Nikolai Kryuchkov

Nikolai Kryuchkov (Russian: Николай Афанасьевич Крючков; 6 January 1911 – 13 April 1994) was a Soviet film actor. He appeared in 94 films between 1932 and 1993.

Selected filmography

• Okraina (1933)
• By the Bluest of Seas (1936)
• The Return of Maxim (1937)
• The Vyborg Side (1939)
• Salavat Yulayev (1941)
• In the Name of the Fatherland (1943)
• The Battle of Stalingrad (1949)
• Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse (1955)
• The Forty-First (1956)
• Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
• There Was an Old Couple (1965)
• Two Comrades Were Serving (1968)
• Autumn Marathon (1979)
• Battle of Moscow (1985)
• Stalingrad (1989)

Honours and awards

• Hero of Socialist Labour (1980)
• Two Orders of Lenin (1940 and 1980)
• Order of the October Revolution (1974)
• Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
• Order of the Red Star (1944)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour, three times (1967, 1971 and 1939) - including for his role in the film Tarasova "The Border"
• Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
• People's Artist of the USSR (1965)
• People's Artist of RSFSR (1950)
• Honoured Artist of Russia (1942)
• Stalin Prize, 1st class (1941) - for his role in the film Bright Climate "Tractor" (1941)
• Sign "Excellent Cinematography of the USSR" (1980) - for many years of fruitful work in the film
• All-Union Film Festival, 2nd prize for Best Actor (1973) - for the film "The address of your home"
• Nika Prize in the "honour and dignity" (1990)
• Film Festival "Constellation" (1991) - Prize "for outstanding contribution to the profession"