Vitaly Solomin (December 12, 1941

Name: Vitaly Solomin Date of birth: December 12, 1941 Where was born: the city of Chita (Trans-Baikal Territory) Height: 182 centimeters Date of death: May 27, 2002 Profession: actor, theater director
Vitaly Methodievich Solomin is one of the best actors of Soviet cinema, who played in the film “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.” “Siberiada”, “Pacer’s Run”, “Die Hard”, “Dauria”, “Queen of Spades” are other films with his participation. All films, as well as performances in which Vitaly Solomin took part, the biography, and personal life of the actor testify to his great love for creativity.

The actor was born in the city of Chita (Trans-Baikal Territory). Date of birth: December 12, 1941. Born into a creative family, Vitaly was artistic from childhood. Since 1959, Solomin has been a student at the College named after. Shchepkin, after passing the entrance exam of the Moscow visiting commission in the city where he was born. During his student years, the filmography of the future great actor began. Having a tall stature and good appearance, he secretly acted in films, hiding it from the management of the educational institution. So, in 1964 he played an episode in the film “Ilyich's Outpost”. Being a maximalist by nature, Solomin almost quit his studies when he received his first O, because he was used to being an excellent student.

Childhood and youth

Solomin Vitaly and Yuri, siblings, did not follow in the footsteps of their parents, who worked as music teachers, but began to play on stage. After a short study at a music school, Vitaly forgot about the piano, because he did not want to connect his future destiny with this instrument. As a child, reading was Vitaly's main activity. He was re-reading Conan Doyle. As a result, the parents of the future actor, Methodius Solomin and Zinaida Ryabtseva, retreated and did not interfere with the choice of their son, who was interested in sports. He tried his hand at gymnastics, volleyball and basketball, then became interested in boxing. He loved to hit the bag, but never entered the ring in his youth, because he would not allow himself to hit a person. The bright childhood and family in which Vitaly grew up could not help but make him a creative person. He used the chance that fell to him to become an actor. He spent his youth in Moscow, where his older brother Yuri worked.

Biography

One day he found himself in a movie theater during an afternoon showing of the film “The Fate of Man.” Besides him, there were only two other spectators in the hall. Vitaly then thought that these people probably needed the film in order to understand important life issues. And that it’s probably very cool to do something that is very important for at least three people. He was also inspired by the example of his older brother, Yuri, who entered theater school when Vitaly was still 11 years old. This is how the biography of Vitaly Solomin, the future People's Artist of Russia, was decided.

After graduating from school in Chita, Vitaly Solomin entered the Shchepkin Theater School, which his brother graduated from at one time. Already from his second year he played at the Maly Theater, falling in love with it for the rest of his life. He left the theater only once, tired of disagreements with the management, but soon returned to Maly, which became Solomin’s second home. From a budding actor, Solomin quickly became the main artist of the theater and even staged his own performances. As for Solomin’s acting biography, he became famous in cinema even faster than his older brother, the artistic director of the Maly Theater. Films with Solomin, such as the drama “Winter Cherry”, musical films “The Bat”, “Silva”, “The Queen of Spades”, have always enjoyed constant success. Already the first film in which Vitaly played the main role, “Women,” brought the actor the love of the audience. And the role of Doctor Watson in the series about Sherlock Holmes is a real national glory. During his life, Solomin played in more than 50 films and played in about 30 performances.

Vitaly Solomin was married twice. Both wives of Vitaly Solomin - Natalya and Maria - were actresses. The actor is survived by two daughters - Anastasia and Elizaveta. A month before Solomin’s death, he suffered a stroke, right during the performance. At first he felt pain in his heart and took pills to still go on stage, but during the intermission he felt ill. The actor was taken unconscious to the Sklifosovsky Institute. After some time, he was operated on, and for several more days Solomin’s body fought the disease. The death of Vitaly Solomin occurred in a dream. The cause of Solomin's death was cardiac arrest. Solomin's funeral took place on May 31, 2002. Solomin's grave is located at the Vagankovskoye cemetery. Solomin's Memorial Day at the Maly Theater is celebrated on the day of his death - May 27. Almost five years after the actor’s death, a monument to Solomin, or rather to Sherlock Holmes and Solomin’s hero Doctor Watson, was erected near the British Embassy. It was the images of Livanov and Solomin that served as the prototype for its creation.

