The event was held on February 12 in the Chamber Hall of the Russian Army Theater. On the stage were photographs, costumes, personal belongings, creating an atmosphere of the invisible presence of two actors. And although they were completely different, they were united by serving one theater. The whole country knew the shepherd Musaib Gatuev, performed by Zeldin. And, thanks to the filming in this film in 1941.

The young actor received a reservation and was not sent to the front. "The film saved my life," Vladimir Mikhailovich later said.. Nina Sazonova had a completely different fate. She knew about the war firsthand. Driving in the front brigades, the young artist raised the spirit of the soldiers with her songs. Her war began on June 22, 1941.. at the Belorussian station, when mothers, wives, and brides with tears saw their closest people into dangerous suspense. "Amazing images, they never become our past," noted the host of the evening with a warm note in the voice, People's Artist of Russia Olga Bogdanova. - Although one always shone, and the other modestly sang songs. But the glory also came to her, which was predicted by their teacher and the first chief director of the Red Army Theater Alexei Popov. "Wait, your hour will come!", He once said and was right ". At the evening there were wonderful artists, directors, musicians. They all recalled moments from life connected with the heroes of the evening. The main director of the Russian Army Theater, Boris Morozov, very accurately said about Sazonova and Zeldin: "Nina Sazonova extracted from the heart the warmth, kindness, dignity of the acting profession. Well-off young man Vladimir Zeldin, going on stage, "took" the whole room, "he said.. Alexander Domogarov recalled that Zeldin young actors called "the echo of our generation". The master of the scene had a great sense of humor. And Nina Sazonova was called in the people by Aunt Klava - by the name of her heroine. In the province did not even believe that she is an actress. Performed by actors of the Theater of the Army, songs from the repertoire of Sazonova and Zeldin. Tamara Gverdtsiteli in memory of Vladimir Mikhailovich performed her crown song "Vivat, King!". Olga Kabo read poetry. Vsevolod Shilovsky shared his memories of the actress's seating. At the end of the evening Julius Gusman summed up the lines: "Vladimir Zeldin and Nina Sazonova are happy people who saw their success and expressed in full what they wanted. Let's live, to be friends and work like Zeldin and Sazonov did ". A special role in the evening of memory was played by radiating tranquility and charm Olga Bogdanova. She held it with brilliance, demonstrating tact, a subtle sense of humor and impeccable taste.