Ivan Mykolaichuk

Ivan Mykolaichuk
Іван Миколайчук
Mykolaichuk as Cossack Vasyl in The Lost Deed
Born(1941-06-15)15 June 1941
Died3 August 1987(1987-08-03) (aged 46)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
NationalityUkrainian
Alma materKarpenko-Karyi Memorial National University of Theatrical Arts
OccupationFilm industry
Years active1964–1987
Known forActing, filmmaking
TitleDistinguished Artist of Ukrainian SSR
SpouseMaria Karpiuk
AwardsLenin's Komsomol Prize of Ukrainian SSR (1967)
Shevchenko State Prize of Ukrainian SSR (1988)

Ivan Vasylyovych Mykolaichuk (Ukrainian: Іван Васильович Миколайчук; 15 June 1941 – 3 August 1987) was a Ukrainian actor, producer, and screen writer.

He is best known for playing the Hutsul Ivan in Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (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 Shevchenko National Prize.[1]

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 478–479. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.