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Leonid Gaidai (1923–1993) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Born in Svobodny, he was educated at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography and worked in the comedy genre from 1956 to 1992. He served on the Eastern Front during a conflict and was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Association of Filmmakers of the USSR.
Gaidai received several honors, including the title of People's Artist of the USSR, the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class, the Medal "For Battle Merit," and the Medal "Veteran of Labour." He was married to Nina Grebeshkova. His work included the title *Ne mozhet bytʹ!*.
He died in Moscow of pulmonary embolism and is buried in Kuntsevo Cemetery.
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- Ne mozhet bytʹ!
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Directing · Svobodny, Amurskaya guberniya, RSFSR, USSR
Leonid Iovich Gaidai (Russian: Леони́д Ио́вич Гайда́й; 30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993; Svobodny) was a Soviet comedy film director, screenwriter and actor who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former Soviet Union. His films broke theatre attendance records and were some of the top-selling DVDs in Russia. He has been described as "the king of Soviet comedy".
Known for
- Георгий Вицин. Не надо смеяться — Self (archive footage)2016
- Legends of Cinema — Self (archive footage)2016
- Георгий Вицин. Отшельник — Self (archive footage)2008
- When Idols Were Gone — Self/ArchiveFootage2005
- There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach — Crazy casino player (uncredited)1993
- Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained1977
- 12 Chairs — Varfolomey Korobeinikov (uncredited)1971
- The Diamond Arm — drunkard (uncredited)1969
- Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures — (segment "Workmate") (uncredited)1965
- In Transit1961
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Leonid Iovich Gaidai (Russian: Леони́д И́ович Гайда́й; 30 January 1923, Svobodny, Amur Oblast – 19 November 1993, Moscow) was one of the most popular Soviet comedy directors, enjoying immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former USSR & modern Russia. His movies broke theatre attendance records and are still some of the top-selling DVDs in Russia. Gaidai was born on January 30, 1923 in Svobodny, Amur Oblast, where he is commemorated by a statue. <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Nonlinear total variation based noise removal algorithms
· 1992 · cited 12,596x
- A method and server for predicting damaging missense mutations
· 2010 · cited 11,740x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,201x
- Comprehensive Mapping of Long-Range Interactions Reveals Folding Principles of the Human Genome
· 2009 · cited 8,498x
- Finding the missing heritability of complex diseases
· 2009 · cited 6,987x
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Encyclopedic overview
Leonid Iovich Gaidai (30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993) was a Soviet and Russian comedy film director, screenwriter, and actor who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former Soviet Union. His films broke theatre attendance records and were some of the top-selling DVDs in Russia. He has been described as "the king of Soviet comedy".
Early life and first success
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