Maksim Shtraukh

{{Short description|Soviet actor and theatre director (1900–1974)}}

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| name = Maksim Shtraukh

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| birthname = Maksim Maksimovich Shtraukh

| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|2|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Moscow, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1974|1|3|1900|2|23|df=y}}

| death_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| occupation = Actor, theatre director

| years_active = 1925–1974

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Maksim Maksimovich Shtraukh ({{langx|ru|Макси́м Макси́мович Штра́ух}}; 23 February 1900 – 3 January 1974) was a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actor.{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema|author=Peter Rollberg|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2016|place=US|ISBN=1442268425|pages=679-670}} He was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1965, Lenin Prize and Stalin Prize between 1950 and 1951.[http://www.kinoteatr.ru/info/acter/m/sov/4931/bio Максим Штраух — биография]

Shtraukh is known for playing Vladimir Lenin on stage and in film. He had a privilege to get a discount for V. I. Lenin bust at any USSR shop.