- Theatrical-concert duet with Mikhail Derzhavin, a popular for about 40 years.
- In 1956 he graduated from Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute.
- Received the Order of Friendship of Peoples on 20 June 1994 for services to the development of theatrical art, and effective pedagogical activity.
- In 2003 asteroid 6767 Shirvindt was named in his honor.
- Father Anatoly Gustavovich Shirvindt (1896-1962) was a violinist and music teacher, mother Raisa Samoilovna Shirvindt (1898-1985) was with the Moscow Philharmonic Society.
- From 2000 until his death he he was a theatre director of Moscow Satire Theatre.
- Awarded Chekhov's Medal in 2010,.
- Awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1989.
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