Boris Petrovich Khimichev was a Ukrainian-born Russian actor who was named a People's Artist of Russia in 1993. Khimichev worked at the Mayakovsky Theatre between 1964 and 1982. After his divorce from Tatyana Doronina, the theatre's leading actress, Khimichev joined the troupe of the Mossovet Theatre. He died at the age of 81 from a brain tumor.