Well known Russian actors participated in the voicing of Elena Sokolova’s novel An Eternal Kingdom that took place in a studio of the Radio House in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Women’s roles were brilliantly voiced by Valentina Panina – an actress of V. F.
Komossarzhevskaya St. Petersburg Drama Theater – who played in a great number of Russian movies.
Men’s roles were masterfully played by an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Arkadi Volgin, who played more than 40 roles of both national and international repertoire; since 1960 he is an actor of St. Petersburg Alexandriisky Theater.
Before the voicing started, Arkadi Volgin said, “When I first read this novel I really liked it.” And his feelings towards the novel and the attitude of his charming partner-player had an effect on how they both played their roles. Events described in the novel gained a new color due to the skills of these wonderful actors. Their inspired approach made all of the 
characters alive and gave them a special meaning. Angelica, Costas, Feofen, Shafa, Cornelius the violinist, a creepy pirate and many others – all of them became alive for a short time in the swirl of dramatic events of this nearly gospel narrative.
The author of the novel, Elena Sokolova, and the Director of Concordia Foundation, Igor Savich, burst into sincere applause when the final line of the novel was read. There is a challenging job awaiting ahead – to prepare this recording for broadcasting. An experienced sound engineer of the Radio House, Irena Dmitrievna Stepanova, will be working on it.
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