Honored Artist of the RSFSR (10/14/1963). People's Artist of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1978). People's Artist of the RSFSR (07.27.1972). People's Artist of the USSR (1985). In 1952 he graduated from the State Institute of Theater Arts. A.V. Lunacharskiy (teachers - A.A. Goncharov, A.M. Lobanov). Since 1952, in the Theater. Ermolova (in 1970-1985 - the main director, in 1990-2012 - artistic director). In 1985-1988 - the main director of the Maly Theater. In the cinema since ...