Viktor Bortsov

Viktor Andreyevich Bortsov (; June 14, 1934 in Orenburg, USSR – May 20, 2008 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet/Russian theatrical and cinema actor. He was a People's Artist of RSFSR. Bortsov was best known as Savva Ignatyevich in the 1982 film The Pokrovsky Gate. 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. Selected filmography 1970 — Liberation as General Grigory Oriol 1978 — Aniskin Begins Again as Sidorov, tractor driver 1982 — Station for Two (Вокзал для двоих) as drunkard in a restaurant 1982 — The Pokrovsky Gate (Покровские ворота) as Savva Ignatyevich 1984 — Alone and Unarmed (Один и без оружия) as Dmitry Sergeyevich 1986 — Ballad of an Old Gun (Баллада о старом оружии) as Gritsenko 1988 — Gardes-Marines, Ahead! (Гардемарины, вперёд!) as Gavrila 1991 — Viva Gardes-Marines! (Виват, гардемарины!) as Gavrila