Vitaly Solomin with his brother Yuri

Personal life and family of the actor

Solomina’s first wife, Natalya Vladimirovna, whom the actor knew from his penultimate year of study, was the daughter of the playwright Rudny. She studied at the Shchukin School. The future newlyweds met in 1962 during a performance. Actress Rudnaya, a recognized beauty from a bohemian family at the Maly Theater, won the heart of a proud provincial, who was known as too cold and secretive among his classmates. He would later receive the nickname Stone Flower from Konchalovsky. In any case, the beautiful Natalya managed to melt the ice in the soul of the Maly Theater artist. The couple got married 2 months later, but after a while Vitaly realized that he had a different idea about family life. His young wife Natalya Rudnaya devoted a lot of time to work and fun in noisy companies. He once saw her with a man who was of Caucasian nationality. Jealousy made him jump up and kick this guy for harassing his wife. Vitaly managed to purchase a corporate apartment, but Natalya chose to leave him for another man.

Solomin did not enter into his second official marriage in 1970 immediately after the divorce, because he decided that he would never marry. At the audition for the film “City Romance,” he accidentally met Maria Leonidova, who was studying at the textile institute. Solomin did not pass the casting, and Leonidova played a role in the film. Vitaly's next marriage was successful. His wife Maria Solomina was forced to give up her career as an actress after listening to her husband, who set this condition for her. The happy family life of Maria Leonidova was twice overshadowed by rumors about her husband’s connections with actresses. Despite the fact that her husband’s authority was unquestioning in the family, he allowed himself to flirt with other women. Having learned that her husband had mistresses, Maria decided to pack her things and leave him. While playing in the theatrical production of “Uncle Vanya” in 1993, Svetlana Amanova and Vitaly Solomin, whose romance was short-lived, did not hide their relationship, so rumors reached the actor’s wife in detail. This forced Maria to put her husband before a choice. The actor and his women more than once made Vitaly’s wife jealous. She suffered another disappointment in her husband, which she forgave him, but often made scandals and almost took to drinking. Vitaly Solomin and Tsyplakova remained colleagues, since the actor did not leave his wife. They lived together for 30 years.

Vitaly Solomin's ex-wife - Natalia Rudnaya

Vitaly Solomin’s ex-wife, Natalia Rudnaya, was also a film actress by occupation. After their meeting, the young people realized that it was love at first sight. The couple dated for a little more than one year, and in 1963 they got married and had a student wedding. But their marriage did not last long. As quite often happens with young people - each with their own ambitions, unwillingness to give in to their other half even in small things - all this led to divorce. After the separation, the former spouses never saw each other again: neither on stage nor in everyday life.

Vitaly Solomin, obviously, was so disappointed in family life that he even made a promise to himself never to marry again in his life. However, fate decreed otherwise, and on his life’s path, the great actor nevertheless met a woman who managed to melt the ice in his heart.

Artist's children

The eldest daughter of the great actor was born in 1973, and the youngest in 1984. Restraint and serious character did not prevent the artist from being cheerful. The children loved him very much, and he often organized holidays that happened in the family on weekdays. One spring he held a New Year's celebration that everyone remembered for a long time. The eldest daughter Anastasia Solomina did not plan to start acting, but went to work in Igor Moiseev’s team after school with his ensemble. The girl loved to do her hair with styling. The youngest daughter Elizaveta Solomina was embarrassed to perform on stage. After the birth of his grandchildren Kirill and Fedor, Vitaly spent a lot of time with them. To do this, he bought a dacha, where he taught Kirill carpentry in a specially equipped barn. They grew vegetables at the dacha in a greenhouse that Vitaly built with his own hands.

Filmography

The beginning of Solomin’s cinematic career is associated with the filming of the film “Newton Street, Building 1.” In it he got the episodic role of philologist Boyartsev. In 1966, the actor gained fame after the screening of the melodrama “Women” on March 7. Also in the same year, he played several roles in films:

"Elder sister";
"Toughie";
"Indian Kingdom";
"An incident that no one noticed."

In the movie “Women” in 1966, he played the role of a young man named Zhenya, who connected his life with a girl who raised a child alone, but his mother was against the relationship of young people. After this picture, Solomin became the idol of many women. The film about Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson made Solomin famous throughout the Soviet Union in 1979. Vitaly Solomin and Vasily Livanov, who played the detectives, continued to participate in the filming of the film, based on 12 stories by the famous detective master Arthur Conan Doyle.

