St. Petersburg lost two unique personalities at once. At the age of 55, the director of the State Literary and Memorial Museum of Anna Akhmatova in the Fountain House, Boris Arkharov, died. As reported on the institution’s page on the VKontakte social network, he died on October 15.
The circumstances and cause of death have not been specified. Arkharov worked at the Akhmatova Museum for 12 years, was the initiator and author of many projects – radio “Fountain House”, “Sheremetevsky Quarter”, theater “On Liteiny”, museum of theatrical and musical art.
On the same day it became known that the famous poet, artist and musician Gavriil Lubnin had died in the city on the Neva. According to 78.ru, he was found dead in his apartment. Lubnin was 54 years old.
The press reports that the artist was allegedly killed with a knife to the heart, but this information is not officially confirmed. Lubnin’s death, according to preliminary data, is not of a criminal nature. In recent years he has struggled with a serious illness. The artist was being treated for depression.
Lubnin participated in many creative projects, collaborated with the NOM and Auction groups.
Lubnin is a cult figure in St. Petersburg culture. Many people know him from his poignant picture books, which have become incredibly popular on the Internet: “A man raised a dog, raised it and… let it go”, “Eye and eye”, “Lead and cotton wool”, “Alcohol”, “Roofer”, “Misha and Misha”, “ABC”, “Plavunets”. As an artist, Gabriel participated in many exhibitions. Now the Borey gallery (Liteiny Prospekt, 58) is hosting a small exhibition of his painting “Puh and Dust.” The repertoire of the group N.O.M. there is Lubnin’s song “David Copperfield”, and in collaboration with Oleg Garkusha, Gabriel recorded the composition “The Old Ranger”. Lubnin does not like to perform his works in public, he lives as a recluse: he does not attend presentations of his own books or at the opening of exhibitions. He has three music albums in his discography: “Water” (1996), “Razor Drunkenness” (1998) and “Badyaga. Spongilla” (2007).
Source: Rosbalt
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