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Ivan Mykolaichuk
Acting
Born June 15, 1941 · Chertoriya, Chernovitskaya oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died August 3, 1987
Also known as Іван Васильович Миколайчук · Ivan Vasylyovych Mykolaichuk · Ivan Mikolaychuk
Biography
Ivan Vasylyovych Mykolaichuk (Ukrainian: Іван Васильович Миколайчук) was a Ukrainian soviet actor, producer, and screen writer from Ukraine. He is best known for playing the Hutsul Ivan in "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" (Тіні забутих предків) (1964), based on Mykhailo Kotsyubynsky's book of the same name. He received the Komsomol prize of Ukraine in 1967, and the title of Meritorious Artist of the Ukrainian SSR in 1968. He posthumously received the Taras Shevchenko prize.
Awards & recognition
- Merited Artist of the Ukrainian SSR
- Shevchenko National Prize
