Mark Lukych Kropyvnytskii ( uk, Марко Лукич Кропивницький; russian: Марк Лукич Кропивницкий, translit=Mark Lukich Kropivnitsky; 7 May 1840 – 21 April 1910), commonly known as Marko Kropyvnytskyi, was a

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writer,

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, composer,

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and director. Over his career Kropyvnytskyi wrote 40 plays, played in over 500 roles of various repertoire, as well as wrote several songs.Kropyvnytskyi, I.
Ukrainian Shakespeare (Український Шекспір)
'. Newspaper "Den". 20 May 2010. In 1875, he was invited by Theophilia Romanovich to the theatrical society "Ruska Besida", and is attributed to be one of the founders of the first professional Ukrainian theatre, The Ruska Besida Theater.

Early years

Marko Lukych Kropyvnytskyi was born on 7 May 1840 in Bezhbayraky village (now

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), in what was then

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of the

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, into the family of nobleman Luka Ivanovych and Kapitolina Ivanivna (née Dubrovynska) Kropyvnytskyi.Shepel, L.F., Gruzin, D.V.
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Early career

In 1862 as an

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student, Kropyvnytskyi attended classes at the Law Faculty of Kiev University. Deeply impressed by a melodrama he saw in Kiev Theatre, he wrote the play "Mykyta Starostenko, or You do know when disaster will awake" ( uk, Микита Старостенко, або Незчуєшся, як лихо спобіжить, italic=yes). He later criticized this work as it was an attempt by inexperienced author. Now the play is known in the version, that has undergone numerous fundamental revisions. Kropyvnytskyi had not completed his education for various reasons; yet he constantly complemented to his knowledge independently, especially after he moved to Elisavetgrad, where there was a library. There, he had a chance to get acquainted with

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, George Sand, and William Makepeace Thackeray, among other writers. In his government service, Kropyvnytskyi was rarely promoted, and often completely lost his earnings, due to his devotion for art and amateur performances. In 1871, Kropyvnytskyi joined the troupe of professional actors, and agreed to work in the company of Count Morkov, in

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. He gained a great theatrical experience after spending over ten years in the Russian theatre troupe; he thoroughly studied the specific rules of theatre genre and learned the place of theatre in society. In 1872 the Odessa newspaper "Novorossiysk Telegraph" published two musical comedies by Kropyvnytskyi: ''Reconciled'' and ''God will protect an orphan, or Unexpected Proposal''. In 1875, Kropyvnytskyi went on tour in Galicia, where he worked as an actor and director of the theatre company "Ruthenian talk"; he has made some effort to change the repertoire and artistic style of the theatre in bringing it to the realism and national character.

Creating the Coryphee Theatre

In 1881, the ban on Ukrainian theatre was abolished. Though there still were many limitations and restrictions, Ukrainian troupes emerged in

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. In his early days, Kropyvnytskyi wrote mainly comedy pieces: ''Reconciled'' (1869), ''God will protect an orphan, or Unexpected Proposal'' (1871), ''Actor Sinitsa'' (1871), ''A revision'' (1882), ''Mustache'' (1885) and others. Kropivnytsky's grave

Later period

In 1890s, Kropyvnytskyi called his pieces "pictures" on multiple occasions, such as his "pictures of rural movement" ("Konon Blyskavychenko", 1902, "Tough Day", 1906), "pictures of rural life" ("Old bitch and young shoots», 1908) etc. Even in his later years, forced by worsening health to settle in a farm House, Kropyvnytskyi often travelled to participate in theatre performances, he continued writing plays. Kropyvnytskyi bothered for organization of a school for farmers and their children, created two plays for children, using folk motifs (''Ivasik-Telesyk'', ''On the wave of the wand''), and worked on its staging at the farm. Kropyvnytskyi died on 21 April 1910 on his way from Odessa, where he was on tour. He was buried in Kharkiv.

Legacy

Marko Kropyvnytsky 2020 stamp of Ukraine

In July 2016 the city of Kirovohrad was renamed Kropyvnytskyi in his honour.Sweeping out Soviet past: Kirovohrad renamed Kropyvnytsky

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(14 July 2016)Profile Committee of the Council decided on a new name for Kirovohrad

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(14 July 2016) In 2008 Marko's grandson, Ihor Kropyvnytskyi said the following, "Created by Marko Kropyvnytskyi under conditions of a brutal national oppression, the professional theatre was one of main sources of cultural revival of the yoked nation during many years, particularly considering that many of our compatriots were illiterate at that time and were not able to read wonderful poetry and stories of

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, Ivan Franko and other Ukrainian writers. The Marko Kropyvnytskyi Theatre gave not only an extraordinary push for further development of Ukrainian culture, but also played a prominent socio-political role in the life of Ukrainians, became one of important spiritual foundations on which many decades later was built independent Ukrainian state". About Kropyvnytskyi,

Maksym Rylsky Maksym Tadeyovych Rylsky ( uk, Максим Тадейович Рильський; russian: Максим Фадеевич Рыльский; in Kyiv – 24 July 1964 ''id.'') was a Ukrainian poet, translator, academician, Doctor of Philologi ...

wrote the following, "Let's lower our foreheads: a genius was here, for people he worked and was tormented, so that the people would be treated just, so that the land would be green in garden's bloom" ( uk, Схилим чоло: тут віяв геній, Народу син творив тут і страждав, Щоб для народу домогтися прав, Щоб на землі сади цвіли зелені...).

References

External links

* Revutsky, V.
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Encyclopedia of Ukraine The ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine'' ( uk, Енциклопедія українознавства, translit=Entsyklopediia ukrainoznavstva), published from 1984 to 2001, is a fundamental work of Ukrainian Studies. Development The work was creat ...

* Kropyvnytskyi, I.
Father of the Ukrainian Theatre (Батько українського театру)
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A concert in the middle of the steppe (Концерт серед степу)
'. Newspaper "Den". 15 January 2009. * Kropyvnytskyi, I.
Ukrainian Shakespeare (Український Шекспір)
'. Newspaper "Den". 20 May 2010. * Mushtenko, S.
Time of coryphées (Час корифеїв)
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