Overview

• A public farewell for the 94-year-old actress was held on October 7 at the Moscow Art Theatre named after A. P. Chekhov.
• People's Artist Avangard Leontyev read President Vladimir Putin's telegram praising Gulyaeva's mastery and devotion to the stage.
• A funeral service is to be held at the Church of Sophia the Wisdom of God in Srednie Sadovniki following the theater ceremony.
• RIA Novosti reported that the actress will be cremated, with her ashes to be interred at Moscow's Troyekurovskoye Cemetery next to her husband, Vyacheslav Nevinny.
• Gulyaeva died on October 3 and was a decorated performer with People's Artist of the RSFSR status and state orders recognizing her decades of stage, film, and voice work.