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MOSCOW, August 26 Director Gleb Panfilov was a big part of Russian culture, he had brilliant films and outstanding theatrical works, said the chairman of the Moscow City Duma Commission on Culture and Mass Communications Evgeny Gerasimov, noting that the memory of Panfilov will be immortalized.
Earlier, the director of the Lenkom Theater told the agency that director Gleb Panfilov had died at the age of 89.
«Gleb is a big part of our culture. We were friends with both Inna and Gleb, with their family. Brilliant films were made with him, theatrical works are no less outstanding. Their life and work with Churikova delighted us. We he will be missed … I am sure that the memory will be immortalized in one form or another,» Gerasimov said.
Earlier in January of this year, People's Artist Inna Churikova died.