Legendary artists Nuriya Irsaeva and Fidan Gafarov were awarded orders in Ufa

UFA, 26 December 2017. /Bashinform News Agency, Leila Aralbaeva/. In Ufa, the legendary actors of the M. Gafuri Bashkir Academic Drama Theater Nuriya Irsaeva and Fidan Gafarov were decorated with orders. The governmental awards were presented today by the Head of Bashkortostan Rustem Khamitov. Nuriya Irsaeva received the Order of Friendship of Peoples, and Fidan Gafarov - the Order of Salavat Yulaev.

The popular actors, favorites of the public, people's artists of Russia, Bashkortostan and Tatarstan celebrated their anniversaries this year. The names of these two outstanding artists are associated with a whole era in the national theatrical art, in the Bashkir Drama Theater. Spectators remember a huge number of characters created by Nuriya Irsaeva and Fidan Gafarov.

The most famous and beloved was a creative tandem of the actors performing Galiya and Zagir ("Galiya" by Tagir Tagirov) roles, as well as their duet, which gained popularity both due to their acting skills, and to the song of Rim Khasanov on the verses by Angam Atnabaev.