“The theater’s artistic director Nikolai Gubenko called us and informed about the death of Zinaida Slavina, we don’t yet know the circumstances of the death,” TASS quoted the representative of the Taganka Actors Theater as saying.

According to him, the farewell to the actress will be held in the theater, but the date is still unknown.

Since 1964, Slavina took part in the performances of the Moscow Drama and Comedy Theater on Taganka. In addition, she has also worked at the Taganka Actors Theater since its founding in 1993.

Earlier it became known about the death of director Boris Rychkov.