Nikolai Sinelnikov
Nikolai Sinelnikov | |
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Kharkov, Ukraine, Russian Empire | |
| Died | April 19, 1939 (aged 84) Kharkov, USSR |
| Occupation(s) | writer, theatre director |
Nikolai Nikolayevich Sinelnikov (Russian: Синельников Николай Николаевич; 12 February 1855 – 19 April 1939) was a Russian and Soviet stage actor, theatre director and entrepreneur.
Biography
Born in
Zhitomir (1875—1877), Nikolayev (1877—1878), Stavropol (1878—1880), Vladikavkaz (1880—1881) and Kazan, where in 1882 he debuted as a stage director with The Wild Girl by Alexander Ostrovsky and Nikolai Solovyov.[1]
In 1889 Sinelnikov moved to Moscow and for two years worked with the private troupes run by
Odessa
, then his native Kharkov, to make this city's theatre one of the best in Russia.
1917 Revolution
up until 1925 when the troupe disbanded. For several years he worked in the province before returning to Kharkov in 1933 where he was appointed the head of the newly formed Russian Drama Theatre.
In 1934 Sinelnikov was awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR title. In his later years he read drama at the Kharkov theatre college. He also wrote a book of memoirs called Sixty Years on Stage. Nikolai Sinelnikov died in Kharkov on 19 April 1939.[2]
References
- ^ a b Sinelnikov in the Soviet Theatre Encyclopedia // Театральная энциклопедия. Гл. ред. П. А. Марков. Т. 4 — М.: Советская энциклопедия, Нежин — Сярев, 1965
- ^ a b Nikolai Sinelnikov's Biography. at Krugosvet, Russian Online encyclopedia.
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