Hnat Yura

Hnat Petrovych Yura (Ukrainian: Гнат Петрович Юра; also Gnat Yura; 8 January [O.S. 27 December] 1888[1] – January 18, 1966) was a Soviet and Ukrainian director, actor of theatre and film, pedagogue. He directed two films, and appeared on screen six times during the Soviet era.[2] Yura received titles of professor (1946), People's Actor of Ukraine (1930), and People's Actor of the Soviet Union (1940).[1]

Hnat Petrovych Yura
BornJanuary 8, 1888
Fedvar, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedJanuary 18, 1966 (aged 78)
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
OccupationActor, Director
Years active1936-1958 (film)
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Biography

Yura was born in village Fedvar (today Pidlisne).[1] His stage experience has started in 1904 within an amateur club, while his professional performance started in 1907 as part of the Maksymovych troupe.[1] Before the World War I he emigrated to Austria-Hungary where in 1913–1914 performed as an actor at the Ruska Besida Association theater in Lemberg (Lviv).[1] Soon after the start of the war in 1916–1919 Yura was a member of the "Molodyi Teatr" theatre (Les Kurbas troupe) located in Kiev.[1] In 1919 "Molodyi Teatr" was added to the newly reformed First Theater of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic based on the State Drama Theater of Ukraine.[3][1] In 1920 a group of former "Molodyi Theatre" led by Yura joined "Novyi Lvivskyi Teatr" which in Vinnytsia was reformed into the Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre and for the first few years (1920–1923) was touring Ukraine.[1]

Selected filmography

References
  1. Tomazova, N. Hnat Yura (ЮРА ГНАТ ПЕТРОВИЧ). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. 2013
  2. Steffen p.260
  3. Ternyuk, P. First Theater of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (ПЕРШИЙ ТЕАТР УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ РАДЯНСЬКОЇ РЕСПУБЛІКИ). Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia.

Bibliography
  • James Steffen. The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov. University of Wisconsin Pres, 2013.


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