Petr Shelokhonov

Petr Shelokhonov
Petr Shelokhonov
Born	(1929-08-15)15 August 1929 Byelorussian SSR
Died	15 September 1999(1999-09-15) (aged 70) St. Petersburg, Russia
Occupation	Actor, director, filmmaker
Years active	1942–1999
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Children	2
Website	http://www.petr-shelokhonov-en.narod.ru/vkino.html

Petr Illarionovich Shelokhonov, (Russian: Пётр Илларио́нович Шелохо́нов, Belarusian: Пятро Ларывонавіч Шэлахонаў, Ukrainian: Петро Іларіонович Шелохонов; in English also spelled Pyotr or Peter; 15 August 1929 – 15 September 1999) was a Russian actor, director, filmmaker and socialite, designated Honorable Actor of Russia (1979).

Petr Shelokhonov was born in 1929, in Belarus, then a part of the Soviet Union; Petr Larionovich Shelokhonov (also known as Peter, Pyotr, or Petro Larionovich Schelochonovich in Belarusian, Polish, Yiddish and Ukrainian). His ancestors came from Ukraine, from Lithuania and from Poland.

His father, Larion (Illarion) Titovich Shelokhonov, practiced veterinary medicine and was living at a horse farm, where his grandfather, Tito Shelohonovich, was also a farmer. The revolution and the civil war brought dramatic changes, so Larion Shelokhonov became a feldsher and practiced medicine raising the son to become a medical doctor. Petr rode horseback during his childhood; he studied biology and medicine under his father's tutelage, spending hours researching cells and tissues using his father's microscope. Petr Shelokhonov was destined to practice medicine, like his father, but his fate was changed by World War II.