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Grigory Nikolaevich Chapkis was born on February 24, 1930 in the city of Chisinau, in Bessarabia, which at that time was annexed by Romania. He was the sixth child in a Jewish family. A boy grew up in the town of New Kaushany. His dad was a saddler by profession, and his mother was a housewife. After some time, the family returns to their homeland in the city of Bender. Already there, in 1940, Gregory got into a dance circle at the local Palace of Pioneers. During the Great Patriotic War, the family of the future dancer is evacuated to Kazakhstan. In 1944, the elder brother of Grigory Iosif Chapkis was killed at the front.

When the war ended, the family began to live in Kiev. There, Grigory Chapkis enters the school, as well as the song and dance ensemble. In 1945, he performed with this group in the Kremlin.

At the age of sixteen, Grigory begins his professional career. First, he became a ballet dancer in the State Song and Dance Ensemble of Ukraine, led by L. Chernyshova. As a result, this ensemble became famous as the Honored Dance Ensemble of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, led by P. Virsky. For all the years of the ensemble's existence, Grigory took part in almost all productions, and also went abroad on tour about seventy times.

In addition to his dancing career, Grigory Nikolaevich played several times in films. The roles of Grigory Chapkis were closely related to his professional activities. He played choreographers, a police chief and even a crime boss. In addition, Grigory Chapkis, whose filmography includes three films, wrote two books.

The dancer has been married three times in his life. Has two children - a son and a daughter. At the moment, Grigory Nikolaevich runs his own dance school, and his children work as choreographers abroad.

Grigory Chapkis has brown eyes, naturally dark hair color, fair skin and thin lips. The shape of the face is rectangular, the forehead is medium, the hair is straight, soft. Grigory Chapkis does not change hair color, preferring natural hair. The dancer has a large wide nose and a rectangular chin. Grigory Chapkis wears a mustache. The dancer's height is 150 cm, no tattoos.

Zodiac sign - Pisces (02.24.1930)

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