“A bright, talented, enthusiastic person, with your creativity, with your whole life you set a worthy example of deep, constructive love for your chosen business, for people, for your homeland,” the message of the president says.
He noted that Pakhmutova made "a huge contribution to the development of the wonderful traditions of national culture", which earned the artist "the highest, truly popular recognition."
Pakhmutova became the author of more than 400 compositions, including the hits “Belovezhskaya Pushcha”, “Old Maple”, “Tenderness”, “Hope”, “How Young We Were” and dozens of others.
She also wrote a melody for the composition, which was performed at the close of the Olympics-80, and her songs were performed by leading artists of the Soviet and Russian pop