

People pay their respects as they pass by the coffin of Soviet and Russian classic portrait photographer Valery Plotnikov, who passed away at the age of 82 on January 2, during a farewell ceremony before his funeral at the church of Sts. Simeon the God-Receiver and Anna the Prophetess in St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Package: Russia Photographer Plotnikov Death
- Categories: Human Interest
- Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
- Event date: 08.01.2026
- Date published: 08.01.2026
- Author: Alexei Danichev
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3403x3990px, 10Mb
- Job-ID: 19ab264c1de7ddc2