Overview

• The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) announced his death on October 8, with the institute’s rector confirming the news to state media.
• Bartoshevich taught for decades at GITIS and led the Shakespeare Commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences from 1989 to 2020.
• He previously served as secretary of the Union of Theatre Workers of the USSR from 1987 to 1991.
• His scholarship spanned Shakespeare and modern theater, following earlier studies at GITIS where he graduated in 1961 and completed postgraduate work in 1964.
• Funeral details have not been announced, with GITIS indicating a farewell is likely at the institute’s Training Theatre, and the cause of death was not disclosed.