Lyudmila Chursina
# Lyudmila Chursina

Lyudmila Alexeyevna Chursina (Russian: Людми́ла Алексе́евна Чурсина́; born 20 July 1941) is a Soviet and Russian film actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1962. In 1981 she was a member of the jury at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. At the age of 40, she is the youngest actress to receive the title of the People's Artist of the USSR.

## Selected filmography

* When the Trees Were Tall (1961) as Zoya
* The Andromeda Nebula (1967) as Louma Lasvi
* Virineya (1968) as Virineya
* A Little Crane (1968) as Marfa
* The Adjutant of His Excellency (1969) as Oksana
* Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment (1971) as Pepa
* Olesya (1971) as Olesya
* How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor (1976) as Catherine I of Russia
* Primary Russia (1985) as Aneya

## Political position

On 11 March 2014, she supported the reunification of Crimea with Russia by signing collective petition to the Russian public "Culture figures of Russia - support of President Putin's position about Ukraine and Crimea".

