in Station for Two, once again by Eldar Ryazanov, who by then had become one of the USSR's most popular and prolific directors. The role of forty-something waitress Vera in this touching film became her long-awaited comeback as a superstar of Soviet film. Subsequently, she starred in Vladimir Menshov's Love and Pigeons, among many other movies and TV shows. Her multifaceted talent was recognized on many occasions. She received the title of People's Artist of the USSR, the highest honour that could be bestowed to a musical artist, in 1983. She carried a leading role in The Burn (Ожог – 1988) with Director Gennady Glagoliev and Director of Photography Igor Chepusov. Gurchenko wrote a book about her life during German occupation in Kharkiv and about her life in the beginning of her Acting Career. In 2010, she was awarded an Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd Class (she received the 4th Class of the same Order in 2000 and the 3d Class in 2005), one of the highest civil decorations in post-Soviet Russia (with 3rd and 2nd Degree Orders having been awarded to very few extremely distinguished individuals, and the 1st Degree Order being nominally held by a serving President of Russia). At the age of 70, she still performed and attended galas. Personal life Gurchenko was married six times, including a short-lived marriage to Joseph Kobzon between 1967 and 1970. She had one daughter, Maria (5 June 1959 — 8 November 2017) from her second marriage, and two grandchildren as well as one great-granddaughter. On 14 February 2011, Gurchenko fell near her house and broke her hip. She was taken to the hospital and underwent an operation the following day. On 30 March her condition worsened due to a pulmonary embolism and she died that evening. She was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery (Moscow) after a civil funeral a few days later. Selected filmography The Road of Truth (1956) Chelovek rodilsya (1956) as Nadya Smirnova (voice) Carnival Night (1956) as Lena Krylova A Girl with a Guitar (1958) as Tanya Fedosova Baltic Skies (1961) as Sonya Bystrova Roman and Francesca (1961) as Francesca The Man from Nowhere (1961) as Lena Sluttish (1961) as Khristina Jalgrattataltsutajad (1964) as Rita Laur Balzaminov's Marriage (1964) as Ustinka Workers' Settlement (1966) as Mariya, Leonid's wife The Bridge Is Built (1966) as Zhenya Blasted Hell (1967) as Greta No and Yes (1967) as