September 20th, 2011 in the town of Sebezh unveiled a monument to Zinovy ​​Gerdt. Zinovy ​​Gerdt - known popular Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. Born on September 21, 1916 in Sebezh. His father was a cab driver, and his mother - daughter Hatter. His real name is Zalman Efroimovich Hrapinovich.

By age 15 Hrapinovich - a graduate of the factory school at the Moscow Kuibyshev Electric Machinery Plant, was employed for the construction of the subway in Moscow, as locksmith, electrician. He played in amateur theater club at the factory. Then this amateur theater was called the Theatre of Working Youth (TRAM). He started his career under his real name. In 1937, he had already worked as an actor in the puppet theater, which was the house of the pioneers of Moscow.

During the war, voluntarily went to the front, passed in 1941 as a short-term military training fees, organized by the Moscow School of Military Engineers. In war, as a lieutenant, he commanded a company of engineers. In 1943, winters near Belgorod was seriously wounded, which resulted in eleven operations. Chief among them were made leading surgeon clinic Botkin Vincentini Xenia, who was married to a famous designer Sergei Korolev. As a result, he managed to save his leg, but then he became very lame.

After the war he got a job at the Central Puppet Theater, which was the head of the SV Samples. Gerdt film career began as an actor dubbing. For a long time he remained behind the scenes, voicing different roles. Since 1983 he worked as an actor MADT name MN Yermolova.

For four years (1962-1966 gg.) Gerdt was leading "Kinopanorama." In the 90s he returned as a TV program author's "Tea Club" on the Moscow TV-6. December 19, 1994 participated in the program last Vlad Listyev "Rush Hour."

Despite the enormous amount of work behind the scenes, Zinovy ​​Gerdt brought fame, first of all, of course, his role in the movie. Among colleagues called him "the genius of the episode." During his career he starred in 77 films and 38 voiced roles. During his artistic career, he was awarded the title of Honored at first, and then the People's Artist of Russia, People's Artist of the USSR, has several awards and medals.

He died on November 18, 1996 in Moscow at the age of 80.

At home, in Sebezh, the 95th anniversary of Zinovy ​​Gerdt was a monument to the artist. Funds collected in the five years the people of Sebezh and admirers of his talent. The author of the project was the sculptor Oleg Yershov. The original version of the monument to Gerdt have had a hat in his hand, but his wife insisted to remove it, because he never wore this hat.

The monument was erected in a park on the lake.