Died playing Lenin actor Yuri Kayurov

At the 99th year of his life, the Soviet and Russian theater and film actor Yuri Kayurov died. This was reported by the “Small Theater”.

Just in the Maly Theatre came a very sad news — has not become everyone’s favorite people’s artist of Russia Yuri Kayurov. It's hard to believe he's no longer with us. We express our deep condolences to the relatives, friends and friends of Yuri Ivanovich. About the date and place of farewell will inform later, — stated in the message.

RBC appealed for a comment to the son of the actor Leonid Kayurov.

The actor became famous for repeatedly performing the role of the founder of the USSR Vladimir Lenin. He played it 18 times, the first time in the film “At the beginning of the century” (1961).

Kayurov was born in Cherepovets on September 30, 1927, graduated from the craft school in Vologda, then worked as a turner at the Vulcan plant in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). In 1945 he became a cadet of the Kuibyshev Preparatory Naval Aviation School, was listed in it for one year, then served in Leningrad as an artillery sailor on the training cruiser of the Baltic Fleet "Aurora". With the permission of the command during the service attended classes in the theater studio, which was led by teachers Vasily Merkuriev and Irina Meyerhold.