Dmitry Vasilyevich Averkiyev (russian: Дмитрий Васильевич Аверкиев, (October 12, 1836,

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, — January 20, 1905,

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, Russian Empire) was a

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and

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. He is the author of the Russian libretto to ''

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Alexander Serov Alexander Nikolayevich Serov (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Серо́в, Saint Petersburg, – Saint Petersburg, ) was a Russian composer and music critic. He is notable as one of the most important music critics i ...

. Averkiyev's best known plays were ''Frol Skorbeyev'' (Фрол Скорбеев, 1869) and ''Old Times in Kashira'' (Каширская старина, 1872); both continued to be produced into the Soviet times. He was also an acclaimed theatre critic who contributed to '' Epokha'', ''

Moskovskiye Vedomosti ''Moskovskiye Vedomosti'' ( rus, Моско́вские ве́домости, p=mɐˈskofskʲɪje ˈvʲedəməsʲtʲɪ; ''Moscow News'') was Russia's largest newspaper by circulation before it was overtaken by Saint Petersburg dailies in the m ...

'', '' Novoye Vremya'' and '' Vsemirnaya Illyustratsiya'' (where he was the head of the literary section, in 1869–1871). Averkiyev's magnum opus ''On Drama'' won him the

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in 1893.The Great Russian Encyclopedia //Большая Российская энциклопедия (in 30 volumes). Vol. 1. 2005. Дмитрий Васильевич Аверкиев
at the Literary Encyclopedia

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Russian dramatists and playwrights People from Krasnodar 1836 births 1906 deaths Russian male novelists Russian librettists Theatre critics from the Russian Empire Burials at Nikolskoe Cemetery 19th-century translators from the Russian Empire {{Russia-writer-stub