Yesterday, September 6, Ukrainian actor Vyacheslav Sumsky would have turned 88 years old.. Therefore, his daughter - Olga Sumskaya - honored the memory of her father.

In her Instagram, the celebrity showed archival black-and-white footage with her loved one and remembered what dad was like during his lifetime..

" I know that you are always there! The pain of loss will never go away, you just live with it…"

Sumskaya recalled one childhood episode, when her father refused the title of People's Artist of the USSR, the highest award of that time..

Olga Vyacheslavovna said that her father was principled during his lifetime. When he was awarded the honorary title, he refused. And all because Vyacheslav Sumsky considered himself a people's artist only in Ukraine.

" Magara... At a meeting of the troupe, it was announced that Vyacheslav Sumsky had signed the title of People's Artist of the USSR! This is the highest award of that time (70s) for an actor after state awards. To which dad said: " That's how he was. Infinitely talented and principled in everything. "