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 Grigoriy Kozintsev.
He was born Boris Petrovich Chirkov, on August 13, 1901, in Losovaya-Pavlovka, Ekaterinoslav province, Russian Empire (now Losovaya, Ukraine). He was the older of two children in the family, his younger sister was named Galina. His mother, named Olga Ignatevna (nee Nebogatikova), was the niece...
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