Dmitry Vasilyevich Averkiyev (, (October 12, 1836, in Yekaterinodar,

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– January 20, 1905, in

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, Russian Empire) was a

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

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'' by Alexander Serov. 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'', ''

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'' 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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Dramatists and playwrights from the Russian Empire People from Krasnodar 1836 births 1906 deaths Novelists from the Russian Empire Librettists from the Russian Empire Theatre critics from the Russian Empire Burials at Nikolskoe Cemetery 19th-century translators from the Russian Empire {{Russia-writer-stub