Mashkov was elected chairman of the Union of Theater Workers of Russia – Kommersant
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The artistic director of the Oleg Tabakov Theater, Vladimir Mashkov, was elected chairman of the Union of Theater Workers (UTD) of Russia for five years. During the extraordinary congress, 176 people supported his candidacy, 20 voted against, TASS reports. Mr. Mashkov was the only candidate for this post.
Initially, members of the STD nominated People’s Artist of Russia Alexander Lazarev, Director of the Vakhtangov Theater Kirill Krok, People’s Artist of Russia Andrei Borisov and General Director of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theaters Valery Gergiev in addition to Vladimir Mashkov for inclusion in the secret ballot list. However, all four candidates later recused themselves.
Vladimir Mashkov replaced Alexander Kalyagin as chairman of the Union of Theater Workers of Russia. Mr. Kalyagin has headed STD since 1996. In October 2023, he stated that the entire activity of the union “requires rethinking” and proposed convening an emergency extraordinary congress of the union and re-electing the chairman and secretaries.
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