Frunzik Mkrtchyan

Frunzik Mkrtchyan
PAA
Born
Mher Mkrtchyan

(1930-07-04)4 July 1930
Leninakan, Armenian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died29 December 1993(1993-12-29) (aged 63)
Yerevan, Armenia
Resting placeKomitas Pantheon
NationalityArmenian
OccupationActor
Years active1945–1993
RelativesAlbert Mkrtchyan
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Mher Musheghi Mkrtchyan (Armenian: Մհեր Մուշեղի Մկրտչյան; 4 July 1930 – 29 December 1993), better known by the name Frunzik (Armenian: Ֆրունզիկ; Russian: Фрунзик), was an Armenian stage and film actor. Mkrtchyan is widely considered one of the greatest actors of the Soviet period among Armenians and the USSR as a whole. He received the prestigious People's Artist of the USSR award in 1984.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 459–461. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  2. ^ People's Artist of the USSR. 1984. IMDb
  3. ^ Akopian, Aram (2001). Armenians and the World: Yesterday and Today. Yerevan: Noyan Tapan. p. 105. ISBN 9789993051299. Concluding this chapter, I would like to say a few words about the greatest Armenian actor of the second half of the 20th century Frunzik Mkrtchian...