The farewell to director Butusov will take place in Moscow, and the funeral in St. Petersburg.

The farewell to theater director Yuri Butusov will take place in Moscow, after which he will be buried in St. Petersburg. This was announced to the TASS news agency on August 11 by the director's widow Maria.

"The funeral is in St. Petersburg, the farewell is in Moscow," she said.

According to her, Butusov is being cremated. The date of the farewell ceremony has not been announced.

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On August 10, actress Varvara Shmykova announced Butusov's death at the age of 64. Among his famous productions are "The Seagull" (Satyricon Theater), "King Lear" (Vakhtangov Theater), "Uncle Vanya", "Hamlet", "Macbeth. Cinema", "Three Sisters" (Leningrad City Council Theater).

Later, Kirill Krok, director of the Vakhtangov Theater, clarified that the director drowned on vacation in Bulgaria with his wife and two children.

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