title: Yelena Chernykh
text: # Yelena Chernykh
  
  Yelena Chernykh (Cyrillic: Елена Черных) (August 24, 1979 – October 4, 2011) was a Russian theatre actress. She has been called "хрупкая красавица и вместе с тем необычайно выносливая актриса" (a fragile beauty and yet extraordinarily hardy actress).
  
  ## Death
  
  The 32-year-old actress was killed in a car crash on 4 October 2011 in Novoanninsky, along with fellow actors, 59-year-old Aleksandr Yegorov and 52-year-old Valentina Yudina. Chernykh and Yegorov, who both died in the same collision, were considered favorite artists of the "Волгоградского музыкально-драматического казачьего театра" (Volgograd Music and Drama Theatre of the Cossack).
  
  At the time her death, Yelena was married to Yegor Chernykh, with whom she had one daughter.
  
  ## Theater
  
  Her better known theater works include
  
  * Эй, ты, здравствуй! (Hey, you, hello!) by Г. Мамлина (G. Mamlina)
  * Андрей-Стрелок и Марья-Голубка (Andrew, Archer and Maria Dove) by И. Токмаковой (I. Tokmakova)
  * Хуторяне (Hutoryane) by А. Копкова (A. Kopkova)
  * Чубатые ребяты (Curly guys) by Ю. Войтова (Yu Voitova)
  * От любви до ненависти (From love to hate) by Н. Старицкого (N. Staritskogo)
  * Святочная история (Yule Story) by Чарльза Диккенса (Charles Dickens)
  * Эшелон (Echelon) by М.М. Рощина (MM Roshchin)
  * От сердца к сердцу (Heart to Heart) by Ю. Войтова (Yu Voitova)
  * Моя граница — моя судьба (My border - my destiny) by Ю. Войтова (Yu Voitova)
  * Кошкин дом (Cat House) by С.Я. Маршака (SY Marshak).
  