Yury Solomin

Yury Mefodievich Solomin (; born 18 June 1935 in Chita) is a Soviet/Russian actor, director and politician. He has been art director of the Maly Theatre in Moscow since 1988. He served as Minister of Culture of the RSFSR in 1990-1991.
Solomin was known for his roles as Khlestakov in Igor Ilyinsky's production of "The Government Inspector" (1966), Tsar Feodor in "Tsar Feodor Ioannovich" (1976), Slavin in "TASS Is Authorized to Declare..." TV series (1984), Nicholas II in "Az Vosdam..." (1990), and Famusov in his own production of "Wit Works Woe" (2000).