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Sergei Gerasimov
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Sergei Gerasimov

Politician · born May 21, 1906 · died 1985

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Sergei Apollinariyevich Gerasimov was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. The oldest film school in the world, the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), bears his name.

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  1. 34Received the Order of the Red Banner of LabourMay 23, 1940
  2. 55Received the Order of LeninSeptember 15, 1961
  3. 68Named Hero of Socialist LabourSeptember 3, 1974

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