Viktor Bortsov

Viktor Andreyevich Bortsov (Russian: Виктор Андреевич Борцов, June 14, 1934, Orenburg, USSR — May 20, 2008, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet/Russian theatrical and cinema actor. He was a People's Artist of Russia.

Viktor Bortsov was best known as Savva Ignatevich in the 1982 film Pokrov Gates (Pokrovskiye vorota, Russian: Покровские ворота).

He died at 73, after a long struggle with intestinal cancer. A civil funeral was held at the Maly Theatre, Moscow on May 23, 2008. He was buried in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow.

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