Leonid Topchiev

Leonid Topchiev (9 January 1930 - 24 June 2021) was a Soviet stage and film actor. In 1958 he received a nomination for the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or. This was for his portrayal of Prince Ivan of Moscow the third in the movie Walking for Three Seas. He was also a theater director, working as the director of the Vologda Drama Theatre and the Yaroslavl State Theatre of Drama.[1]

He received the Medal of the Order of Merit to the Fatherland II Stepani in 2004.[2] [3] He was 91 when he died.

References

  1. "Скончался знаменитый советский и российский актер Леонид Топчиев". lenta.ru. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  2. "Actor Leonid Topchiev, who played in the film "Walking for Three Seas" has died". ren.tv. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  3. "Леонид Топчиев". Кино-Театр.Ру. Retrieved 2021-07-03.