Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Остро́вский) was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period.[1] The author of 47 original plays, Ostrovsky "almost single-handedly created a Russian national repertoire."[1] His dramas are among the most widely read and frequently performed stage pieces in Russia.
Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ostrovsky
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Russian playwright (1823-1886)
| Born | 12 April [O.S. 31 March] 1823 |
| Died | 14 June [O.S. 2 June] 1886 |
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Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ostrovsky
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Russian playwright (1823-1886)
| Born | 12 April [O.S. 31 March] 1823 |
| Died | 14 June [O.S. 2 June] 1886 |
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Translations into English, Russian drama, Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Drama, Russian Dramatists, Specimens, Theater programs, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Diaries, Readers, Russian language, Theater, Correspondence, Criticism and interpretation, Dramatists, Russian, Habimah, Librettos, Operas, Pictorial works, Plays, Translations from Russian, Actors, Authors, Russian, Collections, CongressesPeople
Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ostrovsky (1823-1886), F. A. Burdin (1825-1887), Kuzʹma Minin (-1616), Kuzʹma Minin (d. 1616), N. A. Dobroli︠u︡bov (1836-1861), Pavel Vasilʹevich Vasilʹev (1832-1879), Prov Mikhaĭlovich Sadovskiĭ (1818-1872)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL202157A
- ISNI: 0000000121209186
- IMDb: nm0652534
- Library of Congress Names: n80082539
- MusicBrainz: c925ed65-ad15-4376-89a0-594d14ec8438
- Project Gutenberg: 2619
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV018250
- VIAF: 12359459
- Wikidata: Q171976
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q171976
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Alternative names
- Александр Николаевич Островский
- А.Н.Островский
- Alexandr Ostrovsky
- Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ostrobskiĭ
- Alexandr Nikolaevich Ostrovskii
- Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ostrovskiĭ
- Aleksandr N. Ostrovskiĭ
- Aleksandr N Ostrovskiĭ
- A. N. Ostrovskiĭ
- A.N. Ostrovskiĭ
- A. N Ostrovskiĭ
- 1823-1886 Ostrovskii Aleksandr Nikolaevich
- Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ostrovskii
- A. N. Ostrovskii
- Aleksandr Nikolaevich 1823 Ostrovsky
- Aleksandr Nicolaevich Ostrovsky
- Aleksandr Nikolaevich, Ostrovsky
- Alexander Nicolaevich Ostrovsky
- Alexandr Nicolaevich Ostrovsky
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