Ivan Nikolaevich Gay was a playwright, theater critic, actor, and director.
Background
Ethnicity:
Gay's ancestors were French, who, after moving to Russia, received the title of hereditary nobles of the Russian Empire.
Ivan Nikolaevich Gay was born on June 24, 1841, in Kiev, Kyyivs'ka Oblast', Ukraine. The younger brother of the artist Nikolai Ge.
Education
Ivan Nikolaevich received his secondary education at the Kiev Gymnasium and after completing it entered the military service, where he rose to the rank of captain.
Career
After retiring, Ivan Nikolaevich settled in the Kherson province in his small estate and began farming. After a fire that consumed all of his real estates, he moved to Odessa, where he began exporting bread abroad, but then became interested in literature.