A National Treasure in Crisis: Svetlana Nemolyaeva Undergoes Heart Surgery at 88

Beloved People’s Artist Svetlana Nemolyaeva has undergone a serious heart procedure aimed at restoring her cardiac rhythm. For the past decade, the actress had been quietly battling escalating cardiological issues, which recently reached a critical point. At the age of 88, she was hospitalized in a condition of moderate severity.

Since 2015, Nemolyaeva has experienced frequent bouts of high blood pressure, arrhythmia, dizziness, fainting, chills, weakness, shortness of breath, and temporary vision loss. In a decisive medical move, doctors performed cryoballoon ablation — a complex intervention targeting dangerous irregularities in her cardiovascular system. After three days of careful monitoring and stabilization, she was discharged from the hospital.

Doctors have strongly urged continued supervision by a cardiologist, restricted physical activity, and strict attention to her health. Yet even as her condition worsened in recent months, Svetlana Nemolyaeva continued to take the stage, defying illness with the resilience of a true artist.