Sergey Sholokhov: key obituary facts
Is Sergey Sholokhov dead? Yes. Sergey Sholokhov died on July 18, 2026, at age 67.
Cause of death: Sergey Sholokhov's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Sergey Sholokhov known for?
He was a Russian journalist.
More about Sergey Sholokhov
Born: 27 September 1958.
Place of birth: Saint Petersburg.
Gender: male.
Occupation: journalist, film critic, presenter, television presenter, art historian.
Nationality: Russia, Soviet Union.
Education: Faculty of Philology of Saint Petersburg State University.
Father: Leonid Sergeevich Glikman.
Spouse: Tatyana Moskvina.
Also known as: Sergey Leonidovich Sholokhov.
Sergey Sholokhov, a film critic, journalist and television presenter, died on July 18, 2026, at the age of 67.
Born in Leningrad on September 27, 1958, he built a career in Russian, and formerly Soviet, journalism and became known as one of the country’s more authoritative film and theater critics. Sholokhov studied at the Faculty of Philology of Saint Petersburg State University and was a Candidate of Art Sciences.
He received the Golden Pen ’96 award as Journalist of the Year and was named an Academician of the Academy Nika Award. His work also included television, where he took part in the 1991 broadcast with Sergey Kuryokhin of the hoax “Lenin was a mushroom.”