- Mother, with ex-husband Evgeniy Evstigneev, of son Denis Evstigneev (b. November 29, 1961).
- Galina Volchek was a daughter of the cameraman and director Boris Volchek.
- Volchek directed over thirty productions. Among them were Russian and world classics, works of contemporary domestic and foreign authors.
- She was married twice: Her first husband: was Yevgeny Yevstigneyev. The marriage lasted for 9 years, divorced for her initiative. Her son Denis Yevstigneyev (born 1961) is a filmmaker.
- After graduation from a theater school, Volchek in 1956 co-founded the Sovremennik together with Igor Kvasha, Oleg Tabakov, Oleg Yefremov and Yevgeny Yevstigneyev. The theater's cutting edge performances shaped the Soviet theater scene in the 1960s, becoming a symbol of a short-lived liberal "thaw.".
- Volchek made her debut as a theater director in 1962. In 1972, she became the chief director of the Sovremennik, a job she held until her death.
- She was repeatedly invited to productions in theaters in Germany, Finland, Ireland, the US, Hungary, Poland and other countries.
- Her second husband Mark Abelev was a doctor of technical sciences, professor of Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, and winner of the State Prize of the Soviet Union.
- Galina Volchek said: I had two husbands, several romances and one fallacy.
- She was engaged many times in theater pedagogy activities abroad.
- Volchek was elected a deputy into the State Duma in 1995, where she became a member of the Committee on Culture. In 1999 Volchek left the parliament.
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