Overview
- The civic farewell concluded at the Pushkin Drama Theatre, where her coffin stood on the main stage during the ceremony.
- Queues of mourners stretched for hours and pushed the service beyond its planned end time as hundreds arrived with flowers.
- President Vladimir Putin sent a wreath and published condolences, and Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova attended the ceremony.
- The farewell ended with Alentova’s coffin carried from the stage to sustained applause from the audience.
- Burial is scheduled for today at Novodevichy Cemetery next to her husband, director Vladimir Menshov.