Honored Artist of the RSFSR 08111980 Father Ivan G worked at Motovilikha in the old factory district of Perm Started with a worker rose to the chief mechanic of the plant The character was soft friendly Mother Maria Sergeyevna has always been for her son the closest person and best friend He studied at the law faculty of Perm University 19521956 in the evening studio at the Perm Drama Theater 19551958 Attempts to conquer theatrical universities in Moscow ended in failure He worked in the theaters of Bereznikov Perm 1961 Kemerovo 1963 In Kemerovo he was seen by a wellknown Moscow theater journalist and returning to Moscow told the acquaintance of the original actor Boris LvovAnokhin the main director of the Stanislavsky Theater He invited Burkov to Moscow to his theater to the Arts Council So the 32yearold actor without special education became an artist of the capitals theater Since 1965 actor of the Drama Theater named after KS Stanislavsky In 19701971 actor of the Sovremennik Theater Since 1980 artist of the Moscow Art Theater named after Gorky In 19841987 actor of the theater named after AS Pushkin From 1988 to 1990 artistic director of the VM Culture Center Shukshina He died in the evening of July 19 1990 in the First City Hospital of Moscow The actor was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery plot number 13 The granite cross on the grave of Burkov is made of the same piece of granite as the monument to his close friend Vasily Shukshin 19291974 Chapter 38 of the cycle To Remember by Leonid Filatov is dedicated to the life and work of the actor Widow Tatyana Ukharova actress of the Stanislavsky Moscow Drama Theater 04191946 Daughter actress of the same theater Maria Burkova 05211966