To mark the 120th anniversary of the publication of his detective story “A Study in Scarlet,” sculptor Andrei Orlov created a Monument to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in Moscow, in whose characters it is impossible not to distinguish the features of famous actors. Other films starring Vitaly are also known, for example, “Winter Cherry,” in which Solomin played Vadim Dashkov. The female half of TV viewers really liked the character. In the movie, he has a wife, but he cheats on her with another woman. The character is negative, but the talented actor managed to put his soul into the image of the main character’s lover.

The fate of Doctor Watson. Love line of Vitaly Solomin

film "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson", Pavel Markin/TASS

Vitaly was born in Chita into a family of professional musicians and was close to the world of art from an early age. Both Solomin sons spent a lot of time at their parents' concerts and knew very well what was happening behind the scenes.

Since childhood, Vitaly’s parents tried to get Vitaly to sit at the piano, but the energetic kid, who was eager to go into the yard, didn’t like the music too much. The boy was more interested in sports. In his youth, Solomin was seriously interested in boxing and was in excellent shape until the end of his life.

Despite his activity and passion for such brutal sports, Vitaly was a real excellent student at school, carefully followed the teacher’s lectures, carefully did his homework, and was eager to get to the blackboard. He will carry this extreme degree of perfectionism throughout his life, and in his student years it almost plays a cruel joke on him.

After school, the Solomin brothers, one after another, went to Moscow to enter the theater school. Yuri was the first to leave, and when the good news came that his brother had done it right the first time, Vitaly also made up his mind. Good luck also awaited him in the capital: immediately after graduation, yesterday’s student successfully passed the exams at Sliver.

Student

film “The Man Who Closed the City” (1982)

He was the same diligent and careful student as he was at school, but by the end of the second semester he “grabbed” a B in one of the disciplines. Vitaly was furious and angry, first of all, with himself. Accustomed to unconditional victories, he immediately decided that he was not worthy of the title of artist and immediately decided to withdraw his documents from the theater university.

A hot-tempered student with obvious talent, who was already so devoted to his profession in his early youth, was forcibly stopped, explaining why the score was reduced and praising him for other subjects. Having made a promise to himself to prepare for exams more thoroughly in the future, Vitaly nevertheless remained in “Schiepka”.

And not in vain. Already in his second year, he was invited to one of the Maly Theater productions, where the actor remained after graduation. The director entrusted him with a variety of roles, including the main roles of famous typical characters of Russian and foreign classics.

Jealous

film “Summer Walks” (1982)

The closed and cool-looking Solomin had his first love in his penultimate year, when the Shchepkin students staged a play with the Shchukin students. The daughter of the famous journalist, writer and playwright Vladimir Rudny, Natasha, studied at a friendly university, and she was the first to notice such a noble, albeit closed, young man.

A beautiful and cheerful girl from a bohemian metropolitan environment instantly turned the head of the stern Siberian. He fell in love and, like an honest man, proposed to the girl. She was happy to accept him, but she never gave up her usual social life.

One day they went for a walk around Moscow with a friend and his guest from the Caucasus. Having drunk and become excited, the guest, with his characteristic generosity, began to compliment Solomin’s wife, kiss her hands and even tell vulgar jokes. Accustomed to increased attention, Natasha laughed, and Vitaly frowned more and more with every step.

In the end, he ordered his friend to take his wife and go a little ahead, while he himself fell behind with the guest. Making sure that Natalya was carried away by the new conversation, Solomin remembered his youthful passion for boxing and broke the nose of the man who hit his wife.

Divorce

film "Silva" (1981)

Meanwhile, Solomin became more and more famous. In the theater, he began to try himself as a director, and film critics also considered him. Vitaly Methodievich began to be called for a variety of roles, and his fees also grew.

Natalya’s dad suddenly realized that his daughter’s family had become very independent and no longer required any special support from him. There's only one thing left to do: the young people must buy an apartment! Vitaly admitted that he had enough money for it, and Rudny, with the help of his connections, found a cooperative that they could join.

As a result, the Solomins built a luxurious home and began to quarrel more than ever. Vitaly continued to be jealous and now, as he knew, it was not groundless: the actor was informed that Natasha had a lover.

