“The most important person for us, Galina Borisovna Volchek, did not become. This is a terrible, unbearable grief. Galina Borisovna was a close, dear person to each of us, ”the theater’s website said in a statement.

Galina Volchek died on December 26 at the 87th year of her life.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he always admired the talent of Volchek, and also expressed condolences on her death.