Alexander Ostrovsky
Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Остро́вский
Aleksandr Nikolaiyevich 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.Wikipedia →
eastern europe
