Mikhail Nikolayevich Kedrov (22 March 1972), was a Soviet stage director, actor and pedagogue who managed the

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between 1946 and 1955. He is considered one of

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's most brilliant disciples. The son of an Orthodox priest from Moscow, Kedrov studied for six years in a divinity school. His wife

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(1899–1994) joined Stanislavski's company in 1924. Kedrov was awarded the title of

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(1948) and was the winner of four Stalin Prizes first degree (1946, 1949, 1950, 1952). He headed the Stanislavski school in Moscow and taught

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, among many other notable actors. He died in Moscow and was buried at

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