August 28, 2009
Sergei V. Mikhalkov, Lyricist of Soviet and Russian Anthems, Dies at 96
By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
MOSCOW — Sergei V. Mikhalkov, a Russian
poet and writer who rose at the height of the Stalinist era to the apex
of the Soviet literary hierarchy, eventually writing the lyrics to the
Soviet and Russian national anthems, died in Moscow on Thursday at the
age of 96.
Denis Baglai, a spokesman for one of Mr. Mikhalkov’s sons, the
Russian director Nikita |