Fyodor Volkov
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Fyodor Grigorievich Volkov was a Russian actor and founder of the first permanent Russian theater.
Fyodor Volkov by Anton Losenko
Volkov on a 1956 stamp
Yaroslavl
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Yaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located 250 kilometers northeast of Moscow. The historic part of the city is a World Heritage Site, and is located at the
Fyodor Volkov
…theater. The stepson of Merchant Polushkin from Kostroma, Fyodor Volkov received a versatile education. He established the very first public theater in Yaroslavl in 1750, which would later bring fame to the then-unknown actors Ivan Dmitrievsky, Yakov Shumsky and others. Two years later, Fyodor Volkov and his…
Clockwise, from top right: St. Alexander Nevsky's Chapel, St. John the Baptist's Church, Strelka Park from Volga Embankment, Znamenskaya Tower, Volkov Theater, St. Elijah the Prophet's Church
Church of Saint Nicholas in Yaroslavl
Yaroslav the Wise stands over the body of the bear which he, according to legend, killed before founding the city
Alexey Bogolyubov. A Crucession in Yaroslavl, painted in 1863