Yury Solomin

Solomin studied at the Malyi theatre school and joined its troupe in 1957. He was acclaimed as Khlestakov in Igor Ilyinsky's production of The Government Inspector (1966), Tsar Feodor in Tsar Feodor Ioannovich (1976), Slavin in TASS Is Authorized to Declare... TV series (1984), Nicholas II in Az Vosdam... (1990), and Famusov in his own production of Wit Works Woe (2000). Solomin was cast as a Russian imperial officer in many Soviet movies, including Akira Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala (1975), which won him a Japanese decoration for the outstanding contribution to the world culture (1993).

Yury Solomin and Kirill Lavrov, 2005

Solomin served as the Russian Minister of Culture from 1990 to 1992. March 11, 2014 signed the appeal of culture of the Russian Federation in support of the policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and Crimea. In December 2015, he supported the policy of Vladimir Putin with respect to Ukraine and the annexation of the Crimea.

His younger brother Vitaly Solomin (1941–2002) was also a noted actor.

• People's Artist of Kyrgyzstan (1996)
• Honoured Worker of Arts of the Republic of Mari El
• Order of Friendship of Peoples (1985)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1988)
• Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1971)
• State Prize of the RSFSR Vasiliev brothers (1971) - for his role of Captain Koltsov in the movie "The adjutant of his excellency" (1969)
• Award of the KGB (1984, for his role in "TASS is authorized to state ...")
• Award for student work in Bratislava (Slovakia) and Kobe (Japan)
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland;
  • 1st class (29 June 2015)
  • 2nd class (18 June 2005)
  • 3rd class (25 October 1999)
  • 4th class (29 May 1995)
• Order of the Academy of Arts of Japan "for contribution to world culture" (№ 199)
• "Golden Aries" award for his outstanding contribution to the development of national cinema (1996)
• State Prize of the Russian Federation (2001)
• International Stanislavsky Theater Award - for his role in the play Famusov Maly, "Woe from Wit" (2001)
• Medal "In memory of Kazan 1000th anniversary" (2009)
• Award of Kuzbass (2007)
• Commemorative Medal "150th anniversary of Anton Chekhov" (2011)
• 10054 Solomin - asteroid number 10054, named in his honour
• Award "Man of the Year 2008" (Russian Biographical Institute)
• Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts
• Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Education (1992)
• Award of the Federal Security Service in the "acting job" for the creation of highly image security personnel in the domestic film industry (2010)
• Order of Honour (2010 )
• Order of the Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow (Russian Orthodox Church)
• Medal "Glory of Chita» (№ 1)
• Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class (Japan, 2011)

• A Mother's Heart (1965)
• Strong with Spirit (1967)
• The Adjutant of His Excellency (1969)
• The Red Tent (1969)
• Dauria (1971)
• Dersu Uzala (1975)
• An Ordinary Miracle (1978)
• TASS Is Authorized to Declare (1984)
• Sofia Kovalevskaya (1985)
• Anna Karamazoff (1991)
• O-Roshiya-Koku-Suimu-Tan: Sny o Rossii (1992)