Vyacheslav Tikhonov was one of Russian cinema's best known faces, he survived hardship during the Second World War, and became renown for his portrayal of Russian aristocrats and intellectuals in several award-winning films, such as War and Peace (1965) and Belyy Bim Chernoe ukho (1977). He was born Vyacheslav Vasilevich Tikhonov on February 8, ...