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Yuri Nikulin
Yuri Nikulin · Anastasiya Fedorenko, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Person

Yuri Nikulin

1921 – 1997 · aged 76

Soviet and Russian actor and clown (1921-1997)

Born
18 Dec 1921 · Demidov
Died
21 Aug 1997 · Moscow
Part ofRussia1223 – todaySoviet Union1848 – 1991

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 87 years
  1. 18 Dec 1921BornBorn in Demidov
  2. 1941 – 1945WarEastern Front
  3. 21 Aug 1997DiedDied in Moscow

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1921 – 1997).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  12. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  13. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  14. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  15. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  17. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  18. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  20. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  21. 1956Suez Crisis
  22. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  23. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  24. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  26. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  28. 1968Prague Spring
  29. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  30. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  31. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  32. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  34. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  35. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  36. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  37. 1985Schengen Agreement
  38. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  39. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  40. 19901990 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Никулин; 18 December 1921 – 21 August 1997) was a Soviet and Russian actor and clown who starred in many popular films. He is best known for his roles in Leonid Gaidai's comedies, such as The Diamond Arm and Kidnapping, Caucasian Style, although he occasionally starred in dramatic roles and performed in the Moscow Circus.

He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1973 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990. He also received a number of state awards, including the prestigious Order of Lenin, which he received twice in his lifetime.

Text from the Wikipedia article Yuri Nikulin, CC BY-SA 4.0

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