The renowned Russian film director Nikita Mikhalkov turned 70 today, October 21.

French actress Marina Vlady, the widow of the famous Russian singer-songwriter Vladimir Vysotsky, has put up his personal art collection for auction.

At the end of October the People's Artist of the USSR will play a leading role in the play Uncle's Dream at the Modern Theater.

The 175th anniversary since the birth of Pyotr Tchaikovsky is celebrated with a festival from October 5 to October 7, 2015.

Russian mass media spread the news that Mikhail Gorbachev, the only president of the Soviet Union, was hospitalized.

The People's Artist of Russia, the composer Maksim Dunayevsky has been appointed the art director of the Moscow Regional Philharmonic Hall.

The famous French actor Gerard Depardieu wants to act Ivan the Terrible in a Russian movie.

The famous opera singer Dmitry Khvorostovsky is coming back on stage after treatment from brain tumor.

The People's Artist of Russia Mikhail Svetin died in the resuscitation unit of a district hospital in the Leningrad Region on August 30.

Today, August 25, marks the 85th jubilee of the People's Artist of the USSR, the outstanding film director and scriptwriter Georgi Daneliya.