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Oleksandr Dovzhenko
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Oleksandr Dovzhenko

Politician · born September 10, 1894 · died 1956

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Alexander or Aleksandr Petrovich Dovzhenko, also known as Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko, was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Ukrainian origin.

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  1. 40Received the Order of LeninJanuary 11, 1935
  2. ~47Received the Stalin Prize1941
  3. 49Received the Order of the Red BannerSeptember 13, 1943

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