“An actor of great talent and charm has passed away, leaving a bright mark on the national theater and cinema.
In the creative biography of Valery Borisovich, there are dozens of brilliantly played roles that have won him popular love, ”says a telegram on the website of the capital's mayor.
Earlier it became known that Valery Garkalin died at the age of 68.
The Minister of Culture of Russia Olga Lyubimova called Garkalin's artistic images the personification of an entire era.