Boris Chirkov was arguably the most popular film celebrity in the 1930s and 1940s Soviet Union, since he starred in the leading role as Maxim in the acclaimed film-trilogy by director Grigori Kozintsev.Chirkov confessed to his family that he still believed in God, while being obligated to join the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He refused to be a recipient of a state pension from the Soviet state, quietly mentioning that there were too many people who really needed more help than him. Chirkov survived four heart attacks over the course of his life, but the fifth heart attack that hit him during his high-level visit to Kremlin, in 1982, left him with only a few hours to live. Boris Chirkov had his fifth heart attack during his visit to Kremlin, Moscow, where he was invited for a high-level meeting as the member of the Committee for Lenin's Prize Awards. He was taken by an ambulance to an ER in Moscow, and died of a heart failure just a few hours later on the same day, May 28, 1982. His family had to wait for four days to get a personal permission from Leonid Brezhnev to have a State Funeral for the most decorated film star in the history of Russia; the permission was granted and Chirkov was laid to rest in Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia.
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Boris Chirkov
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出生日期
1901-08-13
