Today, March 15, at 8:00 am Kyiv time in Moscow, the farewell ceremony with People's Artist of the USSR Oleg Tabakov.

The last way the actor escorted off at the Moscow Art Theater named after Chekhov. As the Russian media reported, the civil funeral service will begin at 12:00, and Tabakov's funeral will be held at 4:00 pm.

The star will be buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery.

People began to bring flowers to the building of the theater in the Kamergersky Lane long before the official commencement of farewells. The entrance to the building is fenced with iron barriers, and police cars are on duty at Tverskaya Street.

Recall that the star of the Soviet cinema Oleg Tabakov died on Monday, March 12. The actor was 82 years old.

At the end of November 2017, Oleg Tabakov was immediately hospitalized in a Moscow hospital in extremely serious condition. Soon he was operated on. The actor was tracheotomized. Intervention of surgeons was required because of the obstruction of Tabakov's upper respiratory tract. In December, the media reported that the star was introduced into an artificial coma. In December, the actor regained consciousness, but practically did not recognize anyone.