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Elina Avraamovna Bystritskaya (Ukrainian: Еліна Авраамівна Бистрицька, Russian: Элина Авраамовна Быстрицкая) (born on April 4, 1928, Kiev) is a Ukrainian-born Russian actress best known for her role of Axinia in Sergei Gerasimov's epic screening of Mikhail Sholokhov's novel And Quiet Flows the Don (1958).

Jewish by ethnicity and a native of Kiev, Bystritskaya was chosen to play Axinia by Sholokhov himself over several distinguished candidates, notably Nonna Mordyukova. Before that, she co-starred with Sergey Bondarchuk in the Unfinished Story, an archetypal Socialist Realist film. In the 1960s, Bystritskaya turned to theatre work in the Maly Theatre and her appearances on screen grew sporadic. She was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1978.

Filmography

• 1993 Bravye Parni
• 1992 Proshchalnye Gastroli
• 1991 Sem Dney Posle Ubiystva
• 1967 Nikolay Bauman
• 1966 Dachniki
• 1963 Vse Ostaetsya Lyudyam
• 1958 Dobrovoltsy
• 1958 And Quiet Flows the Don
• 1955 Neokonchennaya Povest
• 1950 V Mirnye Dni

External links

• (Russian) Biography
• Elina Bystritskaya at the Internet Movie Database