Innokenty Smoktunovsky (1925-1994), was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, an elocutionist; an Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1964); a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1969); a People's Artist of the USSR (1974). He was a Hero of Socialist Labor (1990), a Winner of the Lenin Prize (1965) and the Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1971).
The images created by Smoktunovsky on stage - Prince Myshkin in the Bolshoi Drama Theater, Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich in the Maly Drama Theater, Chekhov's Ivanov and Porfiry Golovlev in the Moscow Art Theater - entered the golden pool of Russian theater art.
I. Smoktunovsky was referred to as the first intellectual actor of the Soviet cinema sector; he played his best roles in the films Soldiers, Nine Days of One Year, Hamlet, Tchaikovsky, Ladies' Tailor and in the lyrical comedy Beware of the Car.
The postage stamp features a portrait of Innokenty Smoktunovsky.
| Paper |
Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the stamp |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + security system |
Comb 11¼ |
37 × 37 mm |
63 thousand stamps |