Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Вячеслав Тихонов
	Tikhonov in 1998
Born	Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Tikhonov; 8 February 1928; Pavlovsky Posad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	4 December 2009 (aged 81); Moscow, Russia
Resting place	Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1948–2009
Spouses	Nonna Mordyukova (m. 1948; div. 1963); Tamara Tikhonova; (m. 1968);
Children	2

Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Tikhonov (Russian: Вячеслав Васильевич Тихонов; 8 February 1928 – 4 December 2009) was a Soviet and Russian actor whose best known role was as Soviet spy Stierlitz in the television series Seventeen Moments of Spring. He was a recipient of numerous state awards, including the titles of People's Artist of the USSR (1974) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1982).^[1]

^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman / Littlefield. pp. 692–693. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.