“Woe that one of the best in the theater space of my fatherland has left ... I know his wonderful times in Vilnius and I remember both me and my wife.
We remember, because they blessed him with outstanding success with "The Handmaids" ... And that was the finest hour of the Roman Viktyuk Theater.
And everything that followed was still illuminated by his daring, cheerful, elegant talent, ”said Smekhov.
Earlier, Soviet and Russian actress Valentina Talyzina, in a conversation with RT, called Viktyuk a great genius.
Viktyuk died at the age of 84.
At the end of October, he was hospitalized with a coronavirus infection.