Childhood of Igor Kvasha
Igor Vladimirovich’s childhood was during the difficult years of the war and the post-war period. While being evacuated in Siberia, the boy and his friends wanted to help the Red Army. The guys couldn’t come up with anything better than going to the front, escaping from their teachers. However, they never managed to carry out their plans.
This was not the only act of Kvasha that could be called reckless. The main trait of the future actor in childhood was not diligence. Igor skipped classes, often got into fights, and when he came to school, he was a troublemaker. Other students, as fate would have it, turned out to be no better, and one day the teachers’ patience came to an end. It was decided to disband the class in which Igor Vladimirovich studied.
Life without a father had a special impact on the formation of Kvasha’s character. His mother was forced to work a lot. She couldn't keep an eye on her son all the time. As a result of this, the child was left to his own devices, as well as to the influence of the street. Only from the outside do the Arbat lanes seem quiet. During Igor Kvasha’s childhood, this was a gangster area; one had to steadfastly defend one’s primacy.
Childhood and family of Igor Kvasha
Igor Kvasha was born in Moscow.
The boy lost his father quite early, at the age of nine. Vladimir Ilyich Kvasha died on the Leningrad front in 1942. Igor's childhood was during the difficult war and post-war years. While being evacuated in Siberia, the boy and his comrades wanted to help the Soviet army. The guys couldn’t come up with anything better than to escape from the teachers and go to the front. However, they failed to implement the idea.
This was not the only reckless act of Kvasha. Diligence was not his main characteristic. The boy often fought, skipped classes, and when he appeared at school, he was an ardent troublemaker. As fate would have it, the other students were no better, so at one point the teachers’ patience could not stand it, and it was decided to disband the class.
Life without a father had a special impact on the formation of Igor’s character. The mother, forced to constantly work, could not constantly monitor her son, which is why the child was left to his own devices and to the influence of the street. Arbat lanes seem quiet only from the outside. During Igor Kvasha’s childhood, this was the most gangster area, so he had to constantly defend his own primacy.
Igor Kvasha in his youth
It would seem that such a hooligan lifestyle is little compatible with the image of a theater boy, but even then Igor showed artistic talents. At school evenings, he regularly read poetry, and his mother tried to introduce her son to the theatrical environment and periodically took him to performances.
When a theater studio appeared in Kvasha’s life in the House of Pioneers, he gradually abandoned yard entertainment, because studying acting took a lot of time.
The first manifestations of artistic talent
A hooligan lifestyle, it would seem, is not compatible with the theater, but Igor already began to show artistic talents during these years. He often read poetry at school evenings, and his mother tried to introduce her son to the theatrical environment. From time to time she took Igor to performances. After the House of Pioneers appeared in his life with a theater studio located in it, the boy gradually abandoned all his yard entertainment, since teaching acting now took up a lot of his time.
Studying at the Moscow Art Theater and working at Sovremennik
In 1950, Igor Kvasha was enrolled in the Moscow Art Theater School under A.M. Karev. His teenage years, according to the actor himself, were spent in great difficulty. Study lasted 10-12 hours. It would seem that there was no time for rest, but the young people knew how to have fun, trying to make the most of every free minute. Igor was fond of sports and drew beautifully. He began equestrian sports during his college years and received the 2nd category. In addition, Igor Vladimirovich was fond of football, tennis, and hockey.
After meeting O. Efremov, the idea of the Sovremennik Theater, very famous today, appeared, and enthusiasts began to rehearse not only days, but also nights.
The newly created Sovremennik turned out to be a real breakthrough for its time. First of all, in those years theaters could not arise without the knowledge of the CPSU Central Committee and the Council of Ministers. And the initiative to create them came mainly from top management. In addition, many productions of Sovremennik became a real challenge to the entire system of the USSR, and therefore not all plays stood the test of the strict censorship of that time.
The beginning of the career of actor Igor Kvasha, theater and filmography
In 1950, Igor Kvasha entered the Moscow Art Theater School for a course with A. M. Karev. According to the actor, his teenage years were spent in great difficulty. Studying for 10-12 hours seemed to leave no time for rest, but the young people did not refuse to have fun and made the most of every free minute. When, after meeting Oleg Efremov, the idea of the now famous Sovremennik Theater arose, enthusiasts occupied not only days but also nights with rehearsals. Revealing secrets. Stars: Igor Kvasha The newly created Sovremennik was a breakthrough for its time. Firstly, theaters did not arise without the knowledge of the Council of Ministers and the Central Committee of the CPSU. And the initiative to create it always came from top management. Secondly, many stage productions were a real challenge to the existing system, which is why not all plays were able to pass through harsh criticism.
