Russian actress got lost in the forest and died

Honored Artist of the RSFSR Sofya Shelmenkina tragically died after getting lost in the forest of Nizhny Novgorod region.

As reported by TUT.AZ with reference to "Rossiyskaya Gazeta", the Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Puppet Theater officially confirmed the sad news about the death of the 79-year-old actress. According to the search team "Lynx", Shelmenkina went to the forest in the Semenovsky district on August 7 and stopped communicating.

"Recently, the woman was found dead," the message says.

The farewell ceremony for the outstanding actress took place on Tuesday, August 19, at 12:00 in the church of St. Blessed Matrona of Moscow.

Sofya Shelmenkina was born in 1946 and was a graduate of the Gorky Theater School. She began her creative path at the Stavropol Puppet Theater, where she served until 1968. Then the talented artist moved to the Gorky Puppet Theater, to which she "devoted 53 years of her life to the stage." During her brilliant career, Shelmenkina masterfully embodied more than forty diverse roles on stage.