People bid final farewell to prominent actor Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
The funeral service of prominent Armenian-Russian actor Armen Dzhigarkhanyan took place on Tuesday at the State Drama Theatre of Moscow. The farewell ceremony was open to public. The actor will be buried in Moscow Vagankovo Cemetery. Dzhigarkhanyan died aged 85 on November 14.
To note, USSR People’s Artist, theater and film actor, director and theater teacher Armen Dzhigarkhanyan was born in Yerevan on October 3, 1935. The prominent actor starred in more than 200 films.
On March 12, 1996, the Moscow Drama Theater directed by Armen Dzhigarkhanyan was set up at the actor department of the Russian State University of Cinematography (VGiK) where he taught.