First marriage
There were two marriages in the life of I. Kvasha. The first one turned out to be quite fleeting. While still a student, Igor Kvasha married actress Svetlana Miseri. His wife studied at the same school with Igor, so they knew each other since childhood. After entering the same university, they decided to register their relationship. This marriage, however, lasted only a year. Igor Kvasha turned out to be a bachelor again already in his second year.
The opinion that creative people are frivolous and amorous is very common today. However, such a description is hardly applicable to Igor Kvasha. He had a strong family, and he did not part with his wife until his death.
Episodes of life
Igor Kvasha has always been very sympathetic to the heroes of the “Wait for Me” program. Often he could not hold back his tears during the program. One day he was so moved that he went backstage right on set and cried there for several minutes. Few people know that all his life Igor Kvasha hoped to find his father, who disappeared during the war. Kvasha was a fan of the Spartak football club. When he was admitted to the hospital, shortly before his death, he was very worried that he would not be able to watch the match of his favorite team, and asked that a television be brought to his room, but he was not allowed. The team’s football players, worried about their favorite actor, hung a poster right at the stadium at that match with the words “Igor, we are with you!” Unfortunately, Kvasha could not see this. He soon became ill and after being injected with sleeping pills, he fell into a coma, from which he never emerged.
Igor Kvasha is the host of “Wait for Me,” the most humane program on Russian television
Igor Kvasha and his family
The meeting with his second future wife, Tatyana Putievskaya, took place back in 1956. The couple has been inseparable since then. Kvasha’s colleague Galina Volchek contributed to their acquaintance and the beginning of a relationship. Tatyana has nothing to do with acting, but she has successfully realized herself in the medical field. Son Vladimir followed in his mother’s footsteps. He studied to become a doctor, but today he decided to leave medicine due to financial difficulties and go into business. Vladimir Igorevich gave his father two grandchildren. Igor Kvasha’s granddaughter Anastasia was born in 1992, and his grandson Mikhail was born in 1995.
Personal life of Igor Kvasha
There were two marriages in the life of Igor Kvasha.
The first one with actress Svetlana Misery turned out to be quite fleeting. The young people had known each other since school, and after entering the same university, they decided to register their relationship. However, the marriage lasted only a year, and already in his second year Kvasha again found himself a bachelor. No matter how widespread the opinion was that creative people are amorous and frivolous, such a misconception hardly applies to Igor Kvasha. The meeting with his wife Tatyana took place back in 1956, and since then the couple has been inseparable. Galina Volchek, Kvasha’s colleague, facilitated their acquaintance and the beginning of a romantic relationship. Tatyana Putievskaya has nothing to do with the acting profession, but she has successfully realized herself in the medical field.
Funeral of Igor Kvasha Son Vladimir chose his mother’s profession for himself, received the profession of a doctor, but at the moment he left the medical profession and went into business. Vladimir gave his father two grandchildren. In 1992, Igor Kvasha had a granddaughter, Anastasia, and in 1995, a grandson, Mikhail.
Oblivion and return to screens
The films in which Kvasha starred almost never appeared on screens in the 1960s and 70s. The fact is that in those years there was an unspoken “black list”. The actor became objectionable to the Soviet authorities, primarily because of his social circle. The USSR regime did not like Vasily Aksenov, Viktor Nekrasov and Vladimir Voinovich. In addition, Kvasha was among those who participated in the signing of protest letters. He spoke out, in particular, against the introduction of Soviet tanks into Czechoslovakia.
However, the situation soon changed. Igor Kvasha began broadcasting a series of poetry programs on the radio in 1970. He read poems by famous Russian poets: M. Yu. Lermontov, A. S. Pushkin, V. V. Mayakovsky and others. In addition, he recorded the radio novel by B. L. Pasternak “Doctor Zhivago” and M. A. Bulgakov “ White Guard."
People's Artist Igor Kvasha has died
Today, at the age of 80, People's Artist of Russia Igor Kvasha died. He died in the intensive care unit of a Moscow hospital. His wife Tatyana Semyonovna, a doctor by profession, understood everything correctly and saw that her husband was fading away, but still the news of his death took her by surprise.
