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Anna Borisoglebskaya
Anna Ivanivna Borisoglebskaya (; 1868–1939) was a Ukrainian actress and People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1936). Early years Anna Borisoglebskaya was born on 1868, in the city of Sebezh in the Vitebsk Governorate (present-day Pskov). Borisoglebskaya spent her childhood in the city of Izium in the Kharkov Governorate and received her education at the Charity Society School in Kharkov. In 1886, she took an exam to become a teacher at Kharkov University and began teaching in the village of Novoselovka in the Izyumsky Uyezd that same year. Borisoglebskaya died on September 29, 1939, in Kyiv. She was buried in Baikove Cemetery in Kyiv, and her grave is maintained by the Ukrainian Theater Actors Union. Career From her childhood, Borislebskaya showed interest in the theater. She stepped onto the professional stage in 1888 with invitation of Marko Kropyvnytskyi. Borislebskaya worked with Kropivnitskyi's troupe until 1902, then spent four years with Panas Saksahansky and Ivan K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebezh
Sebezh () is a town and the administrative center of Sebezhsky District in Pskov Oblast, Russia, located in a picturesque setting between Lakes Sebezhskoye and Orono south of Pskov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History It was first mentioned in 1414 as a fortress protecting Pskov from the south, when Vytautas of Lithuania sacked it. In 1535 it was captured by Muscovy. Prince Ivan Shuysky built a wooden fortress there in 1535. In the 16th century, the fortress defended the Western approaches to the Grand Duchy of Moscow. In 1581, King Stephen Báthory of Poland demanded the restoration of Siebież from Muscovy to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, but to no avail, however Lithuanian and Polish troops recaptured it during the Polish–Muscovite War of 1605–1618 and held it until the First Partition of Poland. The fortifications of Sebezh, now dismantled, were reinforced at the behest of Peter the Great during the Great Northern War. The castle hil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |