Sergei Artsybashev

Sergei Nikolayevich Artsibashev (Russian: Серге́й Никола́евич Арциба́шев), less Artsybashev (Russian: Арцыба́шев); September 14, 1951, Kalja, North Urals District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, USSR — July 12, 2015, Moscow, Russia) was a Russian theater director and actor. From 2002 until 2011 he was the artistic director at Moscow's Mayakovsky Theatre. Artsibashev was recognized as People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2005) and made a chevalier of the Order of Honour (2009). He died of cancer on July 12, 2015. ()