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He has four children by two different women and, so far, five grandchildren. He and his first wife, Russian actress Lyudmila Krylova, have two children, son Anton Tabakov and daughter Aleksandra Tabakova. Anton, in turn, has given them four grandchildren by three different women: one by his second wife, Russian actress Ekaterina Semyonova, one by his third wife, Anastasiya Chukhray, and two by his fourth wife, Anzhelika. And Aleksandra and her first husband, German actor Jan Josef Liefers, in turn, have given them one granddaughter, German actress Paulina Liefers, who was born in 1988. Oleg and his second wife, Russian actress Marina Zudina, have two children, a son, Pavel, who was born in 1995, and a daughter, Mariya, who was born in April 2006.

The main stage director and an actor of the Moscow Art Theater after the death of its previous main stage director Oleg Efremov. (2001)

On November 27, 2017 he was hospitalized with sepsis at the First Municipal Hospital named after N.I. Pirogov's 6th department (intensive care). On December 2nd, Tabakov's condition deteriorated sharply - he fell into so-called "deep stunning condition" which means pre-coma condition. On March 12, 2018, he died from heart attack at the age 82. The farewell ceremony took place at the Moscow Art Theater named after Chekhov's historical stage where Tabakov worked as a artistic director and plays director for many years. He died just five days before his 24th wedding anniversary with Marina Zudina.