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  1. Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Остро́вский; 12 April [O.S. 31 March] 1823 – 14 June [O.S. 2 June] 1886) was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period.

  2. Apr 8, 2024 · Notable Works: “Bankrot”. Aleksandr Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (born March 31 [April 12, New Style], 1823, Moscow, Russia—died June 2 [June 14], 1886, Shchelykovo) was a Russian dramatist who is generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period.

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  3. Why is Alexander Ostrovsky the most important Russian playwright? Culture. Apr 12 2023. Alexandra Guzeva. Russia Beyond (Photo: Sputnik; Mosfilm) Follow Russia Beyond on Rumble. It was...

  4. Alexander Ostrovsky (1823–1886) was one of nineteenth-century Russia's most highly regarded playwrights, though his works are rarely performed in the West in the modern era. Literary historians deem Ostrovsky the founder of Russian national drama, for he was the first to depict on the stage the ordinary merchants, government bureaucrats and ...

  5. Jul 31, 2013 · Aug 01 2013. Alisa Orlova. Follow Russia Beyond on Facebook. It is impossible to imagine the Russian stage without the works of Alexander Ostrovsky – they are performed all over Russia today,...

  6. May 23, 2018 · (1823 – 1886), playwright and advocate of dramatists' rights. Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky wrote and coauthored some fifty plays, translated foreign plays into Russian, and worked tirelessly to improve conditions for actors, dramatists, and composers.

  7. Alexander Ostrovsky was the founder of the modern Russian theater. Though his predecessors Alexander Pushkin and Nikolai Gogol wrote several memorable plays, their primary genres were poetry...

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