Ivan Mykolaichuk
| Ivan Mykolaichuk Іван Миколайчук |
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Cossack Vasyl (The Lost Deed)
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June 15, 1941 Chortoryia, Chernivtsi Region, Soviet Union |
| Died | August 3, 1987 (aged 46) Kyiv, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Alma mater | Karpenko-Karyi Memorial National University of Theatrical Arts |
| Occupation | Film industry |
| Years active | 1964 - 1987 |
| Known for | role of Hutsul Ivan Paliychuk in Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors |
| Title | Distinguished Artist of Ukrainian SSR |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Karpiuk |
| Awards | Lenin's Komsomol Prize of Ukrainian SSR (1967) Shevchenko State Prize of Ukrainian SSR (1988) |
Ivan Vasylyovych Mykolaichuk (Ukrainian: Іван Васильович Миколайчук) (15 June 1941, Chortoryia, Ukrainian SSR – 3 August 1987) was a Ukrainian soviet actor, producer, and screen writer from Ukraine.
He is best known for playing the Hutsul Ivan in Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Тіні забутих предків) (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 Taras Shevchenko prize.
Mykolaichuk was born in a village of Chortoryia (Kitsman Raion) in Western Ukraine during World War II in a family of peasants. Ivan graduated from a high school of the neighboring village of Brusnytsia (Kitsman Raion). In 1957 he finished the Chernivtsi Music College and in 1961 he graduated from the theater-studio of the Chernivtsi Music-Drama Theater of Kobylyanska. On August 29, 1962 Ivan married an actress of the theater (later the People's Artist of Ukraine) Maria Karpiuk.
In 1963-65 he studied in the Karpenko-Karyi Memorial Kyiv Institute of Theatrical Arts (instructor - Viktor Ivchenko). During those years Ivan debuted in the Leonid Osyka's movie Dvoye (The two).
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