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POKROVSKIY, Aleksandr was born on March 9, 1886.
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Aleksandr Vasil’yevich POKROVSKIY
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1908-1911 graduate Drama Department, Moscow Philharmonic College. From 1911 acted at theaters in Tula, Orenburg, Arkhangel’sk, Sebastopol, Kazan’, Saratov and Tiflis. 1919-1921 head, Theater Club Section, Polit Department, 10th and 11th Armies.
1930-1933 director, Moscow Comedy Theater. 1933-1937 director, Moscow Operetta Theater. 1939-1940 director, Stanislavskiy Opera Theater.
1947-1948 director, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 1948-1963 deputy chairman, Presidium, Council of All-Russian Theatrical Social. Also engaged in trade-union work.
1923-1925 deputy chairman, Geo Art Workers’ Union. 1925-1928 Presidium member, 1937-1939 chairman, Moscow Province Art Workers’ Union. 1926-1952 Presidium member, 1940-1947 chairman, Central Committee, Art Workers’ Union.
Roles: Neschastlivtsev in Ostrovskiy’s comedy Les (The Forest). The Mayor and Skalozub in Gogol's Revizor (The Government Inspector), et cetera
Membership
Communist Party member from 1919.
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Nationality
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics