Nikolay Khlibko

Nikolay Khlibko was a Soviet and Russian theatre, cinema actor and artistic director. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1971). Veteran of Eastern Front (World War II). Nikolay Khlibko was born in Tashkent (Uzbekistan). 1938 - 1946 years - student of Leningrad Theatrical Institute of A. Ostrovsky (Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy nowadays). During his studies at the Institute The Great Patriotic War began. On the 3rd year of his study at the Institute Nikolay Khlibko went to fight as a volunteer in the division of the National Army. Fascist bullet pierced through his right lung, and Nikolay miraculously survived. With the end of the War he returned to the Institute and graduated interrupted studies. Then Nikolay received an invitation from Arkady Raikin to work with him, and he worked under his leadership 3 years in Variety Theatre in Leningrad. 1956 - 1958 years - actor of Tashkent Russian Drama Theatre. 1962 - 1990 years - actor of Nizhny Novgorod Drama Theatre. Nikolay Khlibko was an Artistic Director of the Tashkent Polytechnic Institute and an Artistic Director of Gorky Theatre School. Students blandly called him "uncle Kolya". Among the students of Nicholay Khlibko such well-known Russian actors as Alexander Pankratov-Chyorny, Igor Ledogorov, Julian Kalisher, Irina Mazurkevich and others. Nikolay Khlibko died in Nizhny Novgorod because of the heart attack. Family: Wife: Aelita Khlibko, Veteran of Eastern Front (World War II), a Lecturer of the German language in the past, 25.08.1925 - 05.02.2015. Sons: Vladimir Khlibko, Sergey Khlibko (Actor) Grandsons: Elena Khlibko (Actress),Vladislav Khlibko