On January 17 and 18, the legendary Georgian actor, singer, director, Honored Artist of Ukraine Vakhtang Kikabidze

,

who died on January 15 at the age of 84, was

laid to rest in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia

.

The farewell took place in the Kashveti Church on Rustaveli Avenue, where his relatives, as well as connoisseurs of creativity and devoted fans of the star, came to say goodbye to the legend.

Farewell to Vakhtang Kikabidze / Photo: newsgeorgia.ge

Farewell to Vakhtang Kikabidze / Photo: newsgeorgia.ge

It should be noted that Kikabidze's coffin was decorated with the Georgian and Ukrainian flags.

This decision was made by the family of Vakhtang Kostiantynovych, because during his lifetime the Georgian actor loved Ukraine very much and supported our country in every possible way.

Farewell to Vakhtang Kikabidze / Photo: newsgeorgia.ge

Today, January 19, Vakhtang Kikabidze will be buried at the Veriya cemetery in Tbilisi next to the actor's mother.

According to the "News of Georgia" portal, the Minister of Culture of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko is flying to the funeral of Vakhtang Kostyantynovich in Tbilisi.

During the farewell ceremony, he will read a speech from President Volodymyr Zelenskyi.

Volodymyr Zelensky and Vakhtang Kikabidze / Photo: instagram.com/zelenskiy_official

We will remind that Vakhtang Kikabidze died on January 15 at the age of 85.

The legendary Georgian actor

loved Ukraine very much

, often visited it with concerts.

He supported us both before and after the Russian Federation's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Vakhtang Kostiantynovich himself stopped traveling to Russia in 2008 after the terrorist country invaded the territory of Georgia and refused all Russian awards.

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