From left: Declan Donnellan, British stage director, Valery Shadrin, Director-General, Checkhov International Theatrical Festival, President, International Confederation of Theatrical Unions, and Yury Lyubimov, stage director, attending the ceremony of awarding Valery Shadrin the French Legion of Honor Chevalier Medal.

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Valery Shadrin (left), Director-General, Checkhov International Theatrical Festival, President, International Confederation of Theatrical Unions, and Jean de Gliniasti, the French ambassador in Russia, attending the ceremony of awarding Valery Shadrin the French Legion of Honor Chevalier Medal.

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Yelena Naumova, coordinator of the Checkhov International Theatrical Festival projects, attending the ceremony of awarding her the French Arts and Literature Chevalier Medal. Right: Jean de Gliniasti, the French ambassador in Russia.

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From right, foreground: Valery Shadrin, Director-General, Checkhov International Theatrical Festival, President, International Confederation of Theatrical Unions,and Igor Kostolevsky, actor, attending the ceremony of being awarded the French Legion of Honor Chevalier Medal. Right: Jean de Gliniasti, the French ambassador in Russia

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The stage director Vladimir Pankov attending the ceremony of awarding Valery Shadrin the French Legion of Honor Chevalier Medal.

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Valery Shadrin, Director-General, Checkhov International Theatrical Festival, President, International Confederation of Theatrical Unions, and Yelena Naumova, coordinator of the Checkhov International Theatrical Festival projects, attending the ceremony of awarding the French Legion of Honor Chevalier Medal.

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The stage director Yury Lyubimov attending the ceremony of awarding Valery Shadrin the French Legion of Honor Chevalier Medal.

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The stage director Yury Lyubimov attending the ceremony of awarding Valery Shadrin the French Legion of Honor Chevalier Medal.

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The stage director Yury Lyubimov and Valery Shadrin, Director-General, Checkhov International Theatrical Festival, President, International Confederation of Theatrical Unions, and Yelena Naumova, coordinator of the Checkhov International Theatrical Festival projects, attending the ceremony of awarding Valery Shadrin the French Legion of Honor Chevalier Medal.

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From left: the actress Vera Alentova, actor/director Vladimir Menshov and Valery Shadrin, Director-General, Checkhov International Theatrical Festival, President, International Confederation of Theatrical Unions, attending the ceremony of awarding Valery Shadrin the French Legion of Honor Chevalier Medal.

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The stage director Yury Lyubimov and Valery Shadrin, Director-General, Checkhov International Theatrical Festival, President, International Confederation of Theatrical Unions, attending the ceremony of awarding Valery Shadrin the French Legion of Honor Chevalier Medal.

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Valery Shadrin (left), Director-General, Checkhov International Theatrical Festival, President, International Confederation of Theatrical Unions, attending the ceremony of being awarded the French Legion of Honor Chevalier Medal. Right: Jean de Gliniasti, the French ambassador in Russia.

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From left, foreground: the British director Declan Donnellan, actor Igor Kostolevsky and French Russia ambassador Jean de Gliniasti attending the ceremony of awarding Valery Shadrin the French Legion of Honor Chevalier Medal

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British director Declan Donnellan, left, and director Yury Lyubimov at the ceremony for Valery Shadrin's awarding the Legion of Honor Chevalier Medal.

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The stage director Yury Lyubimov attending the ceremony of awarding Valery Shadrin the French Legion of Honor Chevalier Medal.

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From left, foreground: Valery Shadrin, Director-General, Checkhov International Theatrical Festival, President, International Confederation of Theatrical Unions, and Jean de Gliniasti, the French ambassador in Russia, attending the ceremony of awarding Valery Shadrin the French Legion of Honor Chevalier Medal.

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Valery Shadrin (left), Director-General, Checkhov International Theatrical Festival, President, International Confederation of Theatrical Unions, and Jean de Gliniasti, the French ambassador in Russia, attending the ceremony of awarding Valery Shadrin the French Legion of Honor Chevalier Medal.

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The stage director Yury Lyubimov (right) and Valery Shadrin, Director-General, Checkhov International Theatrical Festival, President, International Confederation of Theatrical Unions, attending the ceremony of awarding Valery Shadrin the French Legion of Honor Chevalier Medal.

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The stage director Yury Lyubimov attending the ceremony of awarding Valery Shadrin the French Legion of Honor Chevalier Medal.

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Valery Shadrin, Director-General, Checkhov International Theatrical Festival, President, International Confederation of Theatrical Unions, attending the ceremony of awarding him the French Legion of Honor Chevalier Medal.

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From right: The stage director Yury Lyubiimov, Valery Shadrin, Director-General, Checkhov International Theatrical Festival, President, International Confederation of Theatrical Unions, and Jean de Gliniasti, the French ambassador in Russia, attending the ceremony of awarding Valery Shadrin the French Legion of Honor Chevalier Medal.

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