Mikhail Yefimovich Shvydkoy (Russian: Михаи́л Ефи́мович Швыдко́й; born September 5, 1948, Kant, Chuy Region, Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR[1]) is a Soviet and Russian theater critic, drama, social and political activist. Laureate of the State Prize of Russia. The artistic director of the Moscow theater musical,[2] supervisor of the Faculty of the Graduate School of cultural policy and management in the humanitarian sphere, Moscow State University.[3]
Russian Minister of Culture February 8, 2000 – March 9, 2004.[4] Chairman of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography (June 30, 2004 – June 7, 2008).
