Belarusian
Belarusian may refer to:
* Something of, or related to Belarus
* Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent
* A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus
* Belarusian language
* Belarusian culture
* Belarusian cuisine
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Minsk
Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administra ...
,
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...
(now
Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...
). She was married to Boris Platonov.
Zhdanovich was a member of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU),. Abbreviated in Russian as КПСС, ''KPSS''. at some points known as the Russian Communist Party (RCP), All-Union Communist Party and Bolshevik Party, and sometimes referred to as the Soviet ...
from 1947 to 1991. She was also a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the BSSR in its second and fourth convocations.
She died on 3 December 1999 and was buried in the Eastern Cemetery in Minsk.
Career
In 1920, Zhdanovich opened the Belarusian State Theater, now named Janka Kupala National Theatre, the first state theater in Belarus. On the day of the theater's opening, she played the lead role in ''Lynx'', based on
's ''W zimowy wieczór''.
Zhdanovich has acted in numerous plays at the theater including Marylka in Kuźma Čorny's ''Fatherland'', Vera in
Maxim Gorky
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (; ), was a Russian and Soviet writer and proponent of socialism. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Before his success as an aut ...
's ''The Last Ones'', Nastya in Eduard Samuylenok's ''The Death of the Wolf'', Anya in Arkady Movzon's ''Constantine Zaslonov'', Negina in
Alexander Ostrovsky
Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (; ) was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 original plays, Ostrovsky "almost single-handedly created a Russian national repe ...
's ''
Talents and Admirers
''Talents and Admirers'' (, Romanized as Talanty y poklonniki) is a play by Alexander Ostrovsky premiered on December 20, 1881, in Maly Theatre. The author started working upon this 4-act comedy in August 1881 and finished it on December 6 of that ...
'', and Nora in
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright, poet and actor. Ibsen is considered the world's pre-eminent dramatist of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama." He pioneered ...
's ''
A Doll's House
''A Doll's House'' (Danish language, Danish and ; also translated as ''A Doll House'') is a three-act Play (theatre), play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 De ...
''.
Zhdanovich played the role of priest at the execution in '' Kastus Kalinovskiy'', a biopic film directed by
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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.
She was the recipient of the Stalin Prize in 1948 for her role as Anya in ''Constantine Zaslonov''.