They Fought for Their Motherland (1975) featured a cast of 52 tracked actors. Of these, 5 (13%) are still alive today and 33 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina, age 87. This film starred Vasiliy Shukshin and Vyacheslav Tikhonov.
13% still with us· verified cast10% of full cast · incl. 14 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 13% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 71.5 yrs
Deaths by Year
1974
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Cast52 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 1975 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vasiliy Shukshin Pyotr Lopakhin | Pyotr Lopakhin | Deceased | 25/07/1929 | 45 | 02/10/1974 | 46 |
 Vyacheslav Tikhonov pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov | pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov | Deceased | 08/02/1928 | 81 | 04/12/2009 | 47 |
 Sergey Bondarchuk pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev | pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev | Deceased | 25/09/1920 | 74 | 20/10/1994 | 55 |
 Georgi Burkov pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky | pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky | Deceased | 31/05/1933 | 57 | 19/07/1990 | 42 |
 Yuriy Nikulin pvt. Nekrasov | pvt. Nekrasov | Deceased | 18/12/1921 | 75 | 21/08/1997 | 54 |
 Ivan Lapikov sergeant Poprischenko | sergeant Poprischenko | Deceased | 08/07/1922 | 70 | 02/05/1993 | 53 |
 Nikolai Gubenko lieutenant Goloschyokov | lieutenant Goloschyokov | Deceased | 17/08/1941 | 78 | 16/08/2020 | 34 |
 Andrei Rostotsky corporal Kochetygov | corporal Kochetygov | Deceased | 25/01/1957 | 45 | 05/05/2002 | 18 |
Nikolay Volkov pvt. Nikiforov | pvt. Nikiforov | Deceased | 06/05/1926 | 86 | 27/12/2012 | 49 |
 Mykola Shutko cook lisichenko | cook lisichenko | Deceased | 19/12/1927 | 82 | 04/01/2010 | 48 |
 Evgeniy Samoylov Colonel Marchenko | Colonel Marchenko | Deceased | 15/04/1912 | 93 | 17/02/2006 | 63 |
 Nonna Mordyukova Natalya Stepanovna | Natalya Stepanovna | Deceased | 25/11/1925 | 82 | 06/07/2008 | 50 |
 Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy surgeon | surgeon | Deceased | 28/03/1925 | 69 | 03/08/1994 | 50 |
 Angelina Stepanova old Cossack woman | old Cossack woman | Deceased | 10/11/1905 | 94 | 17/05/2000 | 70 |
 Irina Skobtseva head nurse | head nurse | Deceased | 22/08/1927 | 93 | 20/10/2020 | 48 |
 Tatyana Bozhok nurse | nurse | Living | 21/01/1957 | 69 | — | 18 |
| Glasha | Living | 25/09/1938 | 87 | — | 37 | |
 Danylo Ilchenko Luka Mikhalych | Luka Mikhalych | Deceased | 25/12/1894 | 82 | 13/04/1977 | 81 |
 Aleksey Vanin soldier Akim Borzykh | soldier Akim Borzykh | Deceased | 09/01/1925 | 87 | 22/05/2012 | 50 |
| Deceased | 16/12/1911 | 77 | 06/11/1989 | 64 | ||
 Gennady Safronov the chairman | the chairman | Deceased | — | — | 22/05/2008 | — |
 Boris Nikiforov captain Sumskov | captain Sumskov | Deceased | 03/03/1933 | 78 | 13/04/2011 | 42 |
 Vitaliy Leonov soldier | soldier | Deceased | 02/10/1926 | 66 | 29/03/1993 | 49 |
 Aleksandr Konyashin soldier | soldier | Deceased | 05/09/1927 | 68 | 16/06/1996 | 48 |
Lev Pavlov soldier | soldier | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Leonid Trutnev soldier | soldier | Deceased | 17/02/1951 | 44 | 22/06/1995 | 24 |
 Mikhail Chigaryov soldier | soldier | Deceased | 01/01/1945 | 78 | 26/03/2023 | 30 |
 Anatoli Pereverzev soldier | soldier | Living | 03/10/1949 | 76 | — | 26 |
 Pyotr Merkuryev soldier | soldier | Deceased | 17/06/1943 | 67 | 27/09/2010 | 32 |
 Stanislav Borodokin soldier | soldier | Deceased | 23/10/1944 | 80 | 07/11/2024 | 31 |
V. Kranchev soldier | soldier | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Yunus Yusupov soldier | soldier | Living | 09/08/1949 | 77 | — | 26 |
A. Kolesnikov soldier | soldier | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Khoshim Rakhimov soldier | soldier | Living | 19/09/1954 | 72 | — | 21 |
V. Nabatov soldier | soldier | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Gennadi Nenashev soldier | soldier | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Vladimir Myshkin soldier | soldier | Deceased | 11/03/1945 | 64 | 06/07/2009 | 30 |
Yermakhmad Aralev soldier | soldier | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
V. Alekseev soldier | soldier | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
| Unverified | — | — | — | — | ||
| Deceased | 11/06/1945 | 53 | 31/12/1998 | 30 | ||
| Deceased | 29/07/1933 | 49 | 16/05/1983 | 42 | ||
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Anvar Zaripov (uncredited) | (uncredited) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Yuri Kazavchinsky (uncredited) | (uncredited) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Yuriy Solovyov (uncredited) | (uncredited) | Deceased | 16/01/1933 | 83 | 14/01/2017 | 42 |
 Igor Efimov Pyotr Lopakhin (voice) (uncredited) | Pyotr Lopakhin (voice) (uncredited) | Deceased | 01/09/1932 | 68 | 16/11/2000 | 43 |
 Natalya Gundareva Glasha (voice) (uncredited) | Glasha (voice) (uncredited) | Deceased | 28/08/1948 | 56 | 15/05/2005 | 27 |
 Andrei Popov narrator (voice) (uncredited) | narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Deceased | 12/04/1918 | 65 | 10/06/1983 | 57 |
