The legendary Soviet actor Nikolai Karachentsov, who died in Moscow today, lived an interesting but difficult life..

Interestingly, the actor was born on October 27, 1944, that is, it was the day the artist did not live up to his 74th birthday, which he dreamed of celebrating in the circle of his relatives and friends.

The star of the Soviet cinema was born in Moscow in a creative family. The father of the actor was a graphic artist and worked in the magazine "Spark". Karachentsov’s mother was a choreographer and director, so it’s not surprising that in high school Nikolai Petrovich already attended an amateur studio for schoolchildren at the Central Children's Theater.

In 1967, he graduated with honors from the Moscow Art Theater School. Among the ten best graduates, he was sent for distribution to the Moscow theater "Lenkom", where he served all his life, playing more than 20 productions of various genres - from drama to rock opera.

Since the same time, Nikolai Karachentsov began to act in films. In the artistic legacy of the actor roles in more than 90 films and TV shows.

One of the most famous images of the artist who he embodied during his forty-year career was the role of Vladimir Busygin in the 1975 drama The Eldest Son. This is the first big movie role in Karachentsov’s career, where he managed to show his entire dramatic range and assert his status as a young promising artist..

Also no less significant role in the work of the actor was the image of the romantic dude Marquis Ricardo, who sang serenades under the windows of the Countess in the film "Dog in the Hay" in 1978. Interestingly, the artist performed the songs for the films himself, many of which were released on CDs and audio cassettes.. In general, Nikolai Karachentsov recorded over 200 songs..

In addition to the songs Nikolai Karachentsov, he also always performed all the tricks in adventure tapes on his own, without stuntmen, which he demonstrated in the role of the gangster Urry in the musical tape about the world's first boy-work "The Adventures of Electronics", 1980.

It is also difficult to imagine the comedy "The Man from Capuchin Boulevard" without a drunkard and rowdy, but, in fact, good little Billy King, who was embodied by Nikolai Petrovich.

However, most fans of the actor remember him for the most romantic role of Count Rezanov in one of the most famous Soviet rock operas Juno and Avos, which since 1981 has been on the Lenkom stage..

Karachentsov was the constant performer of the leading role in a rock opera for over twenty years, up to the accident that happened to him on February 28, 2005.. The artist, while driving his car, got into a car accident in Moscow on Michurinsky Avenue. The actor received a serious head injury, spent more than 20 days in a coma. He underwent several heavy surgeries and rehabilitation courses..

And in September 2017, Nikolai Karachentsov was diagnosed with a malignant tumor in the lung.. Despite the patient's advanced age, the doctors decided to fight for his life to the last - the tumor was inoperable, but radiation therapy should help.. In the summer of 2018, the actor returned from treatment in Israel, but unfortunately, the therapy only delayed the development of the disease.. The procedures helped only for a while, but after the swelling began to grow again.

Before his death, in early October 2018, Karachentsov was hospitalized with pneumonia.. It was never possible for an artist to recover from a serious illness - the disease turned out to be stronger than him..

During the illness of the actor, as well as his whole life, his wife was next to him, in the past the actress, Lyudmila Porgina, with whom they lived for more than 40 years and raised their son Andrei. The man became a lawyer, not wanting to follow in the footsteps of his parents.

Karachentsova was attributed to novels with many well-known artists, but Porgina always remained cold-blooded to rumors - she, wise and judicious, is considered for society as the standard of the homemaker.

Recall, it became known that the farewell to the actor will be held October 29 in the theater "Lenkom".