Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin was born in 1923. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1977) , In the cinema since 1941 - "The Artamonov Case".. On the second day of the war, as a seventeen-year-old boy, he "broke through" to the South-Western Front. He fought in reconnaissance near Smolensk, near Vyazma. In the 42nd, he was seriously wounded and was given a commission. He studied at the Moscow Art Theater studio school. He worked at the Northern Fleet Theater (since 1947), the Moscow Theater named after him. Leninsky Komsomol (1950 -1958) and (1962 to 1977-in the Theater-Studio of a film actor. He starred in more than seventy films, among which were movie hits of his time: "Admiral Ushakov", "Kuban Cossacks", "The Case of the Motley Ones", "The New Adventures of Captain Vrungel". In the Russian cinema, he played a record number of roles of military heroes. In eight films, he played the role of a sailor. "Regular" soldier and foreman - in "Fit for non-combat", "They were nineteen", "Bag full of hearts", "First Day of Freedom", "May Stars", "Wedding in Malinovka", "Kutuzov", "Fortress on wheels". In the" Unconquered battalion "- colonel, in "Ordered to take alive "" rose to the rank of general. Brass trumpets sounded, young gymnasts from the former pioneer camp "Artek" worked out their program without a hack, fun spread all over the Yalta embankment with fireworks and a sea of smiles. Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin was the center of everyone's attention. He sat solemnly on a royal throne located in the back of a rolling truck. It was obvious that the "tsar" liked the festivities and was in a clear mood. When he raised a low hand in response to the cheering citizens, his gold-embroidered brocade robe opened slightly, revealing a green-checkered shirt that tellingly hinted that he was an artist. Forgetting about her age, the actor's wife ran after ZIL: "Misha, Misha, hold on to your mantle!": "Irka, you understand, this is just a symbol!" In front of the throne was a fake movie camera ... Читать далее