Vladimir Gulyaev

Vladimir Leonidovich Gulyaev (Russian: Влади́мир Леони́дович Гуля́ев; 30 October 1924, Yekaterinburg, RSFSR — 3 October 1997, Moscow) was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema. He was born October 30, 1924, in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg, Russia). His father was as candidate of historical sciences and the deputy head of the political department of the Molotov Military Aviation. During World War II, he went to work as a mechanic in an aviation workshop, and in 1942, became a cadet of Molotovskaya military aviation school of pilots. Having graduated with honors and received in November 1943 and received the rank of Junior Lieutenant of the Air Force. He fought in Belarus and the Baltic States. He ended his service as a Red Army lieutenant in East Prussia. He participated in the Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 on Red Square. He graduated from Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1951. As a student, he married his classmate Rimma Shorokhov. By the mid-1950s, the couple broke up. Form 1951-1988, he was an actor at the National Film Actors' Theatre.

He died on November 3, 1997, at the age of 73 in Moscow. He was buried at a columbarium in Kuntsevo Cemetery.