He was worried, tried to make peace with his beloved, quarreled again, realized that he couldn’t live like this any longer, was jealous and worried again, quarreled again and left forever. Such a relationship could not but end in tears. Soon the young people filed for divorce, and Natalya’s dad insisted that Vitaly Methodievich leave the housing to his now ex-wife.

He proudly went to the hostel, publicly renouncing his new marriage and decided to devote himself entirely to his profession.

Love

film “Sincerely Yours” (1985)

Not so. At the next filming, a convinced bachelor with a barely healed wound in his heart met Mashenka.

They say she shouldn't have become an actress. The director's assistant found a colorful girl right on the street and persuaded her to audition for the very film where Solomin was to play the main role. She passed the audition and was approved, but Vitaly was removed from the film at the last moment - he was replaced by another actor.

Having just vowed to love his profession more than women, Solomin was not even upset, deciding that this movie should have given him a spouse, not a role. And so it happened. After some time, Vitaly proposed to Masha.

The young people stayed to live in his hostel, where little Nastya was born. Only after the family expanded, the Solomins moved to a new apartment.

Fate

film “Winter Cherry” (1985)

The smooth marriage of an excellent family man, a loving father and a delightful grandfather at some point turned out to be similar to the one in which Solomin’s hero lived from “Winter Cherry”. Gossips say: when, after several years of marriage, the charming Lena Tsyplakova appeared in the theater, few men could resist.

All the young artists of the Maly Theater were chasing after the beautiful girl, who was barely 21 years old. Solomin couldn’t let her pass either. At first, Elena announced that she had recently married a classmate at VGIK, and then persistent rumors began to spread that the girl had separated from her husband.

Vitaly Methodievich immediately launched a new gossip. They say that he and his wife have long lost interest in each other and now only live in the same apartment so as not to upset their little daughter. Lena believed, they began an office romance.

Only two years later, the actress found out that Solomin’s happy wife did not know that she and her husband were at odds; moreover, she turned out to be pregnant with their second child. Elena was extremely irritated and immediately left her lover, who, however, was glad to remain in his family with now two charming daughters.

Just like I dreamed

film "Casus Belli" (2002)

Masha knew everything, and Masha forgave. They said that the quiet and unapproachable Solomin, whom Konchalovsky would call the Stone Flower, had a lover in every city on every tour. But either it was simple acting gossip, or Solomin was not affected by such short affairs, only until the end of his life he was a loving husband and father.

When Vitaly Methodievich spoke about death, he always mentioned Andrei Mironov and said that he wanted to die the same way - on stage. With these words, he seemed to predict his death. At the end of April 2002, he played in “Krechinsky’s Wedding.”

As a long-term hypertensive patient, he noted his poor health during the day, but did not attach any importance to it. The first act was difficult, and the actor was carried backstage in his arms. When the ambulance was called, Solomin fell into a coma and died a few days later. Almost as he dreamed: the scene was the last thing he remembered.

Night of the Iguana (1991)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1979−1986)

Roles in the theater

Vitaly's theatrical biography began with the classical repertoire based on the works of the great Russian writers L.N. Tolstoy, N.V. Gogol, A.P. Chekhova, A.N. Ostrovsky. These were the roles of Chatsky (“Woe from Wit” by A. Griboyedov), Khlestakov (“The Inspector General” by N. Gogol), Astrov (“Uncle Vanya” by A. Chekhov), Protasov (“The Living Corpse” by L. Tolstoy).

Creativity[edit | edit code]

Roles in the theater[edit | edit code]

