This was reported to TASS by his wife, actress Anna Nazareva.

It is noted that he died on September 8, farewell to him will take place on September 12.

“On September 8, he was gone.

Tomorrow is farewell, Khovansky crematorium, Admiral Kornilov street, 42, ”Nazarieva said.

According to the interlocutor of the agency, Polynnikov died as a result of cancer, the last days the filmmaker was in intensive care.

Earlier it was reported that the Soviet and Russian director-animator and cartoonist Leonid Shvartsman died at the age of 101.