People’s Artist of Russia, the oldest actor of the Mossovet Theater, Nikolai Lebedev, died at the age of 101. This has been reported TASS referring to the press service of the theater.
“Today, our oldest actor, Nikolai Sergeevich Lebedev, died,” the press service said.
Nikolai Lebedev was born in Moscow in 1921. He has the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR and People’s Artist of the Russian Federation.
Previously reportedAt the age of 59, Igor Petrov, the choreographer-repeater of the ballet troupe of the Mariinsky Theater, died. This was reported in the group “Mariinsky Society of Theater Lovers” on the social network “VKontakte”. The source did not specify the cause of death.
After completing his career as a dancer in 2007, Petrov began working as a teacher-teacher. He helped Timur Askerov, Roman Belyakov, Konstantin Zverev and many other artists prepare the pieces.