Konstantin Stepankov

Kostiantyn Petrovich Stepankov[2] (Ukrainian: Костянтин Петрович Степанков, by name of Kostiantyn Petrovich Voloshchuk;[3] 3 June 1928 – 22 July 2004) was a Ukrainian soviet actor. He appeared in more than fifty films between 1958 and 1999. He was a member of the jury at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.[4]

Kostiantyn Stepankov
Костянтин Степанков
Born	Kostiantyn Petrovich Voloshchuk 3 June 1928 Pechesky, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (now Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine)
Died	22 July 2004 (aged 76) Kyiv, Ukraine
Nationality	Ukrainian
Alma mater	Karpenko-Karyi Memorial National University of Theatrical Arts
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1958–1999
Spouse(s)	Ada Rogovtseva
Awards	Lenin's Komsomol Prize of Ukrainian SSR (1975) Oleksandr Dovzhenko State Prize of Ukraine (2003)[1]

Biography

Kostiantyn Stepankov was born in a village Pechesky, Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Western Ukraine in family of the priest. In 1950-53 he studied in the Karpenko-Karyi Memorial Kyiv Institute of Theatrical Arts[5][6]

Selected filmography

• Pavel Korchagin (1956)
• Stone Cross (1968)
• Annychka (1968)
• Commisars (1970)
• The White Bird Marked with Black (1970)[7]
• Zakhar Berkut (1971)
• Maryna (1974)
• How the Steel Was Tempered (1975)
• Hatred (1975)
• Babylon XX (1979)
• The Gadfly (1980)
• Dudaryky (1980)
• Yaroslav Mudry (1982)
• The Legend of Princess Olga (1983)
• Battle of Moscow (1985)
• Ashik Kerib (1988)
• Stone Soul (1988)
• The Mountains are Smoking (1989)
• Miracle in the Land of Oblivion (1991)
• Carpathian gold (1991)
• Cherry nights (1992)
• Judenkreis, or Eternal Wheel (1996)
• As a blacksmith was looking for happiness (1999)

Accolades

• People's Artist of the USSR
• People's Artist of Ukraine
• Order of Merit (Second Class, 2003)
• Order of Merit (Third Class, 1998)

References

1. "DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE On the Award of the Oleksandr Dovzhenko State Prize of Ukraine 2003". 15 September 2003.
2. Joshua First. Ukrainian Cinema: Belonging and Identity during the Soviet Thaw. I.B.Tauris, 2015 ISBN 0857736264, 9780857736260
3. "Kostiantyn Stepankov. Memories after life". ktm.ukma.edu.ua.
4. "11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
5. "The 20th century from the view of Kostiantyn Stepankov". day.kyiv. 18 March 2010.
6. Contested Interpretations of the Past in Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian Film: Screen as Battlefield. Studies in Slavic Literature and Poetics. BRILL, 2016 ISBN 9004311742, 9789004311749
7. "New Films In Club's Collection". Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University. 24 September 2010.

External links

• Kostiantyn Stepankov at IMDb