“He is a prominent, prominent theatrical figure.
Such a bright figure.
A talented person who has created an important, distinctive page in the history of Russian theater, "he said in an interview with the" 360 "TV channel.
According to the filmmaker, this is a great loss for the national culture.
In turn, the People's Artist of the RSFSR Valentina Talyzina, in an interview with the Zvezda TV channel, called Viktyuk a genius.
“He was a genius of Russian performing arts, Russian psychological school.
He was the genius of the whole theater.
For him, nothing existed: no family ties, no personal ties.
The only thing for him was theater, ”she said.
Viktyuk died at the age of 84. At the end of October, he was hospitalized with a coronavirus infection.