Main actor of the theater. People's Artist Evgeniy Vakhtangov of Russia Vladimir Simonov has passed away. reports this with reference to a source close to the artist world.

“Vladimir Simonov has passed away,” the agency's interlocutor said. Simonov was born on June 7, 1957 in the city of Oktyabrsk, Samara region. The future actor graduated from high school in 1974, after which he went to Moscow.
In the capital, he tried to enter the Theater School. Boris Schukin. The artist successfully passed the creativity test but could not pass the Russian language and literature test. As a result, Simonov returned home, where he entered the Kuibyshev Institute of Culture in the department of folk theater direction. In 1976, the actor entered the Theater School. Boris Shchukin on the course of Alla Kazanskaya.
After graduation, the artist was accepted into the troupe of the Vakhtangov Theater. Simonov worked there until 1983, after which he was invited to the Moscow Art Theater. In 1989, the actor returned to the Vakhtangov Theater, where he works to this day.






