“They are waiting for us somewhere” A. Arbuzov (1963) - Robert
“Ivanov” by A. P. Chekhov (1963) - Peter
Lady Windermere's Fan by O. Wilde (1964) - Mr. Berkeley
“The Man from Stratford” S. Aleshin (1964) - Cowley
“The Consul was Stole” by G. Mdivani (1965) - Chino
“Summer Residents” M. Gorky (1965) - Zimin
“A Man Drops Anchor” I. Kasumov (1966) - Grant
“Your Uncle Misha” by G. Mdivani (1966) - Boris Ermakov in his youth
“Die Hard” T. Vulfovich (1967) - Lieutenant Groznykh
“Emigrants” by A. Sofronov (1970) - Vasily Kurbatov
“Krechinsky’s Wedding” (1971) - Nelkin
“Smart Things” S. Ya. Marshak (1971) - musician
“It’s not all Maslenitsa for the cat” by A. N. Ostrovsky (1973) - Ippolit
“Summer Walks” A. Salynsky (1974) - Kulikov
“Woe from Wit” by A. Griboyedov (1975) - Chatsky
“The Fiesco Conspiracy in Genoa” by Schiller (1977) - Fiesco
“Yarovaya Love” (1977) by K. A. Trenev. Director: Pyotr Fomenko
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"Mamure" by J. Sarman (1978) - Francoeur
“The Inspector General” by N. Gogol (1982) - I. A. Khlestakov
“My Favorite Clown” by V. Livanov (1983) - Sergei Sinitsyn
“The Living Corpse” by L. N. Tolstoy (1984) - Protasov
“The Sad Detective” by V. Astafiev (1987) (Mossovet Theatre) - Soshnin
Night of the Iguana by T. Williams (1989) - Lawrence Shannon
“Savage” A. N. Ostrovsky and N. Ya. Solovyov (1990) - Ashmetyev
“Uncle Vanya” by A. P. Chekhov (1993) - Astrov
“Krechinsky’s Wedding” (1997) - musical by A. Kolker based on the play by A. V. Sukhovo-Kobylin - Krechinsky
“Ivanov” (2001) - Ivanov

Literary readings[edit | edit code]

“The Adventures of Father Brown” (“The Sapphire Cross”, “The Strange Crime of Mr. Bowlnois”, “The Purple Wig”, “The Cursed Book”), G. K. Chesterton (the “Foreign Detective on Radio Russia” series)
“The Tale of Igor’s Campaign”, arranged by L. Yakhnin

Filmography[edit | edit code]

Acting works[edit | edit code]

Memorial plaque to V. M. Solomin, Nikitsky Boulevard, 9, authors sk. Sergey Shcherbakov and architect. Vasily Perfilyev, opened May 22, 2012

1963 - Newton Street, building 1 - Boyartsev, philology student
1964 - Zastava Ilyich (I’m twenty years old) - a graduate throwing a bottle into the Moscow River
1964 - Chairman - Valezhin
1965 - Beloved - Volodya Levadov
1966 - Women - Zhenya
1966 - Older sister - Kirill
1967 - Die Hard - Lieutenant Ivan Rodionovich Groznykh
1967 - Indian Kingdom - Kostya Lubentsov
1967 - An incident that no one noticed - Tolya
1968 - Pacer's Run
1969 - Zinka (short film)
1970 - Salute, Maria! — Seva Chudreev
1970 - The Day Ahead - Valya
1971 - Dauria - Roman Ulybin
1971 - Tell me about yourself
1972 - The last days of Pompeii - Arkady Stepanov
1972 - Page of Life - Boris
1972 - At our factory
1973 - Discovery (Manuscript of Academician Yuryshev) - son of Yuryshev
1973 - Here is my village - Dmitry Nikolaevich, school director
1973 - State of emergency Dmitry Nikolaevich, school director
1978 - Apartment for rent with a child - Rybakov, horn player
1978 - Jump from the roof - Kirill
1978 - Sibiriada - Nikolai Ustyuzhanin
1979 - Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson - Doctor Watson
1979 - The Bat - Falk
1980 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson - Doctor Watson
1980 - Who will pay for luck? — Sergei Kuskov, red sailor
1981 - Silva - Boni
1981 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Doctor Watson
1981 - Hot streak
1982 - Queen of Spades - Tomsky
1982 - The Man Who Closed the City - Mole
1982 - Limit of desires
1982 - Fight at the crossroads - a guest in Vilyegorsky’s house, who performs a romance
1983 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: The Treasures of Agra - Doctor Watson
1983 - Hot streak
1983 - Return from orbit - cosmonaut Vyacheslav Mukhin
1984 - The Limit of the Possible - Ignat Remez
1985 - Sincerely yours... - Pasha Dobrynin
1985 - Winter Cherry - Vadim Dashkov
1986 - He, she and children - Vyacheslav Mikhailovich
1986 - 55 degrees below zero - Semyon Mikhailovich Konovalov, head of the transport department
1986 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Doctor Watson
1988 - Civil suit - Cherebets
1989 - Svetik - Alexey Sergeevich Korotygin
1990 - Winter Cherry 2 - Vadim Dashkov
1991 - Cuckold - husband
1992 - Black Square - Konstantin Dmitrievich Merkulov
1992 - Dreams about Russia - Shelekhov, Irkutsk nobleman
1993 - Prisoners of Fortune
1995 - Interview with Hitler
1995 - Winter Cherry 3 - Vadim Dashkov
1996 - Tests for real men - Alexey's friend
2001 - Stop on demand - Investigator Itsenko
2001 - Happy new happiness! 2. Kiss in the cold - Konstantin Kuropatov, scientist, Lenochka’s father
2002 - Casus Belli - Mikhail, main role
2003 - Pan or gone - Lech Krzyzanowski
(based on the novel by Joanna Chmielewska). For this role he was awarded the TEFI prize for best actor.

