Overview
- The farewell will take place on November 26 in the foyer of Moscow’s Satire Theatre, according to the theatre’s press service.
- The theatre announced via its Telegram channel that Valentina Sharykina died at age 85 on November 24.
- Sharykina was a Honored Artist of Russia who spent her professional life at the Satire Theatre.
- She joined the troupe in 1962 after graduating from the Shchukin School, accepted by director Valentin Pluchek, and her performances entered the theatre’s Golden Fund.
- Known widely for the role of pani Zosia in Kabachok 13 stulev, she was remembered by colleagues as loyal and generous, and the theatre offered condolences while not disclosing a cause of death.