Tatyana Shmyga

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Tatyana Ivanovna Shmyga (Russian: Татьяна Ивановна Шмыга; born 31 December 1928 – died 3 February 2011) was a Soviet and Russian operetta/musical theatre performer. She went on to act in films as well. She was a People's Artist of the USSR (1978).[1]

The Hussar Ballad.[2]

Awards

Shmyga remains the only musical theatre actress to date to receive the title of People's Artist of the USSR. She also received the M.I. Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR in 1974, the Order of the Badge of Honor and several other medals.[2]

Personal life

She was married three times:

  • television journalist Rudolf Borecki[3]
  • musical director Vladimir Kandelaki[3]
  • composer Anatoly Kremer[4]

Death

Shmyga died in Moscow, aged 82, from vascular disease.[1][5]

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