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Makhmud Esambayev(1924-2000)

  • Actor
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Makhmud Esambayev in Poka byut chasy (1977)
Makhmud Esambayev was born on 15 July 1924 in Starye Atagi, Chechen Autonomous Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Chechnya, Russia]. He was an actor, known for I Will Dance! (1962), Lebedinoe ozero (1969) and Swan Lake: Kirov/Yelena Yevteyeva/John Markovsky (2003). He died on 7 January 2000 in Moscow, Russia.
BornJuly 15, 1924
DiedJanuary 7, 2000(75)
BornJuly 15, 1924
DiedJanuary 7, 2000(75)
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Known for

I Will Dance! (1962)
I Will Dance!
6.5
  • Mahmud
  • 1962
Yelena Yevteyeva in Lebedinoe ozero (1969)
Lebedinoe ozero
7.0
  • Rothbart
  • 1969
Swan Lake: Kirov/Yelena Yevteyeva/John Markovsky (2003)
Swan Lake: Kirov/Yelena Yevteyeva/John Markovsky
  • Rothbart
  • 2003
Zemlya Sannikova (1973)
Zemlya Sannikova
6.8
  • Black shaman
  • 1973

Credits

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Actor

  • Velikij turan (1995)
    Velikij turan
    6.4
    • 1995
  • Boris Shcherbakov in Doroga v ad (1988)
    Doroga v ad
    4.4
    TV Movie
    • Kerim «Shakh» Bakayev
    • 1988
  • Bakhtiyer Fidoyev in Priklyucheniya malenkogo Muka (1984)
    Priklyucheniya malenkogo Muka
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • 1984
  • Vitaliy Gordienko in Poka byut chasy (1977)
    Poka byut chasy
    5.9
    • Igi-Nagi-Tugi - pridvornyy muzikant (as M. Esambayev)
    • 1977
  • Irina Fominskaya and Elena Sanaeva in Chestnoe volshebnoe (1976)
    Chestnoe volshebnoe
    5.9
    • Ogony (as M. Esambayev)
    • 1976
  • Na kray sveta (1975)
    Na kray sveta
    6.7
    • (uncredited)
    • 1975
  • Zemlya Sannikova (1973)
    Zemlya Sannikova
    6.8
    • Black shaman
    • 1973
  • Vino iz oduvanchikov (1971)
    Vino iz oduvanchikov
    5.4
    Short
    • The junkman (as M. Esambaev)
    • 1971
  • Zhizn stavshaya legendoi (1970)
    Zhizn stavshaya legendoi
    5.0
    • 1970
  • Yelena Yevteyeva in Lebedinoe ozero (1969)
    Lebedinoe ozero
    7.0
    • Rothbart
    • 1969
  • Swan Lake: Kirov/Yelena Yevteyeva/John Markovsky (2003)
    Swan Lake: Kirov/Yelena Yevteyeva/John Markovsky
    • Rothbart
    • 2003
  • I Will Dance! (1962)
    I Will Dance!
    6.5
    • Mahmud
    • 1962

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • M. Esambaev
  • Born
    • July 15, 1924
    • Starye Atagi, Chechen Autonomous Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Chechnya, Russia]
  • Died
    • January 7, 2000
    • Moscow, Russia(natural causes)
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    • 1 Article

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    One of the most famous dancers of the Soviet Union.

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