Tatarstan citizens say goodbye to Shaukat Biktemirov

Hundreds of people have come to the Kamal theatre to say goodbye to a distinguished Tatar actor, People’s Artist of USSR, People’s Artist of RSFSR, People’s Artist of TASSR, laureate of State Prize of Russian Federation named after K.S.Stanislavsky, laureate of State Prize of the Republic of Tatarstan named after G.Tukay Shaukat Biktemirov.

President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, Chairman of State Council Farid Mukhametshin, Deputy Chairman of State Council Rimma Ratnikova, first Deputy Minister of culture Irada Ayupova, public leaders, culture, art and religious figures, colleagues and friends came to honor his memory.

The Tatarstan President and officials laid flowers and expressed condolences to relatives of Shaukat Biktemirov.

Rimma Ratnikova noted with regret that G.Kamal theatre has lost several distinguished figures for the last few months – Director of the Kamal theatre Shamil Zakirov, playwright Tufan Minnulin, and Shaukat Biktemirov.

After graduation from the Kazan theatre college in 1949, Shaukat Biktemirov was admitted to the group of G.Kamal Tatar academic theatre where he worked all his life. For 60 years of work Shaukat Biktemirov created more than 130 images for classical and contemporary plays.

Colleagues of the actor Nailya Garaeva, Ravil Sharafiev, Art Director of the Kazan Academic Russian Big Drama Theatre named after V.I.Kachalov Aleksandr Slavutsky made farewell speeches.