Mikhail Shatrov (1932-2010) was a Soviet playwright.
In 1958 he was admitted to the
Union of Soviet Writers. Member of the
CPSU since 1961. In a series of historical plays, he shook up the genre of
Leniniana
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In philately, Leniniana is a topic for collecting postage stamps that tell about the life and story of Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924) or people, places, etc. connected with him. The topic was common in the Soviet Union.
On the stamps ...
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Faina Ranevskaya
Faina Georgievna Ranevskaya (russian: Фаина Георгиевна Раневская, born Faina Girschevna Feldman, — 19 July 1984), is recognized as one of the greatest Soviet actresses in both tragedy and comedy. She was also famous for ...
sarcastically remarked: "Shatrov - this is the
Krupskaya
Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya ( rus, links=no, Надежда Константиновна Крупская, p=nɐˈdʲeʐdə kənstɐnˈtʲinəvnə ˈkrupskəjə; 27 February 1939) was a Russian revolutionary and the wife of Vladimir Lenin ...
of our days".)
His plays are often based on historical events. "The Bolsheviks" is based on the true story of
Fanny Kaplan's attempt to assassinate
Vladimir Lenin.
The play "The Peace Treaty of Brest-Litovsk" was initially banned by the regime in the USSR due to its depiction of Lenin and was approved for publication only in 1987, 25 years after it was written.
In 1988 an all-Russian cast toured Europe performing "The Peace Treaty of Brest-Litovsk"; in 1990 the company toured in the US as well.
Mikhail Shatrov died in Moscow at the 79th year of his life from a heart attack in his apartment in the
House on the Embankment. He was buried at the
Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
The Troyekurovo Cemetery (russian: Троекуровское кладбище, Troyekurovskoye kladbishche), alternatively known as ''Novo-Kuntsevo Cemetery'' (russian: Ново-Кунцевское кладбище, Novo-Kuntsevskoye kladbishch ...
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References
1932 births
2010 deaths
Writers from Moscow
Russian male dramatists and playwrights
Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
Recipients of the USSR State Prize
Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
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