Teleplays[edit | edit code]

1967 - Incident at the Hotel - Hooligan
1975 - Boy with a Sword (multi-part teleplay) - Oleg Moskovkin, director of Espada
1976 - The Cherry Orchard - lackey Yasha
1977 - Woe from Wit - Chatsky
1978 - Not everything is Maslenitsa for the cat - Ippolit, clerk

Director's work[edit | edit code]

1994 - Hunt

Script work[edit | edit code]

1994 - Hunt

Director's works

Solomin’s activities on stage as a director began to receive the support of viewers since 1994. The first performance “The Living Corpse” was shown on the stage of the Maly Theater branch. Among the following director's productions, "My Favorite Clown" based on the play by V. Livanov, as well as "Sirena and Victoria" based on the play by A. Galin, where only 3 actors participated, enjoyed success since 1979. These were Larisa Udovichenko, Irina Rozanova and Vitaly Solomin, who toured Russia. Since 1990, the Maly Theater was led by Yuri Solomin, who persuaded Vitaly to leave the Mossovet, who did so, staging the play “Savage” based on Ostrovsky’s play in 1991. Vitaly played Ashmetyev in it. The musical play “Krechinsky’s Wedding,” staged by him, was a great success. Solomin's directorial work on the theater stage allowed the famous actor to create his own film studio. At that time, he was working on the film “The Hunt” at the Lenfilm studio as a film director. This project and other screenwriting works by Solomin were warmly received by the audience.

Notes[edit | edit code]

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BNF identifier (French): open data platform - 2011.
German National Library, Berlin State Library, Bavarian State Library, Austrian National Library
Record #133227197 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012-2016.
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Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of February 3, 1992 No. 95 “On awarding the honorary title “People’s Artist of the RSFSR” to V. M. Solomin.”
Solomin Yuri Methodievich (unspecified)
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Actors
. Official website of the Maly Theater.
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Solomin Vitaly Methodievich
(unspecified)
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Actors
. Official website of the Maly Theater.
Channel One, July 30, 2020. Documentary film. "Alexey Batalov. I don't bargain with fate"
Livanov and Solomin immortalized in bronze // KP.RU
Elizaveta Solomina: “I really like to remember my childhood - some kind of complete happiness.”
“...And a carriage of unspent love!” Documentary film for the 75th anniversary of Vitaly Solomin (unspecified)
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About the lives of wonderful people
. Channel One (December 10, 2016). Retrieved January 20, 2019.
Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of October 25, 1999 No. 1434 “On awarding state awards of the Russian Federation”
Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 14, 1980 No. 3301-X “On awarding orders and medals of the USSR to workers who most distinguished themselves in the preparation and conduct of the Games of the XXII Olympiad”
Biography of V. Solomin on RuData.ru
"Love Yarovaya" Audio recording of the performance on the Maly Theater website Archived on April 2, 2020.

Teleplays and scripts

For the first time, the artist played the role of a hooligan in the television play “An Incident at the Hotel” in 1967. Since 1975, he has annually participated in the filming of television plays. For example, in 1975 he was appointed to the role of Oleg Moskovkin in the multi-part television play “The Boy with a Sword.” Teleplays in which Solomin played from 1976 to 1978, “The Cherry Orchard”, “Woe from Wit”. The audience fell in love with him in the role of Hippolyte in the play “It’s not all Maslenitsa for the cat.” Solomin played the young and mischievous Chatsky under the direction of Mikhail Tsarev.

