
The ashes of actor Alexei Devotchenko, who died in Moscow, was buried on Wednesday at the cemetery near St. Petersburg, Interfax reports.
The deputy of the legislative assembly of the Northern capital Boris Vishnevsky informed the agency that the ceremony began at 11:00 in the village of Komarovo. “As far as I know, Alexei's relatives and friends came,” Vishnevsky said.
The body of Devotchenko was discovered on November 5 in a Moscow apartment on Altufevskoye Shosse. The Investigative Committee conducts a pre -investigation verification on the fact of the death of the actor.
According to the source of the agency in law enforcement agencies, the artist could die from a heart attack. According to another version, he could intoxicated in a state of intoxication and hit his head. In the rented apartment where the actor lived, empty alcohol bottles were found.
The exact cause of the death of the St. Petersburg actor will be established by the results of the forensic medical examination.
Alexey Devotchenko was born on October 14, 1965 in Leningrad. Back at school, he began to play in the Bryantsev Youth Theater. In 1990 he graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography named after N.K. Cherkasov, workshop of Arkady Katsman and Leo Dodin. In 2011-2012 he worked at the Moscow Theater of the Young Spectators. Since 2012, he was in the troupe of the Moscow Art Theater named after Chekhov. In recent years, he worked at the Gogol Center. Samilogue to the audience in many television series and films.
The actor was known for his active civil position, participated in the actions of the opposition.