Mikhail Derzhavin was born on July 25, 1903 in village Aksinino, Zvenigorod uyezd, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire [now Stupinsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor and director, known for Die große Wende (1945), Glinka (1946) and Pervopechatnik Ivan Fedorov (1941). He died on July 30, 1951 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].