Yury Mefodievich Solomin was a Soviet and Russian actor and director who was an art director of the Maly Theatre in Moscow from 1988. He previously served as Minister of Culture of the RSFSR from 1990 to 1991.
Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky was a Soviet and Russian actor who excelled in psychologically sophisticated roles of modern intellectuals. In 1991, he became, together with Sofia Pilyavskaya, the last person to be named a People's Artist of the USSR.
Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov was a Soviet and Russian actor and the Artistic Director of the Moscow Art Theatre. People's Artist of the USSR (1988).
Yury Vasilyevich Yakovlev was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1976.
Stanislav Andreyevich Lyubshin is a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, and People's Artist of the RSFSR (1981).
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevstigneyev was a prominent Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre pedagogue, one of the founders of the Moscow Sovremennik Theatre. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1983 and awarded the USSR State Prize in 1974.
Leonid Isaakovich Yarmolnik is a Soviet and Russian actor and film producer.
Vladimir Lvovich Mashkov is a Soviet and Russian actor and theater director of cinema, known to Western audiences for his work in the 2001 film Behind Enemy Lines and 2011 film Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Mashkov has also worked as a film director, producer and writer for the 2004 Russian film Papa.
Sergey Leonidovich Dorenko was a Russian TV and radio journalist, known for hosting a weekly news commentary program in 1999–2000.
Oleg Nikolayevich Yefremov was a Soviet and Russian actor and Moscow Art Theatre producer. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1976) and a Hero of Socialist Labour (1987).
Igor Matveyevich Kostolevsky is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He has received the People's Artist of Russia title in 1995. Kostolevsky is best known for starring in the films Teheran 43 and The Captivating Star of Happiness.
Andrey Vasilyevich Myagkov was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theater director and writer. He is best known for his roles in famous films directed by Eldar Ryazanov, such as The Irony of Fate (1975), Office Romance (1977), The Garage (1979) and A Cruel Romance (1984).
Vladimir Valentinovich Menshov was a Soviet and Russian actor and film director. He was noted for depicting the Russian everyman and working class life in his films. Although Menshov mostly worked as an actor, he is better known for the films he directed, especially for the 1979 melodrama Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Actress Vera Alentova, who starred in the film, is the mother of Vladimir Menshov's daughter Yuliya Menshova.
Sergey Vitalyevich Bezrukov is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor, singer, People's Artist of Russia, the laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation. He currently works at Tabakov Studio. He is a member of the Supreme Council of the party United Russia.
Moscow Sovremennik Theatre is a theatre company in Moscow founded in 1956. "Sovremennik" means "Contemporary".
Igor Leonidovich Kirillov was a Soviet and Russian news presenter, announcer and actor.
Aleksei Gennadyevich Guskov is a Soviet and Russian actor and producer. He was awarded People's Artist of Russia in 2007.
Galina Borisovna (Berovna) Volchek was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress, theater director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1989) and Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation (2017).
Alla Borisovna Pokrovskaya was a Soviet-Russian actress and educator.
Igor Nikolayevich Rudensky is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th State Dumas. In 2003, he was granted a Candidate of Sciences in Economics degree.
