Please convey the sincere condolences on behalf of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and on my own behalf to the relatives, friends, colleagues and admirers of the talent of Liudmyla Heorhiyivna Zykina, People´s Artist of the USSR, due to her death.
A great singer, a prominent public figure and consummate pedagogue who inscribed her name in the history of both States has died.
Liudmyla Heorhiyivna was a unique phenomenon in the Russian culture: her songs, full of special cordiality, deep lyricism and sincerity contributed not only to the national, but also to the world cultural heritage.
Bright memory of Liudmyla Heorhiyivna will be preserved in the hearts of our nations forever.
Volodymyr Lytvyn, Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine