“I have just heard this sad news.

Gone is our largest director, the authority for all of us.

And for me it is also a personal loss.

I have known Vladimir Naumovich since I was five, ”RIA Novosti Chukhrai quotes.

According to the director, Naumov had a great influence on him.

Earlier, the Union of Cinematographers of Russia announced that People's Artist of the USSR, director Vladimir Naumov died at the age of 93.