Galina Vishnevskaya

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1926-10-25

Deathday

2012-12-11 (86 years old)

Birth Name

Галина Павловна Иванова

Birth Place

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Children

Elena Rostropovich

Citizenships

Soviet Union, Russia

Also Known As

Galina Wishnewskaya, Галина Вишневская

Awards

honorary doctor of Brandeis University, Government Prize of the Russian Federation, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class, Officer of Arts and Letters, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad", Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad", Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg", Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "Veteran of Labour", People's Artist of the USSR, Order of Lenin, People's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR