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Boris Ledkovsky
Boris Mikhailovich Ledkovsky (Бори́с Миха́йлович Ледко́вский; 9 May 1894 in Agrafenovka, Don Host Oblast — 6 August 1975 in Jordanville, New York) was a Russian-American composer of Church music and father of composer Alexander Ledkovsky. Life Ledkovsky was born near Novocherkassk in 1894 to Protopriest Mikhail and Sophia Ledkovsky. He studied at the Theology School in Novocherkassk, in the Royal School in Rostov-on-Don and at the Moscow Conservatory with Alexander Kastalsky. He directed at the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia, St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria; in Paris and in Berlin parishes and cathedrals. In 1937 Ledkovsky formed in Germany the all-male ''a cappella'' ensemble "Black Sea Cossacks Choir". Ledkovsky married in 1943 to Marina V. Fasolt. With her, he fathered four children: Alexander Ledkovsky, Alexander (also a Church musician of note), Dimitri, Tatiana, and Michael. He emigrated with his family to the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Host Oblast
The Province (Oblast) of the Don Cossack Host (, ''Oblast’ Voyska Donskogo'') of Imperial Russia was the official name of the territory of Don Cossacks, coinciding approximately with the present-day Rostov Oblast of Russia. Its site of administration was Cherkassk, relocated later to Novocherkassk. The province comprised the areas where the Don Cossack Host settled in the Russian Empire. From 1786 the territory was officially named the Lands of the Host of the Don (), renamed Don Host Province in 1870. During 1913, the oblast, with an area of about 165,000 km², had about 3.8 million inhabitants. Of these, 55% (2.1 million) were Cossacks in possession of all the land; the remaining 45% of the population being townsfolk and agricultural guest labourers from other parts of Russia. This subdivision was abolished in 1920; from the major part of it the Don Oblast of the RSFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российс ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
