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Yuri Yurovsky
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Born May 3, 1894 · Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
Died December 30, 1959
Also known as Georg Jurowski · Jurijs Jurovskis · Юрий Юровский
Biography
Yuri Yurovsky was a Soviet actor and director of Armenian origin. People's Artist of the USSR. Since 1925 he worked as an actor and director at Riga Russian Theatre.
Awards & recognition
- Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Order of the Badge of Honour
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- People's Artist of the USSR
- Stalin Prize, 2nd degree
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- State Stalin Prize, 1st degree
