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Aleksei Petrenko
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Petrenko in 2011
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Aleksei Vasilyevich Petrenko
26 March 1938 Chemer, Chernihiv Oblast, USSR
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| Died | 22 February 2017 (aged 78) Moscow, Russia
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| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1961–2017 |
| Spouse(s) | Azima Abdumaminova |
Aleksei Vasilyevich Petrenko (Russian: Алексей Васильевич Петренко; 26 March 1938 – 22 February 2017) was a famous movie and stage actor. He was from the Soviet Union, which was a large country that existed before Russia.
Aleksei Petrenko was well-known for playing important historical figures. One of his most famous roles was Grigori Rasputin. He played Rasputin in the historical drama Agony. He also played Joseph Stalin, a leader from history, in a TV show called World War II: Behind Closed Doors. This show was a documentary from BBC Two.
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Petrenko (right) greeting President Vladimir Putin in 2001
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