Konstantin Raikin
Konstantin Arkadyevich Raikin (Russian: Константи́н Арка́дьевич Ра́йкин; July 8, 1950) is a Russian actor and theatre director, the head of the Moscow Satyricon Theatre (since 1988).[1] Konstantin Raikin has been honoured with the titles Meritorious Artist of Russia (1985) and the People's Artist of Russia (1993). Among his accolades are the Russian State Prize (1995), the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (III, IV – 2000, 2010) and the Golden Mask award (1995, 2000, 2005, 2008).[2] He is the son of Arkady Raikin, the legendary Soviet actor and stand-up comedian.[3]
For other people named Raikin, see Raikin.
Konstantin Raikin
The Schukin Theater college
Actor, director
1969–present
Yelena Butenko
Polina Raikina
Biography[edit]
Early life and education[edit]
Konstantin Raikin was born July 8, 1950, in Leningrad in the family of People's Artist of the USSR Arkady Raikin and actress Ruth Raikina-Ioffe (Roma).
Konstantin studied at the Physics and Mathematics School for gifted children at the Leningrad University. He studied in a class with a biological major, and all his free time he spent at the Leningrad Zoo, where he cleaned after the animals. At the end of the school, he even intended to enter the Faculty of Biology of Leningrad University, but after the final exams he decided to enter the theater school.
In 1967 he entered the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute and was enrolled in the course of Yuri Katin-Yartsev.