Nikolay Gubenko

Nikolai Nikolaevich Gubenko was a Soviet and Russian actor, film and theatre director, screenwriter, founder of the Community of Taganka Actors theatre. His movie Wounded Game was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. He was named People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1985. Gubenko was also active in politics. He served as the last Minister of Culture of the USSR and as the Russian State Duma deputy between 1995 and 2003. From 2005 on he acted as the Moscow City Duma deputy.