Valentin Pluchek

Valentin Nikolayevich Pluchek (Russian: Валенти́н Никола́евич Плу́чек; 4 September 1909 - 17 August 2002) was a Russian theatre director.

Pluchek worked with the director Vsevolod Meyerhold until he was arrested and shot in 1940, and then worked with the playwright Alexei Arbuzov. In 1950, he joined the "often-daring" Moscow Satire Theatre in 1950, and rose to chief director in 1957.^[1]

Awards and titles

• Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1956)^[2]
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (1964)^[3]
• People's Artist of the USSR (1974)
• Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class (1985)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• Order of Friendship of Peoples
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 3rd class (1999)

References

1. "Valentin Pluchek". The Scotsman. 20 August 2002. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
2. Владимир Дуров — В МИРЕ ЦИРКА И ЭСТРАДЫ
3. Театральная энциклопедия (под ред. П. А. Маркова)