The key facts

  • Lidia Fedoseeva-Shukshina died on November 7 at the age of 88; according to media reports, the cause was acute heart failure
  • Farewell — November 10 in Kuntsevo, funeral service — November 11 at the Church of the Resurrection of the Word
  • The burial is planned at the Novodevichy Cemetery, where Vasily Shukshin is buried

Dates of the farewell and funeral service

The funeral service for People's Artist of the RSFSR Lidia Fedoseeva-Shukshina will be held on Wednesday, November 11, at the Moscow Church of the Resurrection of the Word, , her daughter told TASS. The farewell ceremony will take place on November 10 in Kuntsevo, and the actress is planned to be buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery — the same place where her husband, actor and director Vasily Shukshin, is laid to rest.

Circumstances of death and artistic career

The actress died on November 7 at the age of 88. In October she was urgently hospitalized due to heart problems and placed in intensive care; according to media reports, the cause of death was acute heart failure. She had previously suffered a stroke and in recent years rarely appeared in public.

Inheritance and biography

Earlier, a lawyer spoke about the particulars of the inheritance case of the actress. Fedoseeva-Shukshina was born in Leningrad, graduated from VGIK and played more than 90 roles in film and television. She became widely known for her work in Vasily Shukshin's films, whom she married in the 1960s; their daughters Maria and Olga were born in the marriage. After the director's death in 1974, she continued her career in film and theater.