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My Take
Yuri Lyubimov is a figure who commands genuine awe from me. He survived the Great Patriotic War, earned the Zhukov Medal, then won a Stalin Prize as an actor before founding the legendary Taganka Theatre in 1964 and turning it into a world-renowned stage. What moves me is the spine he showed across a turbulent century, defying political pressure to keep his theatre alive and standing on stage almost until his death at 97. His life reads like one of his own epic productions. I see him not merely as an artist but as a survivor and a fighter who guarded artistic freedom under enormous weight.
Overview
Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov (Russian: Ю́рий Петро́вич Люби́мов; 30 September [O.S. 17 September] 1917 – 5 October 2014) was a Soviet and Russian stage actor and director associated with the internationally renowned Taganka Theatre, which he founded in 1964. He was one of the leading names in the Russian theatre world.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Yury Lyubimov
- Name (Japanese)
- ユーリー・リュビーモフ
- Reading
- ゆーりー・りゅびーもふ
- Born
- September 17, 1917 – October 5, 2014
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Snake
- Origin
- Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / theatre director / actor / director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1952 Stalin Prize
- Zhukov Medal
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- 1992 People's Artist of the Russian Federation
- 2007 Great Silver Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2007 Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
- 1997 Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
- 2013 Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.