“I can’t speak now, it just happened,” it’s amazing that Tatyana Semyonovna was able to say even these meager words.
The Sovremennik Theater had known for a long time that Igor Kvasha was seriously ill. A little over a year ago, Igor Vladimirovich became ill right before the performance. Shortly before the start, the theater administrator came out to the audience and announced that an ambulance had been called for the artist Igor Kvasha. It happened so suddenly that they didn’t even have time to introduce a replacement. Igor Vladimirovich then refused to go to the hospital. “There is no need to scare the audience that I am seriously ill,” the artist told us.
In June, Kvasha and his theater colleagues Liya Akhedzhakova and Valentin Gaft were supposed to go on tour with the play “Difficult People”. The tour had to be canceled due to Igor Vladimirovich’s illness. He had problems with the bronchi; at first they thought it was due to Kvasha’s addiction to cigarettes. And when he was admitted to the hospital, the entire troupe advised him to quit smoking, conveyed greetings through his wife and reminded him that in the new season, which was an anniversary for Kvasha (on February 4 next year he would have turned 80 years old), his benefit performance should definitely be staged. At Sovremennik, everyone loved Igor Kvasha and called him the conscience of the theater, because he was a very decent and kind person.
Not long ago he had surgery. Everyone thought that after the operation Igor Kvasha would recover, they expected him to come to the troupe’s meeting on October 1. And suddenly this news.
“I can’t speak, I can’t understand, I found out about Igor’s death 20 minutes ago,” Liya Akhedzhakova sobs.
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed deep and sincere condolences to the family and friends of actor and TV presenter Igor Kvasha in connection with his death.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev also expressed his condolences, reports the press service of the Russian government (read more)
“Igor Kvasha was close and dear to millions of television viewers,” Joseph Kobzon commented on the sad news.
“I recently spoke with grief, he just left the hospital. And the only thing I asked was that he forget the word “hospital” and never return there... He complained that it was hard for him... “, ITAR-TASS quotes Kobzon as saying.
Lenkom artistic director Mark Zakharov called Igor Kvasha a personal loss and a blow to Russian culture.
“For me, he is not just a great artist, but also a very dear person. All my youth passed by. We talked together and discussed theatrical events - me, Grigory Gorin, his best friend. It’s very difficult for me to find the right words now, because this is a personal grief for me,” the director said (further).
Farewell to Igor Kvasha will take place on September 4 on the stage of Sovremennik. The funeral ceremony will begin at 10.00. The funeral will take place on the same day at the Troekurovsky cemetery (further).
Igor Kvasha died at the age of 80. Photo: RUSSIAN LOOK
Igor Kvasha was born on February 4, 1933 in Moscow. Father, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, head of the department of the Moscow Chemical Technology Institute Vladimir Ilyich Kvasha. Mother, Dora Zakharovna Kvasha, teacher of the deaf and speech pathologist.
Igor Kvasha graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School. From 1955 to 1957 he played at the Gorky Moscow Art Theater. Since 1957, together with Galina Volchek, Sovremennik Theater Its walls will become family to Kvasha for the rest of his life.
In 1978 he was awarded the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR. In 2006, for his great contribution to the development of theatrical art and many years of creative activity, he received the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree. (read more)
The artist played in fifty films and performances, including “The Privy Councilor”, “Property of the Republic”, “That Same Munchausen”, “The Man from the Boulevard des Capuchins”.
Igor Vladimirovich was also remembered by the audience as the permanent host of the “Wait for Me” program.
Igor Kvasha: “The truth is always exciting...”
People loved to make parodies of the “Wait for Me” program. In "Big Difference". In the Comedy Club... The image of a crying presenter. A sea of tears. Igor Vladimirovich wasn’t exactly offended... He seemed to be trying not to think about it. Igor Kvasha in the “Wait for Me” program lived with other people’s emotions. To such an extent that sometimes he left the program for a short time, but always returned... The program even produced a documentary series a couple of years ago about the fates of different people. Igor Vladimirovich really wanted these amazing stories of the most ordinary people to answer some very important question...
In an interview with KP, the artist answered how he copes with emotions in the studio...
