Anastasia Verbitskaya, a teacher at GITIS, died at the age of 95.

Anastasia Verbitskaya, an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, a specialist in stage movement and fencing, died at the age of 96. This was announced on August 23 in the Telegram channel of the Russian Institute of Theatrical Arts (GITIS).

"Anastasia Vsevolodovna Verbitskaya, an outstanding teacher at GITIS, one of the world's largest experts in stage movement and fencing, and an Honored Artist of Russia, died today at the age of 96," the statement said.

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