YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. A group of famous Russian art and cultural figures had a meeting with the students of the Yerevan State University on November 30. Film producer Grigor Gyardushian, who lives in Moscow, famous actor and Soviet people's artist Armen Jigarkhanian, Mikhail Svydkoi, the Chief of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Piotrovsky, the Director of the State Hermitage, actors Igor Kostolevski, Veniamin Smekhov, Aleksander Shirvindt, the Art Director of the Satire Theatre of Moscow, and Viktor Loshak, the Editor-in-Chief of the monthly Ogonek, were included in the delegation , which has arrived from Russia. It should be mentioned that the premiere of the new film "Rud and Sam" by G. Gyardushian, with Armen Jigarkhanian in the main role, was held in the "Moscow" cinema on the eve. Mikhail Shvydkoi spoke about the Armenian-Russian cultural relations and stressed that most of the intellectuals of the Russian cinema have Armenian roots. Armen Jigarkhanian mentioned in his turn that he is proud of being an Armenian. He also declared that there is no need to persuade the Armenian people to be friends with Russians as Armenians know well both the Russian people and Russia. The Armenian-Russian friendship, in his conviction, is a regularity.

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