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Alexander Ostrovsky

Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Остро́вский

Aleksandr Nikolaiyevich Ostrovsky

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Russia
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Dates
1823 — 1886
Alexander Ostrovsky
Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 original plays, Ostrovsky "almost single-handedly created a Russian national repertoire." His dramas are among the most widely read and frequently performed stage pieces in Russia.
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