Mikhail Yefimovich Shvydkoy (Russian: Михаи́л Ефи́мович Швыдко́й; born September 5, 1948, Kant, Chuy Region, Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR[1]) is a Soviet and Russian theater critic, drama, social and political activist. Laureate of the State Prize of Russia. The artistic director of the Moscow theater musical,[2] supervisor of the Faculty of the Graduate School of cultural policy and management in the humanitarian sphere, Moscow State University.[3]
Russian Minister of Culture February 8, 2000 – March 9, 2004.[4] Chairman of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography (June 30, 2004 – June 7, 2008).
Awards and honours
- Order For Merit to the Fatherland 4th (2008)[5]
- Order of Friendship (2013) [6]
- Order of the Badge of Honour[7]
- National Order of Merit (France)[7]
- Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2012) [8]
- Legion of Honour (2011) [9]
- Commander of the Order of Saint-Charles.[10]
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