Wiktor Andrejewitsch Borzow

Viktor Andreyevich Bortsov (Russian: Виктор Андреевич Борцов ; June 14, 1934 in Orenburg, USSR – May 20, 2008 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet/Russian theatrical and cinema actor. He was a People's Artist of RSFSR.

Bortsov was best known as Savva Ignatyevich in the 1982 film The Pokrovsky Gate.

He died at 73, after a long struggle with intestinal cancer. A civil funeral was held at the Maly Theatre, Moscow on May 23, 2008. He was buried in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow.