The troupe of the Moscow Academic Vakhtangov Theatre got together in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow today.

      The unveiling ceremony of the monument to the People's Artist of the USSR Yury Yakovlev (1928-2013) took place there.

      The famous Russian film and stage actor Yury Yakovlev, aged 85, died on the night of November 30, 2013. The farewell ceremony took place in the Vakhtangov Theatre on December 3. On the same day the actor was buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery.

      The sculptor Evgeny Lancere became the author of the gravestone memorial, which was financed by the Vakhtangov Theatre.