Aleksandr Lazarev

FILE Soviet and Russian theatre and cinema actor, people's artist of Russia Aleksandr Lazarev at Berdyansk festival, in 2003. On May 2, 2011, on the 74th year of his life, in Moscow, the actor Aleksandr Lazarev-senior died. He will be buried at Troyekurovskoye cemetry. For more than 50 years Lazarev had been working in Mayakovskiy theatre. He acted in more than 50 performances in this theatre. Lazarev filmed in more than 70 films. The actor debuted in 1961. In 2008 Lazarev was awarded the Order of Merit for the Motherland of the third degree. Photo by Aleksandr Prilepa / UNIAN