It's hard... Very hard. It’s easier with films - you’ve already read the script, you know everything... But in the studio, real people, real emotions... But I personally am tired of constantly watching other people’s lives on TV. And then what's in it? Delving into the personal relationships of stars is tactless and uninteresting. Why interfere in someone else's private life? It no longer matters to anyone what these people do, what they do, what they are famous for. They discuss their relationships with loved ones and how they end up in hospitals... I know from myself how unpleasant and difficult it is. You have a problem, and someone writes and films it. There are a lot of lies... But in our program there is nothing feigned or contrived. It's true and it's exciting...
Igor Kvasha remained the host of the program until the very end, although due to health reasons, he appeared in the studio less and less. The last episode with his participation was shown on May 25.
Film work
At the same time, he actively began acting in films. Actor Kvasha Igor took part in 66 films from 1970 to 2012. Among them were the classic films “That Same Munchausen” and “The Man from the Boulevard des Capucines.”
In 1961, Igor Vladimirovich made his debut in the military drama “In Difficult Hours” by Ilya Gurin. He played the fighter Senya. And his first major work is the role of young Karl Marx in the film “A Year Like Life” by Grigory Roshal. Igor Kvasha, whose filmography is significant, admitted that he played this role with particular interest. He believed that Karl Marx was an extraordinary person, one of those who turns worlds upside down. Directors subsequently invited him to play the role of Marx more than once.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the actor was noted for his remarkable works. It was at this time that the following were released: the sports drama “The Lot”, the comedy “Straw Hat”, the melodrama “Simply Sasha”, “That Same Munchausen” (film parable), “Detective” (adventure detective), “The Man from the Boulevard des Capuchins” ( comedy) and "Tales of the Old Wizard". Igor's heroes were unique, always different. They annoyed and surprised, made them love and hate...
Igor Kvasha, whose biography is marked by participation in many films, considers his best film work to be the role of Stalin in the film “Under the Sign of Scorpio” by Yuri Sorokin, released in 1995. Igor Vladimirovich noted that this is perhaps his only role that he can look at from the outside as if it were not him, but someone else, on the screen.
Igor Kvasha died after passing a verdict on the Russian authorities (PHOTO, VIDEO)
Russia mourns Igor Kvasha, who died on August 30 in one of the capital's hospitals
He let through himself any pain of others and saved people not only in the “Wait for Me” program, but also in real life. One day, while relaxing at sea, he pulled a drowning boy out of the water during a storm. With complete dedication, Igor Kvasha conducted his famous program. In one of the episodes of “Wait for Me,” he was so moved that he went backstage right during filming, crying there for several minutes. Then Kvasha asked the directors to cut this episode, but the audience, seeing the presenter faltering and turning away, still caught the incredible torment that he experienced at that moment.
Igor Kvasha learned the rare ability to share the gift of his heart in difficult times with those who really need it from early childhood. When the war began, the family was evacuated to Siberia, where their passion for theater began. Little Igor visited a local studio, and after a short time he was already playing the main role in the play “Morozko” in the hospital in front of wounded soldiers. Let us add that in 1943, Kvasha’s father fell at Stalingrad.
Igor Kvasha © RIA Novosti, Georgy Ter-Ovanesov
At school, Igor Vladimirovich did not study well, devoting all his energy and time to the drama club. After graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School in 1955, he served in this theater for two years, then moved to Sovremennik. Until the end of his life, Kvasha lived in the Moscow Art Theater house, apartments in which Joseph Stalin generously gave to the actors. The actor treated the General Secretary with respect (although he somehow made fun of his speeches, which he listened to on records while drinking with his friend Oleg Efremov) and even played him in three films, including the acclaimed series “In the First Circle” (based on the novel of the same name by Alexander Solzhenitsyn and with the author’s voice behind the screen). However, Kvasha still considered his best role to be the role of Stalin in the film “Under the Sign of Scorpio” (1995). Among other impeccable film works of the deceased, one can highlight the role of the burgomaster in the tragic farce “That Same Munchausen” (1979), the pastor in “The Man from the Boulevard des Capuchins” (1987) and Doctor Stravinsky in “The Master and Margarita” (1994).
Many famous people have already spoken out about the death of Igor Kvasha. According to the current Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, Igor Kvasha was “an absolutely unforgettable person and an incredibly talented actor.” Former Minister of Culture Mikhail Shvydkoy also expressed condolences over the death of Kvasha. “He was a sincere, honest man, intolerant of falsehood and public lies, and surprisingly noble. Maybe that's why he was invited to a television program that required an impeccable sense of ethics. He kept “Wait for Me” from the vulgarity that is a lot in this kind of program ,” Shvydkoy told Interfax on Thursday.
