Anatoliy Solonitsyn(1934-1982)
- Actor
The famous Russian actor was discovered by Andrei Tarkovsky.
He was looking for an actor to play the part of Andrei Rublev
for his second full-length film and accidentally found the completely unknown Solonitsyn in Chelyabinsk. He worked there as an amateur actor.
After Andrei Rublev, he played main parts in many of Russia's best movies.