Saint Petersburg Imperial University
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Alexander Ivanovich Bulgakov was born in 1814 (in some sources in 1815) in Rostov county, Ekaterinoslavskaj Governorate, Russian Empire (now Rostov-on-don, Russian Federation). He came from a noble family, he was the son of a court councillor.
Alexander Ivanovich studied at the Mining Engineers Corps in Saint Petersburg, where he was fired due to poor health. In 1831 entered Saint Petersburg University, where under the influence of the A.V. Nikitenko and philosophy of Professor A.A. Fischer he studied the history and theory of drama.
In 1834-1836, upon graduation from University, Alexander Ivanovich taught at the Theater and Pavlovsk military schools, and then in the 1st Petersburg cadet corps, he taught literature and drama theory. The image of Alexander Ivanovich in the eyes of contemporaries was always associated with a romantic love for singer A.M. Stepanova, to whom he inscribed a poem Prosti menya, prosti ( 1835-1836).
Bulgakov's work dates back to the time of vaudeville's ascendancy on the Russian stage. He had published: Artist, Dva muzha(Two men) (1834), Tishe edesh', dal'she budesh' (Quiet you go, further you will be)( 1835), Zhena soseda, ili Muzh'ya v zapadne (1836), Debyutant, ili Strast' k teatru (1836). Alexander Ivanovich in 1836 refers to the revision of their original ideas, however, early death does not let him carry out what he started.
