered the acting department of the Higher Theater School named after B.V. Shchukin (artistic director of the course - Leonid Moiseevich Shikhmatov , director and teacher - Joseph Moiseevich Tolchanov ), who graduated in 1959 ^{[4] [5]} .

Since 1959 he worked at the Lenin Komsomol Moscow Theater (now the Lenkom Moscow State Theater).

In 1967 he moved to the Moscow Drama Theater on Malaya Bronnaya .

For fifty years, from December 23, 1967 ^[6] until his death in January in 2018, he served in the troupe of the Moscow Academic Satire Theater ^[5] , where he played many unforgettable roles.

The national fame and love of the audience Mikhail Derzhavin brought the role of the presenter in the entertaining TV show on the TV center “ Zucchini 13 chairs ”, in which the actor starred for more than thirteen years (from April 30, 1967 to October 4, 1980), setting a television record - he accepted participation in 140 releases of this popular program ^{[7] [8]} .

In 2017, Mikhail Derzhavin’s autobiographical book, “I am Lucky. I remember, smiling, a little sad. "

Since 1946, for seventy-two years, he has been a friend and constant partner in pop numbers (1957-2017) by Alexander Shirvindt ^[9] . In the mid-1980s, they together conducted the television program “ Morning Mail ”, and since 2013, the program “ I Want to Know ” ^[8] .

Death

Mikhail Derzhavin died on January 10, 2018, at the 82nd year of his life, after a serious long illness ^{[10] [11]} . For a long time, the actor suffered from a whole complex of diseases, mainly from coronary heart disease and hypertension ^[12] .

On June 2, 2017, Mikhail Mikhailovich suffered a myocardial infarction ^[13] . According to the report of Mikhail Derzhavin’s nephew Mikhail Vladimirov (the son of Tatyana Mikhailovna Derzhavina, the sister of M. M. Derzhavin), the uncle had “vascular disease: first, blood entered the legs poorly, then to the head” ^[14] . Information about Derzhavin’s death was confirmed by his widow Roksana Babayan . According to her, from the beginning of December 2017 Derzhavin was undergoing treatment at a military hospital in the city of Odintsovo, Moscow Region (on Marshal Biryuzov Street), where he died, despite the efforts of doctors ^{[14] [15]} .

The President of Russia Vladimir Putin ^[16] , Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ^[17] , Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko ^[18] , Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill ^[19] and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin expressed condolences to the actor’s family and friends. ^[20] .

Farewell to Mikhail Derzhavin took place on January 15 at the Moscow Academic Theater of Satire ^[21] . After the requiem in the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior on Sands, a funeral service was held ^[22] . He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow, next to his father ^{[22] [23]} .

The first wife (married from 1958 to 1960) - Ekaterina Arkadyevna Raikina (born April 15, 1938), Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, Honored Artist of the RSFSR , daughter of Arkady Isaakovich Raikin .

The second wife is Nina Semenovna Budennaya (born September 6, 1939 ^[24] ), the daughter of Semen Mikhailovich Budenny .

Daughter - Maria Mikhailovna Budennaya (born 1963)

Grandchildren - Peter and Pavel Zolotarev.

The third wife (married since September 6, 1980) is Roksana Rubenovna Babayan (born May 30, 1946), a Soviet and Russian pop singer and actress, people's artist of the Russian Federation (1999).

Sister - Anna Mikhailovna Derzhavina.

Sister - Tatyana Mikhailovna Derzhavina (1941—2014) - fabric artist.

Nephew - Mikhail Vladimirov (born 1976)

Theater Roles

Moscow Lenin Komsomol Theater (1959-1967)

