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Received the Order of Friendship of Peoples on 20 June 1994 for services to the development of theatrical art, and effective pedagogical activity.

In 2003 asteroid 6767 Shirvindt was named in his honor.

Father Anatoly Gustavovich Shirvindt (1896-1962) was a violinist and music teacher, mother Raisa Samoilovna Shirvindt (1898-1985) was with the Moscow Philharmonic Society.

From 2000 until his death he he was a theatre director of Moscow Satire Theatre.

Awarded Chekhov's Medal in 2010,.

Theatrical-concert duet with Mikhail Derzhavin, a popular for about 40 years.

In 1956 he graduated from Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute.

Awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1989.