Legendary actor and his daughter at the opening of the season in “Lenkom”.

Alexander Zbruev daughter Tatiana

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Elena Shanina with her daughter Tatyana Zbrueva

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At the opening of the season in the theatre “Lenkom” Alexander Zbruev who has been in theatre for 55 years, received the award for best actor. So Fond Evgeniya Leonova noted the work of Alexander in a production of “the Prince” (in the imagination of Director Konstantin Bogomolova’s novel of Dostoevsky “Idiot” Zbruev played Rogozhin).

Maria Mironova

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Dmitry Pevtsov

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“The play was highly controversial, but lively debate in the media, which is useful for theatre,” said theatre artistic Director mark Zakharov, when Zbruev to the applause of colleagues received the award named after Leonov.

Viktor Rakov

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Andrey Sokolov and Alla Yuganova

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The first award Alexander Viktorovich congratulated his daughter Tatyana, the whole creative life, as the lives of her parents, linked to the “Lenkom” (her mother — Elena Shanina, included in the history of the Soviet theater as the first female leading role in the famous “Juno and Avos”; “official” Roman zbrueva and sanonoi never ended in marriage, but Alexander always took care of his daughter and helped her in every way).

Alexander Lazarev-younger and Sergey Stepanchenko

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“Leonovskoye” medals also received Alla Yuganova and Viktor Rakov, starred in a production of “the Nutcracker”. Rakov, who as the head of the Fund Leonov had himself handed out the award, was embarrassed and said, “Not very modest”. However, mark Zakharov confirmed that the award is very well deserved and at the same time called Victor “one of the latest sex symbols of our generation.”

Anton Shagin

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Mark Zakharov and Alexander Zakharov

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The cast also reminisced about a brilliant Yevgeny Leonov, who was on this day would have turned 90 years old.

Mark Zakharov and Leonid Bronevoy

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And, of course, talked about the upcoming premieres. First “Lenkom” shows “Day of the Oprichnik”, which is based on two novels of Vladimir Sorokin “Day guardsmen” and “Tellurium”. Then come the “Strange people, these adults are” in “the Little Prince” Saint-Exupery, where the main role will play Evgeny Gerasimov. And the list of Lenkom musicals will join the “West side story”.