Elina Bystritskaya
Born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine] — Apr 04 1928• Died Apr 26 2019
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Elina Bystritskaya is a Soviet and Russian actress best known for her role of Aksiniya in Sergei Gerasimov's epic screening of Mikhail Sholokhov's novel And Quiet Flows the Don (1958). Jewish by ethnicity and a native of Kiev, Bystritskaya was chosen to play Aksiniya by Sholokhov himself over several distinguished candidates, notably Nonna Mordyukova. Before that, she co-starred with Sergey Bondarchuk in the Unfinished Story, an archetypal Socialist Realist film. In the 1960's, Bystritskaya turned to theatre work in the Maly Theatre and her appearances o…
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To Remember
Narrator
Quiet Flows the Don
Аксинья
Russian Souvenir
Pandora Montesi
Seven Days After the Murder
Kira Aleksandrovna
Nikolay Bauman
Andreyeva
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
Duchess Olga
Brave Guys
Summer Residents
Yulia Filippovna
Farewell Tour
Unfinished Story
Yelizaveta Muromtseva
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
Saint Olga
The Volunteers
Lyolya
«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto
radistka Evgeníya Sergeevna
In Peaceful Time
Lena
The Ostrovsky House
Глафира
Crazy Money
Babi Yar
All Remains to People
Ksenia Rumyantseva
Guilty Without Guilt
Eternal Fire
Glasha
Wolves and Sheep