Viktor Merezhko

Viktor Ivanovich Merezhko (; 28 July 1937 – 30 January 2022) was a Russian director, producer, playwright, actor, screenwriter, and television presenter. He was awarded the honorary title People's Artist of the Russian Federation in 2014. His best known works were "Family Relations", "Flights in Dreams and Reality" and "Assia and the Hen with the Golden Eggs". Merezhko was born in Rostov Oblast, then-Soviet Union.
Merezhko died on 30 January 2022 at a Moscow hospital from problems caused by COVID-19, aged 84.