Yury Solomin

Yury Solomin

Yury Mefodievich Solomin (Russian: Ю́рий Мефо́диевич Соло́мин; b. 18 June 1935 in Chita) is a Soviet/Russian actor and director who has been art director of the Maly Theatre in Moscow since 1988.

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).

Solomin served as the Russian Minister of Culture from 1990 to 1992.

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