Actress Nina Ruslanova died at the age of 75 after a long illness in Moscow 
Theater and film actress Nina Ruslanova died at the age of 75 after long illness, said director of the Guild of Russian Film Actors Valeria Gushchina, writes RIA Novosti.
Prolonged illness
According to her, the Soviet and Russian artist died on Sunday, November 21, in Moscow.
At the age of 76, People's Artist of Russia, laureate of the State Prize Nina Ivanovna Ruslanova passed away.
Valeria Gushchin Director of the Guild of Russian Cinema Actors
The death of the artist in his Instagram account was also reported by her colleague Stanislav Sadalsky. According to him, she “tried to hold on”, despite her illness and called him out of old memory.
“She called me on my home phone and said something on the answering machine:“ The answering machine is speaking! ” he. The actor added that “with the loss of relatives, life is shortened: they leave, taking time from a person.”
Cause of death
The star spent the last ten days in the hospital, where she got with the coronavirus. According to sources, when the actress was diagnosed with respiratory failure of the first or second degree, at first Ruslanova did not want to go to the clinic. As a result, she got there on November 11. Doctors diagnosed her with pneumonia and a heart rhythm disorder.
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Stanislav SadalskyactorThe last days of a star
According to Stanislav Sadalsky, the death of Nina Ruslanova was caused by the fact that in recent years she was forgotten. He explained that the actress at the end of her years was helpless and worried about it.
Nina was very worried about her helplessness. It is very difficult to leave when you are exhausted.
Stanislav Sadalsky actor
The actor specified that he does not want to repeat to any of the artists her destiny. “This is a natural process, because you are dying of being forgotten. Today you were needed, necessary, and then you are forgotten, ”he added.
Despite the fact that the date of birth of Ruslanova is indicated on December 5, 1945, the actress did not know the circumstances of her birth. She, presumably two months old, was found in the town of Bohodukhiv (Kharkiv region) and placed in an orphanage. In the same place, the girl was recorded with the patronymic Ivanovna, and the surname was given to her by the inspector of children's homes in honor of the singer Lydia Ruslanova.
More than 150 films
The future People's Artist of Russia received a diploma from a civil engineering school, and then became a student at the Kharkov Theater Institute. Two years later, she entered the Shchukin School in Moscow.
The actress began her career at the Yevgeny Vakhtangov Theater, where she played for 15 years. She played roles on other stages.
For the first time on TV screens, viewers saw her in 1967 as Kira Muratova in the film “Short Encounters”, where Ruslanova's partner was the poet and actor Vladimir Vysotsky. Since then, the artist has appeared in over 150 films. The most famous of them are “Heart of a Dog”, “Shadows disappear at noon”, “Kin-dza-dza!”, “Tomorrow was a war”, “My friend Ivan Lapshin” and others.