[HIGHLIGHTS] The Russian Academy of Arts announced the death of Alexei Shmarinov

Russian culture has suffered a bereavement. Alexei Shmarinov was widely known not only in Russia, but also abroad.

His main themes of creativity were heroic history, modern life of Russia and the beauty of the Motherland. Earlier it was reported about the death of Soviet and American conceptual artist Ilya Kabakov at the age of 89 years. Also on May 23, it became known about theDeath of Honored Artist of Russia Alexander Zaitsev. The artist was a member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts (RAA)