Background
Peter Medvedev was born on 15 January 1837 in Moscow., Russian Federation.
Peter Medvedev was born on 15 January 1837 in Moscow., Russian Federation.
Peter Mikhailovich studied at the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School.
Since 1853 Peter Mikhailovich Medvedev acted as an actor in the province. Among the roles: Famusov ("Woe from wit" by Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov), Podkolesin, Gorodnichy ("Marriage", "Auditor" by Nikolay Vasilyevich Gogol), Rasplyuev ("Wedding of Krechinsky" by Alexander Vasilyevich Sukhovo-Kobylin) and others.
Peter Mikhailovich had dramatic and opera enterprises in Saratov, Kazan and other cities (in 1861 and 1873-1874-ies in Voronezh). In 1890-1893 - the chief director, then - the actor of the Alexandrinsky theater until the end of his life. Author of such books as: "Autobiography" (Kazan, 1886), "Memories" (Saint Petersburg, 1929).