Overview
- The farewell is being held at the Vsevolod Shilovsky Moscow Theater-Studio, beginning at 11:00 MSK.
- Burial is scheduled at Troekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow following the ceremony.
- A condolence message from President Vladimir Putin was read at the event, praising Shilovsky as a talented actor and director and a distinctive figure.
- Writer Yuri Polyakov said Shilovsky had been seriously ill over the past year yet kept performing at his theater, and actress Viktoria Parkhomenko said he had been fighting cancer since April.
- Shilovsky’s career spanned MHAT stage work, notable film roles such as Intergirl and A Wartime Romance, and two decades teaching acting at VGIK.