Actor recognition and awards

Vitaly Methodievich Solomin - Honored Artist (1974), who in 1977 was awarded the Gold Medal. HELL. Popova after a well-played role in the theater in the play “Lyubov Yarovaya”. Awards and titles for contribution to the development of theatrical art:

People's Artist of the RSFSR (1992);
awarded the Moscow Government Prize (1998);
received the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (175th anniversary of the Russian Maly Theater) (1999);
awarded the National Television Award "TEFI" for the best actor (Lech Krzyzanowski in the film "Pan or Miss") (2003).

First roles

The biography and personal life of Vitaly Solomin began to arouse public interest not at all thanks to his theatrical roles. This man owes his fame to cinema.

Solomin first appeared on the set in 1961. The actor made his debut in the film “Ilyich's Outpost” by Marlen Khutsiev. He got the cameo role of a graduate in a striped tie who throws a bottle into the Moscow River. Due to censorship issues, the film's release was delayed for several years.

Then the aspiring actor played small roles in the films “Newton Street, Building 1”, “Chairman”, “I’m Twenty Years Old”, “Beloved”. They did not help him become famous, but they allowed him to gain valuable experience.

Death and funeral of the actor

After a short period of stagnation, when the famous actor did not have roles on stage or in films, at the age of 50 he felt unnecessary. But this feeling did not last long. After filming the movie “Winter Cherry,” he worked a lot as an actor and taught, teaching students at VGIK. His favorite activity greatly engrossed Vitaly, who did not attach much importance to the headache that radiated to his temples. After his 60th birthday, Solomin played the main role in “Krechinsky’s Wedding”, he had to sing and dance. At one of the performances of the play on April 24, 2002, he was almost paralyzed due to hypertension, he was unable to begin the second act, Yuri Solomin announced this to the audience. A doctor was on duty near him during intermissions to give the actor an injection and reduce his blood pressure. Having played half of the performance, he was forced to leave the stage because he was taken by ambulance to the Sklifosovsky Institute with a stroke.

The artist’s family did not lose hope for his recovery: after the operation he underwent, he periodically came to his senses. He fought for his life for a little over a month, but did not survive. The actor’s date of death was May 27, 2002, the cause of death was hemorrhagic stroke after surgery to remove a hematoma due to an ischemic stroke. At 12 o'clock at night, when Vitaly Solomin died, a whole staff of medical specialists was present near him in the intensive care unit, but injections in the heart did not help due to cerebral edema. The funeral of Vitaly Solomin took place in late spring on May 31, 2002, a memorial service for him was held at the Maly Theater, the actor’s grave is located at the Vagankovskoye cemetery in Moscow.

Vitaly Solomin's wife - Maria Leonidova

Vitaly Solomin's wife, Maria Leonidova, is the woman with whom the director lived a long, happy life. They met at a film audition, liked each other, and started dating. The girl was much younger than Vitaly, and in order not to miss his love, he married a student at the textile institute.

Solomin forbade his wife to perform in the theater and act in films - and she did not strongly resist her husband’s decision. And yet, she played a couple of roles together with Vitaly Methodievich. For the sake of her beloved husband, Maria endured constant reproaches from her mother-in-law, Solomin’s mother, and was even able to find an approach to her.

After the death of her husband, Maria Solomina, in order to somehow distract herself from her grief, began decorating apartments.

Photo by Vitaly Solomin

Viewers remembered many of the artist’s photos from films and television performances. For example, the spectacular Vitaly Solomin Chatsky. There are many photos of the actor in the role of Doctor Watson. In 2002, she played a role in the last film “Sink or Lost.” Latest photos showing Vitaly Solomin - Lech Krzyzanowski. Wikipedia Vitaly Solomin, containing a complete list of acting and directing works, is a reliable source of information about the famous actor with his photo. From it you can find out how many years the actor lived, what films Vitaly Solomin starred in, why he died and where he was buried. Over the years of his life, he played 25 roles in the theater. From 1967 to 1978, 5 television plays were staged with his participation. You can remember your favorite characters of the great actor from photos in old age and young age.

Height, weight, age. Years of life of Vitaly Solomin

“Dr. Watson” weighed 75 kg with a height of 1 meter 89 centimeters - this was his height, weight, and age. The years of Vitaly Solomin’s life passed in the city of Moscow, where he followed his older brother to receive higher education, then began working, got married, and remained in the capital forever.

Photos of Vitaly Solomin in his youth and now prove that if in his youth a person was fond of sports (the boy attended all the sports sections of his hometown) with little effort, you can remain fit and with a good figure for many years.