People’s Artist of the Russian Federation died at the age of 89 actor theater and cinema Gennady Yukhtin, previously hospitalized in one of the capital’s hospitals with covid. This was reported in the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation.
National fame Gennady Yukhtin received after filming in the films: “The Rumyantsev Case”, Ballad of a Soldier, “Alien Relatives”, “Spring on Zarechnaya Street”, “The Elusive Avengers”, “About Friends-Comrades”, “The Brothers Karamazov” and others.
He was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR and People’s Artist of the Russian Federation (for great services in the field of cinematography). In 2008, Yukhtin was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree.
The actor was hospitalized coronavirus infection to one of the capital’s hospitals in early February. He insisted on being discharged home as soon as his condition stabilized, but on February 15 he was again taken to the hospital.
Gennady Yukhtin was born on March 30, 1932 in the village of Chubovka, Kuibyshev Region, USSR. At the age of 10, he was left an orphan, brought up in an orphanage. Yukhtin is a graduate of VGIK, studied at the course of Olga Pyzhova and Boris Bibikov. In 1955 he joined the troupe of the Theater – the studio of a film actor.
According to the deputy of the Moscow City Duma, head of the commission on culture and mass communications Yevgeny Gerasimov, Gennady Yukhtin deserves to be immortalized. The Moscow City Duma is ready to consider relevant proposals, if any, he said. RIA News.