What is Vitaly Churkin?
[[File:MFA Paolo Gentiloni with Amb Vitaly I. Churkin, PR of the Russian Federation to the UN (cropped).jpg|thumb|Churkin in June 2015]] '''Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin''' ({{Lang-ru|Виталий Иванович Чуркин}}; 21 February 1952 &ndash; 20 February 2017) was a [[Russia]]n [[diplomat]] and former child actor. He was the [[Ambassador]] of Russia to the [[United Nations]] from 1 May 2006 until his death. He was also the Ambassador of Russia to [[Belgium]] from 1994 to 1998. Churkin was born in [[Moscow]]. He acted in [[movie]]s as a child with his famous role being as Fedka the peasant boy in ''[[A Mother's Heart]]'' (1967). He spoke [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Mongolian language|Mongolian]], [[French language|French]] and [[English language|English]]. Churkin died on 20 February 2017 in [[New York City]], [[United States]]. He died one day before his 65th birthday.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/20/europe/russia-un-ambassador-vitaly-churkin-dead/|title=Vitaly Churkin, Russia's ambassador to UN, dies suddenly at 64|publisher=[[CNN]]|authors=Emma Burrows, Milena Veselinovic|date=20 February 2017|access-date=20 February 2017}}</ref> The cause was [[heart failure]], according to Russian diplomat [[Sergei Ordzhonikidze]].<ref>{{cite web | url =https://ria.ru/world/20170220/1488451933.html|title=Скончался постпред России в ООН Виталий Чуркин, мир соболезнует|publisher=[[RIA Novosti]]| language=ru| access-date =20 February 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|4491026}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Churkin, Vitaly}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Ambassadors of Russia]] [[Category:Child actors]] [[Category:Russian movie actors]] [[Category:People from Moscow]] {{Bio-stub}}