Football commentator Ilya Kazakov on his Twitter recalled how Igor Kvasha loved football. “Kvasha. A decent person and a good actor. Sad though long good life. And he loved football very much,” Kazakov wrote. “ Before there was more football, but now there is more talk about it. Our football has recently given me a feeling of chaos and dirt ,” the actor lamented shortly before his death.
Igor Kvasha © RIA Novosti, Sergey Pyatakov
This is not the only sport that Kvasha was interested in. Igor Vladimirovich told the Sport Express newspaper how one day a dressage trainer fell ill, and her strict successor gave out the fastest horses to her wards out of spite. “Some of them have the words ‘strict horse’ written on their stalls in red ink,” Kvasha recalled. - This means it hoofs and bites. I got this horse. Named Burukbaital. How I suffered! I was afraid to approach him - God knows what he’ll do. To saddle a horse, you need to get under its belly. Tighten the girths. But the horse is cunning, doesn’t want to work, and has a bloated belly. You have to slap it on the stomach and pull it tight, otherwise you’ll fall off as you go. Then she lets out the air - the saddle will dangle. I came to my horse - I could get under the belly. She carefully stepped with her feet, looked askance - just so as not to hurt me. She reached into her pocket for sugar. And suddenly this devil is in front of me. I collected sugar from the guys, I give it to him with my left hand, and with my right I throw the saddle. He's a piece—crunch! - and looks with anger. I fed all the sugar. I don’t remember how I saddled it. But, oddly enough, I drove through normally.” The extreme experience of a rider was very useful to Igor Kvasha during the equestrian filming of the film “Property of the Republic.”
Igor Kvasha © RIA Novosti, Ekaterina Chesnokova
The exact cause of Igor Kvasha’s death has not yet been reported, but it is known for certain that he had been seriously ill for the last few years. Leonid Yarmolnik, with whom the actor generously shared his dressing room, recalls: “He had been very ill in recent months, we understood that someday this could happen. But it was still unexpected. There are only a few people like Igor left.” No longer able to leave the house, Igor Kvasha was nevertheless very worried about what was happening in Russia.
Igor Kvasha © KM.RU, Kirill Zykov
On the eve of the December rallies on Bolotnaya Square, he recorded a rather harsh video where he pronounced a verdict on the current government. Kvasha spoke no less decisively about politics in an interview with Sport Express a year ago: “They somehow wanted to drag me into a deputy. He answered: “First of all, I didn’t join the Communist Party - do you really think that I’ll join yours? And secondly, I will yell and make trouble in the Duma.” The agitators immediately fell behind..."
Igor Kvasha about the arbitrariness of Russian rulers
A civil memorial service for Igor Kvasha will take place on September 4 at his home theater “Sovremennik”. The actor will be buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery.
Roles in the theater
However, Igor Vladimirovich always remained primarily a theater actor. Kvasha himself admitted that the theater always came first for him. He was quite often invited to screen tests, but he refused, thinking that cinema would interfere with his work in the theater.
Igor Vladimirovich performed about 50 roles in his native Sovremennik. The most famous of them are the first minister in “The Naked King”, Gaev in Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard”, Joseph Stalin in “The Flight of the Black Swallow...”. In addition, he played in the plays “The Merry Wives of Windsor”, “Cyrano de Bergerac”, “Three Sisters”, “The Karamazovs and Hell”, etc. Igor Kvasha also tried himself in the theater as a director.
Program “Wait for me”
Our compatriots also remember Kvasha as the host of the “Wait for Me” program. Igor Kvasha always let other people’s pain pass through him. He saved people in real life, and not just in the program “Wait for Me.” One day, while on vacation at sea, a storm raged, during which he pulled a drowning boy out of the water. Igor Kvasha conducted his program with complete dedication. Once during filming, he became so moved that he had to go backstage, where he cried for several minutes. Igor Kvasha then asked the directors to remove this episode, but the audience, seeing the presenter turning away and stumbling, still caught the torment that he experienced at that moment. Igor Vladimirovich treated the grief of others with sincerity and genuine emotion, passing through himself an incredible amount of drama and tragedies of people strangers to him. We can only be amazed at how much courage, strength, love and patience it takes to find the right words that can calm sobbing loved ones who have found each other.
Igor Kvasha himself admits that he got on this program quite by accident. However, it seems that there is some kind of providence in this, thanks to which such a sincere, open person became its leader.
