Editing Sergei Bodrov Jr. (section)

=== Childhood ===
Sergei Bodrov was born on December 27, 1971, in [[Moscow]]. His father is a film director, [[Sergei Bodrov]], and his mother Valentina Nikolayevna was a fine art expert. His father was of mixed [[Russians|Russian]], [[Tatars|Tatar]], and [[Buryats|Buryat]] ancestry,<ref>[https://24smi.org/celebrity/4375-sergei-bodrov-starshii.html Сергей Бодров – старший]</ref> while his mother had [[Belarusians|Belarusian]] roots.<ref>Lybov Solovyova (2024-01-20). [https://www.sb.by/articles/privet-brat.html Знали, что Сергей Бодров в детстве часто гостил в Круглянском районе?]</ref> Sergei Bodrov Jr. believed that "childhood is the most important and the most amazing time in life."<ref name="Sergei Bodrov The Messenger">{{cite book|author = Sergei Bodrov|title =The Messenger|publisher = Amphora|year = 2007|location = Saint Petersburg|page = 303|isbn = 978-5-367-00488-5}}</ref> and what you'll become happens in the first sixteen years".<ref name="Trophimenkov M.">{{cite book|last = Trophimenkov|first = Mikhail|title = Sergei Bodrov. The Last Hero|publisher = [[Eksmo]]|year = 2003| page = 192| isbn = 5-94700-019-9}}</ref> Various publications report that Bodrov wanted to become a garbageman and drive an orange car.<ref name="Trophimenkov M." />

Bodrov wrote about his early years and events which influenced his worldview in a "Composition on the Theme: Eight Events which Influenced Me, or How I Grew Up to Be a Good Person."