Obituaries
Actor who immortalised Soviet spy Stirlitz dies at 81
Source: BBC (12-4-09)
Russian actor Vyacheslav Tikhonov, who immortalised a fictional wartime spy called Stirlitz in a 1973 Soviet TV series, has died in Moscow at 81.
Tikhonov, more familiar to Western audiences as Prince Andrei in an epic Soviet adaptation of War And Peace in the 1960s, had suffered a heart attack.
As Stirlitz, he was as familiar to Soviets as James Bond in the West.
News
- Breaking News
- History Buzz
- Historians in the News
- Political Highlights
- Washington DC
- Obituaries
- History on TV
Hot Topics
- Texas's History Curriculum
- Health Care Reform
- The Tea Party Movement
- Saint Patrick's Day
- The Irish "Troubles"
- Armenian Holocaust
- Women's History Month
- HNN Polls: What are the Pros and Cons of Texas's New History Curriculum?
- HNN Polls: Should the House Pass a Resolution Recognizing the Armenian Genocide?
- HNN Polls: Does Economics Explain "Social Reality" More Simply than History?
Features
- Top Young Historians
- Doyens
- Books About History
- On This Day in History
- This Week in History
- Quote/Unquote
Roundup
HNN Blogs
- History Blogroll
- Cliopatria
- Liberty & Power
- Judith Apter Klinghoffer
- How Stupid?
- Mark A. LeVine
- Allan Lichtman
- Tim Furnish
- Gil Troy
Etc.
