Oleg Novikov, artist of the Volkov Theater in Yaroslavl, died

Actor of the Yaroslavl Volkov Theater Oleg Novikov died at the age of 64. This is reported in the official group of the theater in social networks.

The artist passed away on February 2. The cause of death was a severe disease, with which the actor fought, writes the site kp.ru.

"Farewell to Oleg Novykov will be held in the city of Yaroslavl, street Zagorodny garden, 9. It will be held on February 5 at 11 o'clock", - quotes the message of the theater site aif.ru.

Oleg Novikov was born in 1961. Graduated from the Yaroslavl theater school and performed on the stages of the Nikolaev Drama Theater, and then the Academic Drama Theater named after Fyodor Volkov. Novikov also starred in films and TV series, among them: "House arrest", "Smersh", "Rostov", "Partners", "Pennsylvania", "Legavy", "Code of Honor-7".

The last work of the artist was the role of Lyuba's father in the play "Kalina Red" Vasily Shukshin, reported IA Regnum.