Elina Bystritskaya

Acting

Born: 1928-04-04
Died: 2019-04-26
From: Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Gender: Female
Popularity: 0.4

Also Known As

Э. БыстрицкаяE. Bystritskaya

Biography

Elina Bystritskaya is a Soviet and Russian actress best known for her role of Aksiniya in Sergei Gerasimov's epic screening of Mikhail Sholokhov's novel And Quiet Flows the Don (1958). Jewish by ethnicity and a native of Kiev, Bystritskaya was chosen to play Aksiniya by Sholokhov himself over several distinguished candidates, notably Nonna Mordyukova. Before that, she co-starred with Sergey Bondarchuk in the Unfinished Story, an archetypal Socialist Realist film. In the 1960's, Bystritskaya turned to theatre work in the Maly Theatre and her appearances on screen grew sporadic. She was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1978.

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Awards & Nominations31 won · 0 nominated

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Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class

2018
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Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class

2008
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Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class

1998
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Order of the October Revolution

1988
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Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class

1985
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People's Artist of the USSR

1978
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Order of the Red Banner of Labour

1974
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Order of the Badge of Honour

1967
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People's Artist of the RSFSR

1966
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Merited Artist of the RSFSR

1962
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Order of the Badge of Honour

1960
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Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

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Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

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Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

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Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

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Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"

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Government Prize in Culture

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Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

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Golden Mask

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People's artist of the Georgian SSR

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Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude

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Jubilee Medal "70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

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Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

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People's Artist of Kazakh SSR

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Medal "Veteran of Labour"

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Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

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Zhukov Medal

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Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

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Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

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People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR

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Moscow Prize for Literature and the Arts