The funeral service for Yuri Solomin began in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior

MOSCOW, January 15 The funeral service for People's Artist of the USSR, artistic director of the Maly Theater Yuri Solomin began in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, correspondent reports.
Solomin died on January 11 at the age of 88. The farewell took place on the historical stage of the Maly Theater. Then the artist will be buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery.
Yuri Solomin was born on June 18, 1935. In 1957, after graduating from the Shchepkin Higher Theater School, he was accepted into the Maly Theater. Since 1961, he taught at the Shchepkin Theater School and was a professor in the acting department. Since 1988 — artistic director of the Maly Theater. Among the roles played by the actor on stage are Khlestakov in Gogol's «The Inspector General», Fedya Protasov in Leo Tolstoy's «The Living Corpse», Voinitsky in Anton Chekhov's «Uncle Vanya», Cyrano de Bergerac based on the play by Edmond Rostand and Tsar Fyodor in the tragedy. Since 1980 he has worked in the theater and as a director.

Among his best film works: Pavel Koltsov («Adjutant of His Excellency», 1969), Telegin («Walking in Torment», 1977), Vladimir Arsenyev («Dersu Uzala», 1975), Major Zvyagintsev ( «Blockade», 1975-1978), Innkeeper and Heinrich Eisenstein (TV films «An Ordinary Miracle» and «The Bat», both — 1979), Vladimir Alexandrovich («The Light in the Window», 1980), Doctor Gradov («Moscow Saga», 2004).