People's Artist of Belarus and the USSR Fyodor Shmakov has passed away

May 2, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. On May 1, Fyodor Ivanovich Shmakov, Honorary Citizen of Vitebsk, People's Artist of Belarus and the USSR, laureate of the State Prize of the BSSR, leading stage master of the Yakub Kolas National Academic Drama Theater, passed away in Vitebsk at the age of 93. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the theater. Fyodor Shmakov was born on March 1, 1917. In 1939, he graduated from the Higher Theater School in Leningrad, after which he worked for two years at the State Russian Drama Theater in Mogilev, and then was invited to the Kolas Theater in Vitebsk. On its stage, Fyodor Shmakov played about 200 roles. The actor's wide creative range allowed him to play tragic and comedic, heroic-dramatic and sharply characterized roles. Among his best roles were Nesterka in the play of the same name by V. Volsky, Aksyon Kal, Grandfather ("The Storm Will Come", "The Land" by Ya. Kolas), Lemeshevich, Antonyuk ("Krynitsy", "Snowy Winters" by I. Shamyakin), Karavay ("A Pill Under the Tongue", A. Makayonok), Muravyov ("Kastus Kalinovsky" by V. Korotkevich). The images created by the actor in performances based on Russian and foreign classics were especially popular, including Platon Zybkin ("Truth is Good, but Happiness is Better" by A. Ostrovsky), Prisypkin ("The Bedbug" by V. Mayakovsky), Akim ("The Power of Darkness" by L. Tolstoy), Bessymenov ("The Petty Bourgeois" by M. Gorky), Vaskov ("The Dawns Here Are Quiet" by B. Vasilyev). The master's last role was the lawyer Margaritov in the play "Late Love" by A. Ostrovsky. Fyodor Shmakov was one of the creators of the Belarusian theatrical Leniniana. He also worked as a director, his productions include "Batkivshchyna" by K. Cherny, "Trevoaga" by A. Petrashkevich, "Mudromer" by M. Matukovsky, "Blaise" by K. Molière. Fyodor Shmakov played about fifty roles in cinema. The most popular films with his participation were "Baltic Sky", "Immortal Song", "Kochubey", "Virgin Soil Upturned", "People of the Swamp", "Courage", "Old World Landowners". For many years of selfless service to art, he was awarded the Orders of the Red Banner of Labor, Friendship of Peoples, the Medal of Francysk Skaryna, and in 2001 - the Special Prize of the President of the Republic of Belarus. The funeral service will be held on May 4 from 12:00 in the large auditorium of the Yakub Kolas National Academic Drama Theater in Vitebsk. -0-