Actor Valery Ryabkov dies at the age of 74

Soviet and Russian actor Valery Ryabkov died at the age of 75. This was reported at the Tyumen Bolshoi Drama Theatre, where Ryabkov worked for almost half a century.

“The Tyumen Bolshoi Drama Theater has lost one of its oldest actors,” the theater said.

Ryabkov joined the Tyumen Bolshoi Drama Theater in 1974 as an assistant director, and in 1978 became an actor. He played roles in the productions of The Inspector General, Three Comrades, Chasing Two Hares and many others.