Life line
On February 4, 1933, Igor Vladimirovich Kvasha was born in Moscow. 1955 Graduation from the Moscow Art Theater School. 1955-1957 Actor of the Moscow Art Theater named after. Gorky. 1956 Marriage to Tatyana Semyonovna Putievskaya, birth of a son, Vladimir Kvasha, creation of the Sovremennik Theater. 1958 Official creation of the Sovremennik theater studio. 1978 Awarded the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR. 1998 Started working as the host of the “Wait for Me” program. 2006 Receiving the Order of Merit for the Fatherland. 2007 Release of the book of memoirs by Igor Kvasha “Point of Return”. 2008 Started working as host of the program “Incredible Stories about Life.” August 30, 2012 Date of death of Igor Kvasha. September 4, 2012 Farewell to the actor at the Sovremennik Theater, funeral of Kvasha.
Grave of Igor Kvasha
Photo provided by the administration of the site https://cemeterys.ru/
Kvasha's illness and death
In the last years of his life, the actor suffered from problems associated with the bronchi. Because of this, we even had to cancel the tour of our beloved Sovremennik. Nevertheless, his colleagues hoped that Igor Vladimirovich would recover and take the stage again in his anniversary season.
On August 30, 2012, Igor Kvasha died after an operation in a Moscow clinic. The cause of death was cor pulmonale. Igor Vladimirovich died at the age of 80. On September 4, a memorial service was held at Sovremennik. Igor Kvasha was buried in Moscow, at the Troekurovsky cemetery.
Biography
The biography of Igor Kvasha is the story of a man who treated everything he did with genuine empathy and love. The death of Igor Kvasha became a real tragedy for many, the loss of a kind and wonderful person and actor. Igor Kvasha was born in Moscow on February 4, 1933. His father, a doctor of sciences, voluntarily went to the front, where he died in 1943, and his mother worked at a school for mentally retarded children until her very last days. Her ability to sympathize and empathize was apparently passed on to Kvasha by inheritance. Igor was always an artistic child, participated in school amateur performances, and studied in the theater studio at the House of Pioneers. It was there that a teacher at the Moscow Art Theater School noticed him. Nemirovich-Danchenko, where Kvasha was accepted. There, the actor became friends with Galina Volchek, Alexander Kosolapov and other students, with whom he later created the Sovremennik Theater. Years later, Sovremennik became one of the best theaters in the country, known throughout the world. Kvasha’s entire biography is connected with Sovremennik; he remained faithful to it all his life, at first agreeing only to episodic roles in films. But even his small works immediately became noticed by viewers. Later, Kvasha managed to combine theater with cinema and starred in more than 80 films, and also worked on the radio, where he hosted a series of poetic and literary programs, and from 1998 - until his last days - he was the host of the “Wait for Me” program, becoming Many television viewers are a person who personifies the best qualities - empathy, courage, kindness, responsiveness. Kvasha’s death occurred on August 30, 2012 from cor pulmonale caused by chronic lung disease. There were many rumors that the cause of Kvasha’s death was lung cancer, but this information was never confirmed. Farewell to the actor took place on September 4 on the stage of the Sovremennik Theater; Igor Kvasha’s funeral took place on the same day at the Troekurovsky cemetery. Thousands of people came to say goodbye to their beloved actor and friend at Kvasha’s funeral.
Igor Kvasha was an example of honor, dignity and nobility
Awards
Igor Vladimirovich Kvasha received the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1978. In addition, he was awarded the 3rd degree (in 2006), as well as the Order of Friendship, various theater prizes and awards. In particular, he is a laureate of the “Idol-99” award for his work in the Sovremennik play “The Cherry Orchard”, an award for “Honor and Dignity” (in 2008), “Crystal Turandot”, etc. In 2008, for services to for the development of cinematic and theatrical art in our country, he was thanked by the President.
Awards[ | ]
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree (March 30, 2006) - for great contribution to the development of theatrical art and many years of creative activity
[23] - Order of Friendship (November 27, 1995)[24] - for services to the state and many years of fruitful activity in the field of culture and art
- Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (January 25, 2008) - for great services in the development of domestic theatrical and cinematic art
[25] - Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1968)
- People's Artist of the RSFSR (1978)
- Russian National Acting Award named after Andrei Mironov “Figaro” in the category “For service to the theatrical Fatherland” (2012)[26]
