Education
Vishnevsky studied at the Taganrog gymnasium where he befriended the young Anton Chekhov.
Vishnevsky studied at the Taganrog gymnasium where he befriended the young Anton Chekhov.
From 1883 he took part in the performances of the Taganrog Music and Drama Society. Later he acted in the theatres of Kharkov, Ekaterinoslav, Odessa, Saratov where he was a jeune premier. In 1898 he joined the troupe of the Moscow Art Theatre (Master of Arts in Teaching).
On the opening night of the Master of Arts in Teaching, Vishnevsky played the part of Boris Godunov in the play Tsar Fiodor Ioannovich by Alexei Tolstoy.
In 1899 he played Godunov again in Tolstoy"s The Death of Ivan the Terrible. Vishnevsky was the first to play the title role in Chekhov"s play Uncle Vanya at the Master of Arts in Teaching. In 1933 Vishnevsky became the first actor to be awarded the title of Hero of Labour.
Later that honorary title was renamed Hero of Socialist Labour. He died on 27 February 1943 in Tashkent where he lived in evacuation.
He is buried in Tashkent.
Acknowledgement and awards Hero of Socialist Labour (1933).
He was also awarded the title of Honored Worker of Arts of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Honored Worker of Arts of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.