Emilyano Lorensovich Ochagaviya (; May 24, 1945 – February 7, 2016) was a Soviet and Russian theater actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1986), and People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2000).
Biography He was born in the village of Nei-colony Kamyshinsky District, Stalingrad Oblast to a father of Spanish Basque ancestry and an ethnic Georgian mother.
Graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography (Georgy Tovstonogov course). Creative activity was begun by him in the theater of twice heroic Baltic Fleet, and then worked in the drama theaters of Kaluga, Kemerovo, and Astrakhan.
Since 1977, he served in Ostrovsky Theatre in Kostroma, where he played many leading roles of classical and contemporary repertoire. In 1999–2003, he headed the theater.
Honorary Citizen of Kostroma Oblast (July 10, 2008).
Death On Sunday evening, February 7, 2016 in the house on Myasnitskaya Street in Kostroma, where with his family the actor lived, a fire broke out. Firefighters managed to bring the actor, who was asleep, out of the apartment От пожара умер народный артист России (in Russian) at the time of the fire. However, Emilyano Ochagaviya soon died in hospital in Kostroma.Народный артист РФ Эмиляно Очагавия погиб в результате пожара в квартире // Москва, 8 февраля 2016 — АиФ-Москва.Народный артист Эмиляно Очагавия скончался после пожара в Костроме // «МК», 8 февраля 2016
Filmography 2004 — Moscow Saga as Galaktion Gudiashvili 2007 — According to the Law of Attraction as old actor 2009 — Isayev as episode 2009 — Kotovsky as Prosecutor (uncredited) 2012 — Solovey-Razboynik as old bandit
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Костромской драматический театр. Эмиляно Очагавия. КиноПоиск: Эмиляно Очагавия