Stanislav Chekan

Stanislav Chekan was born in Rostov-on-Don on June 2, 1922. When he was 15 years old, his father was arrested as an enemy of the people. Stanislav was sent to a labor colony, where he first began to participate in amateur activities.[1] Then he was sent to a vocational school, but on the way he turned to Rostov, where he entered another school, a theater school.

From 1938 to 1941 he studied at the studio of Yuri Zavadsky in the Theater School of Rostov-on-Don.[1]

Member of the Great Patriotic War, fought near Novorossiysk, after a serious injury — the actor of the front-line theater.

In 1945 Stanislav Chekan became an actor of the Odessa Theater of the Soviet Army, then, in 1948—1956 — an actor of the Central Academic Theater of the Soviet Army in Moscow, in 1958-1993 — National Film Actors' Theatre.[2]

Stanislav Chekan a textured and colorful character artist, with great charm and sense of humor. As a rule, the screen characters of Chekan are real working men, strong and courageous people. Soviet and Russian viewers are most known for the role of Mikhail Ivanovich, the police captain, in the legendary comedy by Leonid Gaidai The Diamond Arm.[3]

Stanislav Chekan died on August 11, 1994 after a long illness. The actor in Moscow was buried at the Vagankovo Cemetery.[1]

• Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus" (1944)[4]
• Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1945)
• Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1955)
• Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1965)
• Order of the Badge of Honour (1974)
• Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1975)
• Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class (1989)[5]
• Medal "Veteran of Labour" (1989)

• Stanislav Chekan at IMDb
• Stanislav Chekan at Find a Grave