Vitaly Solomin shot to fame after playing the leading role as Cossack Roman in the epic film Dauria (1971) where he worked with his brother Yuri Solomin and other Russian stars, such as Yefim Kopelyan Viktor Pavlov and Vasili Shukshin
Vitaly Yurchenko | Vitaly Petrov | Vitaly Ginzburg | Vitaly Daraselia | Vitaly Solomin | Vitaly Scherbo | Vitaly Rudakovskiy | Vitaly Popkov | Vitaly Kaloyev | Vitaly Efimov |
In 2007 a sculpture of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson as portrayed by Vasily Livanov and Vitaly Solomin was erected on the embankment alongside the embassy (sculptor Andrey Orlov).