The funeral of Russian actor Andrey Khoroshev took place in Sukhumi district.

The funeral of Russian actor, director, and screenwriter Andrey Khoroshev took place on January 6 at the Mikhailovsky Cemetery in the Sukhumi region of Abkhazia.

"Today we say goodbye to Andrey Khoroshev, with whom just 20 days ago we were thinking about future projects. He said he wanted to stay in Abkhazia forever. That's what happened," said Ruslan Khashig, Chairman of the Union of Journalists of Abkhazia. His words are quoted by TASS.

A funeral service was held at 13:00 in the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord at the cemetery in the village of Yashtukha, and a funeral rally was held at 14:00. The ceremony was attended by the Minister of Culture of Abkhazia Daur Kove, representatives of the Russian Embassy, Khoroshev's daughter Lisa, friends and colleagues.

Earlier it was reported that the actor's funeral will be held on January 7, but later they were postponed to January 6.

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Khoroshev died at the age of 66 on January 2. He was an active member of the Council of Fathers of the Gagarin District, led the children's television studio circle, and was awarded letters of appreciation from the Yakutia administration and the regional City Duma. Later it became known that Khoroshev died jumping into a hot spring to save a man.

In 1983, the actor graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute with a degree in Information Systems, and in 1990 he graduated from the directing department of VGIK. He gained acting fame thanks to his roles in the films "Doctor Zhivago", "Fighter", "Admiral".

In addition, Khoroshev was the author of visual stylistics and the director of photography for the ballet film Salome by Alla Sigalova, which was nominated at the Cannes Film Festival in 1992.

Since 2002, the director has been the host of the Seekers program, and in 2016 he became the commissioner for tourism in Yakutia. He also promoted the restoration of the historical monument "Shergina Mine".

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