Actor Sergey Nikolaev, known for his roles of Prince Andrew in the movie “Barbara, beauty, long braid” and of Paul-a Prince in the film “On Golden porch”, died on may 16 in the Moscow Botkin hospital, said on Monday, may 16, “the Source”. Nikolaev was 69 years old.
According to a close friend of the actor Sergei Tolechka, Nikolaev was hospitalized on may 2 due to a sharp deterioration of health. Despite all efforts of doctors, the actor could not be saved.
In December 2015 he underwent heart surgery, which had been bothering the artist for the last 15 years.
Sergey Nikolaev was born in Riga. He graduated from the economic faculty of VGIK. Since 1967 he worked at the Studio named after Maxim Gorky — a work first, then the head of the casting Department.
As an actor, Nikolaev made his debut in 1969 in the film Alexander Rowe “Varvara-Krasa, long braid, playing well-fed and ill-mannered king’s son. Played about 50 roles in the Soviet and Russian films, including “the little Mermaid”, “After rain on Thursday”, “the Feasts of Belshazzar, or Night with Stalin”, “Star era” as well as several releases of a newsreel “jumble”.