• 1953 - “A wonderful meeting” by L. E. Cherkashina (director - A. A. Muatov) - Horse Karagush, an enchanted dzhigit (introduction to the play)
• 1959 - “The Fire of Your Soul” by A. A. Araksmanyan (production - R. N. Kaplanyan) - young husband (introduction to the play)
• 1959 - “Strangers” by Lev Ustinov (production - A. A. Rubb) - Mitya
• 1960 - “Dangerous Age" by Semyon Narignani (production - S. L. Stein) - Bubus
• 1960 - “Family” by I.F. Popov (production by Sofya Giatsintova) - fisherman
• 1960 - “Hamlet from Apartment No. 13” by A. Weizler and A. Misharin (production - O. Y. Remez) - Alexey
• 1961 - “Suitcase with stickers” Dm. Ugryumova (production - S. L. Stein) - Yuri Kunitsin
• 1962 - “You are 22, old people!” E.S. Radzinsky , Production: S.L. Stein, Director: A.A. Shirvindt - Vladimir Loshmanov
• 1962 - “The center of the attack will die at dawn.” Agustin Kussani (production - B.N. Tolmazov) - commentator and reporter
• 1963 - “Better Stay Dead ...” (“A Man from the Star”) by Karl Wittlinger (director - Alexey Batalov ) - doctor / Krumbauer / Tresser / Salvatore / Ben
• 1963 - “About Lermontov ...” by O. Remez and T. Chebotarevskaya (production - O. Y. Remez) - Grigory A. Pechorin , ensign
• 1964 - “Goodbye, Boys!” B. Balter, V. Tokarev (production - S. L. Stein) - Alyosha Pereverzev
• 1964 - “104 pages about love” by E.S. Radzinsky , Production: A.V. Efros - Leva Kartsev, navigator
• 1964 - “On the Wedding Day” by Victor Rozov (directors - A. V. Efros , Lev Durov ) - guest at the wedding, extras
• 1965 - “Filming a Movie ...” by Edward Radzinsky (production - A. V. Efros ) - film actor
• 1965 - “To Each His Own” S. Alyoshin (directors - A. V. Efros , Lev Durov ) - Pister
• 1966 - “Attractions” by A. M. Volodin (production - Felix Berman ) - presenter
• 1966 - “Judicial Chronicle” by Yakov Volchek (production - A. M. Adoskin and A. V. Efros ) - Poluyanov, prosecutor

Moscow Drama Theater on Malaya Bronnaya (March — December, 1967)

Moscow Academic Theater of Satire (1967—2018)

• 1964 - “Convent of Women” by V. A. Dykhovichny and M. Slobolsky (director - Valentin Pluchek ) - Prokofiev (introduction to the play)
• 1966 - “Don Giovanni, or Love for Geometry” by Max Frisch (director - Valentin Pluchek) - servant (introduction to the play)
• 1967 - " Intervention " by L. I. Slavin (Director - Valentin Pluchek) - Marsial, Zuav
• 1968 - “The Last Parade” by A.P. Stein (Director - Valentin Pluchek) - Marich
• 1968 - "Banquet" by Arkady Arkanov and Grigory Gorin (Director - Mark Zakharov ) - Eliseev
• 1970 - “At Time in Captivity” by A.P. Stein (Director - Valentin Pluchek) - Lieutenant
• 1970 - The Bathhouse of Vladimir Mayakovsky - Bicycle
• 1971 - “ An Ordinary Miracle ” by Eugene Schwartz (production - M. A. Mikaelyan, artistic director of the production - Valentin Pluchek) - Bear
• 1971 - "Temp-1929" according to N. F. Pogodin (director - Mark Zakharov) - Yolkin
• 1972 - “The Examiner ” by N.V. Gogol (production director - Valentin Pluchek) - Pyotr Ivanovich Bobchinsky
• 1973 - “ Little comedies of the big house ” by Arkady Arkanov and Grigory Gorin (director - Valentin Pluchek, directors - Andrey Mironov and Alexander Shirvindt ) - Pyotr Evgenievich Pechnikov, conductor of the choir
• 1973 - “The Eccentric Man” by V. Azernikov (director - Mark Zakharov ) - parent
• 1974 - “We Are 50” by Grigory Gorin , Alexander Shirvindt (production - Valentin Pluchek)
• 1975 - “ Repair ” by Mikhail Roshchin (stage director - Valentin Pluchek) - “Red Cap”
• 1976 - “ Woe from Wit ” by A. S. Griboedov (Director - Valentin Pluchek) - Sergey Sergeevich Skalozub, Colonel
• 1977 - " Tartuffe, or the Deceiver " J.-B. Moliere (Director - Antoine Vitez, France ) - Tartuffe, Saints
• 1977 - “The esteemed closet” by Evgeny Chebalina (stage director - Mark Rozovsky ) - Arsenyuk
• 1978 - "Suede Jacket" by Stanislav Stratiev (Director - A.V. Mecca) - Ivan Antonov
• 1979 - “Phenomena” by Grigory Gorin - Evgeny Semenovich Ivanov
• 1979 - "We, the undersigned ..." A. I. Gelman - Gennady Mikhailovich Semenov, member of the commission
• 1980 - The Three Penny Opera by Bertolt Brecht - Brown, chief of the London police
• 1981 - “ Crazy Money ” by A. N. Ostrovsky (director - Andrei Mironov ) - Ivan Petrovich Telyatev, a non-serving nobleman
• 1982 - “ Suicide ” by N. R. Erdman (director - Valentin Pluchek) - Viktor Viktorovich, writer
• 1982 - "Concert for the theater and orchestra" by Gregory Gorin and Alexander Shirvindt (director - Alexander Shirvindt)
• 1984 - “The Cherry Orchard ” by A.P. Chekhov (Stage Director - Valentin Pluchek) - Semyon Panteleevich Epikhodov, clerk
• 1984 - “Farewell, entertainer!” Grigory Gorin (director - Andrei Mironov ) - Nikolai Burkini
• 1985 - “Shut up, be sad, shut up ...” by Alexander Shirvindt (director - Alexander Shirvindt)
• 1985 - “The Burden of Decision” by F. M. Burlatsky (stage directors - Valentin Pluchek, Yu. A. Kalantarov) - Robert McNamara
• 1986 - "Red Mare with a bell" I.P. Druta - responsible, member of the Special Commission
• 1988 - “The Passion of the Black Sea” by Fazil Iskander (director - Alexander Shirvindt) - Mikhail Vakhtangovich, director of a coffee shop
• 1995 - “The battlefield after the victory belongs to the looters” by Edward Radzinsky (premiere - February 28, 1995) - Zuckerman
• 1997 - "Lucky-Unhappy" Grigory Gorin (director - Sergey Artsibashev ) - Lucky
• 1999 - “Greetings from Tsyurupa”, theatrical fantasy based on the story of the same name by Fazil Iskander (director - Sergey Kokovkin ; premiere - November 11, 1999) - American
• 2001 - “Andryusha” (performance review dedicated to Andrei Mironov) Arkady Arkanov and Alexander Shirvindt
• 2001 - “Ornifle” by Jean Anouil (director - Sergei Artsibashev ; premiere - September 14, 2001) - Mashtyu
• 2002 - “ Talents and fans ” of A. N. Ostrovsky - Martyn Prokofich Narokov, assistant director and props, old man
• 2004 - “Schweik, or Hymn to idiocy” by Yaroslav Hasek - General Purkrabek
• 2004 - “We are still funny” (revue dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the theater)
• 2014 - “Sad but Funny” by S. Plotov, Vadim Zhuk , Alexander Shirvindt (production - Alexander Shirvindt, Yuri Vasiliev ; premiere - October 1, 2014)

