Putin pays his final respects to Stanislav Govorukhin - 247 news

Putin pays his final respects to Stanislav Govorukhin - 247 news
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Vladimir Putin today attended the funeral of prominent Russian film director turned politician Stanislav Govorukhin, who died earlier this week, aged 82.The Russian President paid his last respects to the film maker, who led his 2012 re-election campaign, at the Church of Transfiguration of Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior.On Thursday he sent his condolences to Govorukhin's family, praising him as a 'bright and extraordinary' talent. Putin laid flowers on the coffin and expressed his condolences to the director's widow Galina Govorukhina.       Govorukhin sat in the lower houses of parliament, State Duma, where he was the Chairman of the Culture committee.Govorukhin's early work included a 1967 film about romantic mountaineers that reflected the spirit of the 1960s political thaw. Share this article Share His most famous production was 'The Meeting Place Can't Be Changed,' a 1979 police saga set in the late 1940s, full of strong characters and dark humor.Govorukhin also acted, famously playing a crime lord in the 1987 cult film, 'Assa.'He had a fruitful political career in the 2000s, serving as a lawmaker and directing Putin's successful presidential campaign in 2012.  Who is Stanislav Govorukhin?Stanislav Govorukhin, a prominent Russian film director who made some of the nation's most iconic movies, has died. He was 82.He was an actor, celebrated film director, screenwriter and political figure.He is well known in Russia for making some of the nation's most iconic movies, but later in life he took to politics.At the time of his death he was a deputy in the State Duma, the lower chamber of Russian parliament,  from the United Russia Party.Born in the Urals in 1936, as a young man he worked in television in Kazan and later moved to Moscow to study filmmaking.In the late Soviet period he was one of the most renowned makers of TV, including the 'The Meeting Place Can't Be Changed (1979) and 'Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn' (1981).After the break up of the USSR, he went into politics and even ran for President (but got less than one percent of the vote).He sat in the State Duma, Russia's lower houses of parliament,  since 1993. In 2012,  Govorukhin was appointed the head of Putin's re-election campaign.