Known for

Acting

Born

Apr 4, 1928

Died

Apr 26, 2019 (aged 91)

Place of birth

Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

Elina Bystritskaya

Elina Bystritskaya is a Soviet and Russian actress best known for her role of Aksiniya in Sergei Gerasimov's epic screening of Mikhail Sholokhov's novel And Quiet Flows the Don (1958). Jewish by ethnicity and a native of Kiev, Bystritskaya was chosen to play Aksiniya by Sholokhov himself over several distinguished candidates, notably Nonna Mordyukova. Before that, she co-starred with Sergey Bondarchuk in the Unfinished Story, an archetypal Socialist Realist film. In the 1960's, Bystritskaya turned to theatre work in the Maly Theatre and her appearances on screen grew sporadic. She was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1978.

Titles

All Remains to People

Movie • 1963

Quiet Flows the Don

Movie • 1957

In Peaceful Time

Movie • 1950

Russian Souvenir

Movie • 1960

Unfinished Story

Movie • 1955

The Volunteers

Movie • 1958

«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto

Movie • 1954

Summer Residents

Movie • 1967

Guilty Without Guilt

Movie • 1985

The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga

Movie • 2004