Filmography

Television

• 1967 — 1980 — « Кабачок 13 стульев » — пан Ведущий ^{[7] [8]}
• 1985 — « Утренняя почта » (с Александром Ширвиндтом ) ^[8]
• 1989 — «Женщина всегда права» (« Голубой огонёк » к 8 марта 1989 года)
• 2013 — « Хочу знать » (с Александром Ширвиндтом) ^[8]

Радио

• 1985 — « Мёртвая зона », радиопостановка по роману Стивена Кинга (« Гостелерадиофонд »).

Грампластинки

• 1989 — «Счастливый день» (фирма «Мелодия», сказки Михаила Пляцковского ) — рассказчик, актёр (с Александром Ширвиндтом )

• honorary title " Honored Artist of the RSFSR " ( October 16, 1974 ) - for his services in the field of Soviet theater art ^[25]
• Honorary title “Honored Art Worker of Poland” ( 1976 )
• Honorary title " People's Artist of the RSFSR " ( June 1, 1989 ) - for great services in the field of Soviet theater art ^[26]
• Order of Friendship ( June 13, 1996 ) - for services to the state and many years of conscientious work ^[27]
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree ( May 29, 2006 ) - for his great contribution to the development of theatrical art and many years of creative activity ^[28]
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" III degree ( June 12, 2011 ) - for his great contribution to the development of theatrical and cinematic art ^[29]
• Order of Honor ( May 18, 2017 ) - for his great contribution to the development of domestic culture and art, the media, many years of fruitful activity ^[30]

• Derzhavin M. M. “I am lucky. I remember, smiling, a little sad ”- M .: Eksmo, 2017, - 320 p. - ISBN 978-5-699-96351-5

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• Mikhail Mikhailovich Derzhavin (Michail Derzhavin). Biography. Site "People" // peoples.ru
• Mikhail Derzhavin. Biography, filmography, photographs. // kinonews.ru
• Photographic tape. - The inimitable MihMikh: how we remember Mikhail Derzhavin. RIA Novosti // ria.ru (January 10, 2018)
• Ilya Filippov . VIDEO. Inimitable Mikhail Derzhavin. The best roles. // vesti.ru (January 10, 2018)