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MOSCOW – 26 JUNE: Mikhalkov. Charity foundation Russian Siluet. Fashion show at the Russian Academy of Arts. 26 June, 2014 in Moscow, Russia, magicinfoto /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Date of Birth: 21 October, 1945
Ethnicity: Russian, as well as one eighth German, small amounts of Cossack and French, remote Swedish and Scottish, possibly remote Dutch
Nikita Mikhalkov is a Russian actor and filmmaker. His acting roles include the films Walking the Streets of Moscow , The Red Tent , Siberiade , Station for Two , A Cruel Romance , The State Counsellor , Dead Man’s Bluff , and Persona non grata (2005); and the made-for-tv movie The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981). He has directed the films At Home Among Strangers , A Slave of Love , An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano , Five Evenings , A Few Days from the Life of I. I. Oblomov , Family Relations , Without Witness , Dark Eyes (1987), Close to Eden , Anna: 6–18 , Burnt by the Sun , which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film; The Barber of Siberia , 12 (2007), Burnt by the Sun 2 , Burnt by the Sun 3: The Citadel , and Sunstroke (2014). He wrote his Anna: 6–18 , and Burnt by the Sun sequels, and co-wrote all his other aforementioned films as director, except for A Slave of Love and Family Relations . He also appeared or starred in all the above-directed films, except for Five Evenings , Without Witness , Dark Eyes , and Sunstroke .
Nikita is the son of Natalia Petrovna Konchalovskaya, a poet and translator, and Sergey Mikhalkov (Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov), an author of children’s books and fables, often satirical, including the “Uncle Styopa” stories. His father also wrote the lyrics for the Soviet and Russian national anthems, co-writing the “State Anthem of the Soviet Union” in 1944, and new lyrics in 1970; and then writing the National Anthem of Russia in 2000. On his mother’s side, he is a grandson of painter Pyotr Konchalovsky, and a great-grandson of realist history painter Vasily Surikov. His brother is film and theatre director and filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky (born Andrei Sergeyevich Mikhalkov). His half-sister, Ekaterina, was married to writer Yulian Semyonov. His uncle was Soviet intelligence officer and writer Mikhail Mikhalkov.
The Mikhalkov family are Russian nobility, dating back to the 15th century. He is descended from the Princely House of Golitsyn, through both his paternal great-great-grandmother Elizaveta Nikolayevna/Nikolaevna Golitsyna, and her mother-in-law, his great-great-great-grandmother Maria Sergeyevna Golitsyna. Through them, Nikita descends from Prince Vasily Vasilyevich Golitsyn (1643-1713), an aristocrat, statesman, and boyar, whose ancestors also included the Romodanovsky noble family. Nikita also descends from the Meshchersky princely family, the Bezobrazov noble family, and the Gorchakov noble family, including Imperial Russian Army General Pyotr Gorchakov.
Nikita is married to fashion designer Tatyana/Tatiana Shigaeva Mikhalkova. He has a son with his former wife, actress Anastasiya Vertinskaya, and three children, actress, film producer, cameraperson, and television presenter Anna Mikhalkova; film director Artyom Mikhalkov; and actress Nadezhda Mikhalkova, with Tatyana. His brother Andrei is married to actress and television presenter Julia Vysotskaya. Nikita is the uncle of film director Egor Konchalovsky, who is Andrei’s son; and journalist Olga Semenova, who is Ekaterina’s daughter.
Nikita’s paternal grandfather was Vladimir Aleksandrovich/Alexandrovich Mikhalkov (the son of Alexander Vladimirovich Mikhalkov and Anna Alica/Alisa Loginovna/Ludwigovna Müller/Miller). Vladimir was born in Saint Petersburg. Alexander was born in Moscow, the son of Vladimir Sergeyevich/Sergeevich Mikhalkov and Elizaveta Nikolayevna/Nikolaevna Golitsyna. Nikita’s great-grandmother Alica was an ethnic German, the daughter of Ludwig Theodor Müller and Mathilde/Matilda Louise/Karlovna Mukhanova von Fehleisen/Feleisen. Some of her family was from Tallinn, Estonia.
Nikita’s paternal grandmother was Olga Mikhailovna Glebova (the daughter of Mikhail Petrovich Glebov and Elizaveta Vasilyevna/Vasilievna Bezobrazova/Besobrazova). Olga was born in Kaidakovo, Venevsky District, Tula Governorate. Mikhail was the son of Pyotr Mikhailovich Glebov and Alexandra Semyonovna Ozerova; who was the daughter of Princess Anastasia Borisovna Mescherskaya. Nikita’s great-grandmother Elizaveta was the daughter of Vasiliy/Vasily Grigoryevich/Grigorievich Bezobrazov and Olga Petrovna Gorchakova.
Nikita’s maternal grandfather was Pyotr Konchalovsky (Pyotr/Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky, the son of Pyotr Petrovich Konchalovsky and Victoria Timofeyevna/Timofeevna Loyko/Loiko). Nikita’s grandfather Pytor was born in Sloviansk, Kharkov Governorate, and was a painter, and the founding member, and chairman, of the Knave of Diamonds group of avante-garde artists. Nikita’s great-grandfather Pytor was born in Sevastopol, Taurida Governorate, and was a translator and art publisher, with connections to the art world. He was the son of Pyotr Vasilyevich Konchalovsky and Maria Yakovlevna Abramenkova. Nikita’s great-grandmother Victoria was born in Kharkov Governorate, the daughter of Timofey (possibly Ivanovich) Loyko/Loiko.
Nikita’s maternal grandmother was Olga Surikova (Olga Vasilyevna/Vasilievna Surikova, the daughter of Vasily/Vassili Ivanovich/Ivanovitch Surikov/Sourikov and Elisabeth/Elizaveta/Élizabeth Augustovna/Avgustovna Charais). Vasily Surikov was born in Krasnoyarsk, Yenisei Governorate, and was a realist history painter. He was said to have been from a Yenisey Cossack family, descended from Don Cossacks. He was the son of Ivan Vasilyevich/Vasilievich Surikov, who had the civil rank of Collegiate Registrar; and of Praskovya Fyodorovna Torgoshina. Nikita’s great-grandmother Élizabeth was born in Saint Petersburg, the daughter of August/Auguste Charais/Charest, who was born in Charette, France; and of Maria Alexandrovna de Balmaine/Balmain/Balmen.
Nikita’s great-great-grandmother Maria Alexandrovna was the daughter of Count Alexander Karl Adeodat Antonovich Ramsay de Balmaine and Countess Glafira Nikolayevna Svistunova. She was of Russian, as well as some French, and possibly Dutch, descent.
Source: Genealogy of Nikita Mikhalkov – https://www.geni.com