Farewell to Lyudmila Gurchenko - the family canceled the civilian memorial service

The family of People's Artist of the USSR Lyudmila Gurchenko at the last moment canceled the civilian memorial service according to the actress. This was announced today by the press secretary of the central house of writers Marina Zamskaya, where at 10:00 Moscow time a farewell began with Gurchenko.

Earlier it was assumed that the civilian requiem, on which the actress’s friends and colleagues will perform, will begin at noon. “However, in just a few hours, the relatives of Lyudmila Markovna decided to cancel all official speeches,” the press secretary said.

Thousands of people gathered at the CDL. At the entrance to the building on Bolshaya Nikitskaya, special metal fences were installed in order to organize fans of the actress.

Many of them came with flowers, mainly people hold roses and red carnations in their hands, which Lyudmila Markovna especially loved. Farewell to Gurchenko covers more than a hundred media, including more than forty television channels from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other countries.

The coffin with the body of the actress is installed on the stage of the Great Hall of the House of Writers. Above it is a color portrait of Gurchenko. Fragments of the performances of Lyudmila Markovna are also demonstrated on the large screen.

For the last appearance of the actress in the public, her relatives chose a white dress, which Lyudmila Markovna herself embroidered with beads. She really hoped to speak in him at her future concert. However, death made its adjustments to the plans of the actress - on March 30, she died suddenly in the 76th year of her life.

At 10:00 Moscow time, everyone began to go to the Central House of Artists. Close, following the last will of the actress, abandoned the funeral service in the church. Immediately after the mourning ceremony, the motorcade will go to the Novodevichy cemetery, where Lyudmila Gurchenko will be buried next to Tatyana Shmyga, Vyacheslav Tikhonov and Oleg Yankovsky.

“Lyudmila Gurchenko was a great man,” Mikhail Zhvanetsky told reporters. “She played beautifully, she looked beautiful, she made a huge contribution to our culture.” According to the writer, Gurchenko was accompanied by a crowd all his life, on her performances there were a full house. “And today her last full house,” Zhvanetsky remarked bitterly.

Sergey Yursky compared Gurchenko with an arrow, which always looked for a goal. “I think she always strove for beauty,” said the actor. “She always remembered her duty to her father, whom she always spoke with admiration.”

“A huge crowd came in parting with Gurchenko today, the line stretched through several streets, and it does not surprise me, Lucia deserves it,” said Yura. “She always loved her spectators and worked for them.” “I am delighted with her whole life,” the actor admitted. “Even today, Lyudmila Markovna is young and beautiful.”

The first deputy mayor of Moscow Lyudmila Shvetsova, representatives of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Russian Federation, musician Stas Namin, singers Dima Bilan, Anita Tsoi and many others have already said goodbye to Gurchenko.

On the day of farewell, songs performed by Lyudmila Gurchenko will sound in the Moscow metro.

Ryazanov, Todorovsky and Mikhalkov said goodbye to their actress

Director Eldar Ryazanov said goodbye to the People's Artist of the USSR Lyudmila Gurchenko. It was he who 56 years ago shot the actress in his debut film "Carnival Night", which glorified both of them throughout the country.

Eldara Alexandrovich brought his wife Emma to the coffin under his arms. The director stood next to his beloved actress for several minutes, whispering her words of gratitude. Then he took a place on his left hand from the coffin, where relatives usually sit. There is also Nikita Mikhalkov, who starred with Gurchenko in the Ryazanov film "Station for Two". Mikhalkov himself shot Lyudmila Markovna in his picture "Five evenings."

Director Peter Todorovsky, who shot her in the film "Beloved woman of the mechanic Gavrilova", Sergey Solovyov, Vladimir Ilyin, Andrey Malakhov, also said goodbye to Lyudmila Gurchenko. And singer Philip Kirkorov admitted to reporters that "when Gurchenko appeared on the screens, he could not force himself to switch to another channel."

Despite the rain, the Central House of Sciences still has a huge queue that stretches from Bolshoi Nikitskaya Street to the Garden Ring.