Viktor Bortsov

Viktor Andreyevich Bortsov ({{langx|ru|Виктор Андреевич Борцов}}; June 14, 1934 in Orenburg, USSR – May 20, 2008 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet/Russian theatrical and cinema actor. He was a People's Artist of RSFSR.

Bortsov was best known as Savva Ignatyevich in the 1982 film The Pokrovsky Gate.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oSYf9JWz3Q|title=Дети «Покровских ворот»|publisher=TVS|website=YouTube|access-date=2002-06-23|author=Сергей Урсуляк}}

He died at 73, after a long struggle with intestinal cancer.[http://www.gmanews.tv/story/96284/Ka-Bel-declared-dead-due-to-severe-head-injuries GMA NEWS] A civil funeral was held at the Maly Theatre, Moscow on May 23, 2008. He was buried in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow.{{Cite web|url=http://www.m-necropol.ru/borcov-viktor.html|title=Виктор Андреевич Борцов (1934—2008)|publisher=Могилы знаменитостей: Некрополи Москвы|website=m-necropol.ru|access-date=2022-02-03|archive-date=2020-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220055802/http://m-necropol.ru/borcov-viktor.html}}{{Cite web|url=http://zobxan.narod.ru/news/borcov/2014-03-19-99|title=Виктор Борцов|publisher= Памяти ушедших…|website=zobxan.narod.ru|date=2014-03-19|access-date=2022-02-03|archive-date=2022-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203105653/http://zobxan.narod.ru/news/borcov/2014-03-19-99}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.moscow-tombs.ru/2008/bortsov_va.htm|title=Борцов В. А.|date=2008|publisher=Московские могилы|website=moscow-tombs.ru|access-date=2022-02-03|archive-date=2021-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517153243/http://moscow-tombs.ru/2008/bortsov_va.htm}}