Pavel Luspekayev

Pavel Luspekayev
Born	Pavel Bogdasarovich Luspekan (1927-04-20)20 April 1927 Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	17 April 1970(1970-04-17) (aged 42) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1956–1970

Pavel Borisovich Luspekayev (Russian: Па́вел Бори́сович Луспека́ев) (20 April 1927, Luhansk — 17 April 1970, Moscow) was a Soviet actor who is best known for his role of Vereschagin in the classic Russian movie White Sun of the Desert. Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1997, posthumously).^[1]