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Vyacheslav Sumsky
Vyacheslav Sumsky
В'ячеслав Сумський
Born	6 September 1934; Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Died	12 September 2007 (aged 73); Kyiv, Ukraine
Resting place	Baikove Cemetery
Alma mater	Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University
Occupation	Actor
Spouse	Hanna Opanasenko
Children	Natalya Sumska; Olha Sumska;
Honours	People's Artist of the USSR (declined); People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR;

Vyacheslav Hnatovych Sumsky (Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Гнатович Сумський; 6 September 1934 – 12 September 2007) was a Ukrainian theater actor. He was a People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR.

Biography

Vyacheslav Hnatovych Sumsky was born on 6 September 1934 in the village of Verblyuzhka (now village of Pogrebnyakovo) in Kirovohrad Oblast.^[1]^[2] According to a neighbor of Sumsky's family, he dreamed of studying at a conservatoire.^[3] However, he would have to study for a year and pass exams.^[3] Instead of pursuing music, he turned to theater acting.^[3] He graduated from the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University in 1956.^[2]

From 1957 to 1967, Sumsky acted at the Maria Zankovetska Theatre.^[1] From 1967 to 1980, he was part of the Zaporizhzhya Musical and Drama Theatre.^[1] From 1980 to 1990, he was part of the Regional Musical-Dramatic Theatre Nikolai Gogol.^[1] From 1990 to 1993, he was part of the "Budmo!" theater in Kyiv.^[1] Since 1993, he was part of the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater.^[1]

He died from cancer on 12 September 2007 in Kyiv.^[2]^[1] His funeral was held on September 15 at the Ivan Franko Theater.^[3] He is buried at the Baikove Cemetery.^[2] The area in Verblyuzhka which used to have a house where he and his family lived is now a local landmark.^[4]

Sumsky was married with Hanna Sumska.^[5] They lived with each other for 50 years.^[5] He had two daughters: Natalya and Olha.^[3]

Mykhailo Kramar, an actor who knew Sumsky, said that he painted frequently.^[3] He copied landscape paintings of Ivan Shishkin and painted the city of Poltava.^[3] Anatolii Khostikoiev, who is a husband of Sumsky's daughter Natalya, said that he was an avid fisherman.^[3]

Sumsky suffered from poor health. Kramar said that he was a heavy smoker.^[3] Sumsky's daughter Olha said that he suffered from alcohol addiction even up until his death.^[3] She said that he would become depressed when he was rejected for roles that he wanted to play.^[3]

During the 1970s, he was offered the title of People's Artist of the USSR, which he declined.^[6] His daughter Olha said that he was principled and she recalled him saying: "I refuse this title, because I am a People's Artist of Ukraine and that is enough for me."^[6] In 1981, he was named People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR.^[1]