MOSCOW , Apr 12Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded artist Vladimir Ilyin, artistic director of the Voronezh Drama Theater named after A. Koltsov Vladimir Petrov, director of the tour and concert agency «Concerts, Festivals, Master Classes» Dmitry Grinchenko and other cultural figures, the corresponding decree was published on the official Internet portal legal information.
«For his contribution to the development of national culture and art, many years of fruitful activity to award… the Order of Merit in Culture and Art»… Ilyin Vladimir Adolfovich — artist, member of the All-Russian public organization «Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation», — the document says.
The artistic director of the Voronezh Academic Drama Theater named after A. Koltsov Vladimir Petrov was also awarded the Order «For Merit in Culture and Art».
The Order of Honor was awarded to the head of the department of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography Valery Anisimov and the artist of the Samara Academic Drama Theater named after M. Gorky Zhanna Nadezhdina. Professor of the Department of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov Irina Sharapova was awarded the Order of Friendship.
In addition, several cultural workers received the medal «For Works in Culture and Art». Among them are the director of the tour and concert agency «Concerts, Festivals, Master Classes» Dmitry Grinchenko, heads of departments of the State Museum of the History of Russian Literature named after V.I. Dalia Larisa Alekseeva and Mikhail Shaposhnikov, head of the museum sector Pavel Kryuchkov, head of the costume department of the Mayakovsky Moscow Academic Theater of Culture Tatyana Potapova.
The President awarded the honorary title «Honored Artist of the Russian Federation» to the chief director of the Rybinsk Puppet Theater Alexander Bykov, «Honored Artist of the Russian Federation» — Professor of the Department of Fine Arts and Methods of its Teaching of the Chuvash State Pedagogical University named after I.Ya. Yakovlev to Konstantin Dolgashev. data-title=»Lubimova was asked to consider canceling Kozlovsky's performances»>