Actor
Born Mar 3, 1896 · Petro-Svistunovo, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine
Active 1936–1960 · Awards: Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Stalin Prize, People's Artist of the USSR, People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, Merited Artist of the Ukrainian SSR
Ivan Patorzhynsky was a Ukrainian opera singer (bass-profundo). After finishing his studies a the Katerynoslav Conservatory, he became soloist at the Ukrainian State Opera in Kharkiv (1925), and later, in 1935, he became a soloist at the…