MOSCOW, April 14 People's Artist of Russia Vadim Keshner died at the age of 86, according to the website of the Kazan Academic Russian Bolshoi Drama Theater named after V. I. Kachalov .
He has served in this institution since 1961.
«From the very first years of his creative activity, Vadim Keshner declared himself as an original actor with a bright creative personality, and rightfully took the place of one of the leading artists of the Kachalovsky troupe,» the obituary says.
< br />For more than 60 years, he has played about 120 roles. Among them are Alexander Aduev in «An Ordinary Story», Pushkin in the play «Only 13 Months» by Deunov, Will in «To Be or Not to Be» by Gibson and many others.
Since 1977, Vadim Keshner has taught at the Kazan Theater School.
Earlier, the death of Israeli writer Meir Shalev was reported. Among his most famous books is «The Russian Romance». His ancestors came to Israel from Russia, Poland and Ukraine.