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Ostrovsky (surname)
Ostrovsky, Ostrovskiy, Ostrovskyi, be, Астроўскі, Astrowski (masculine), Ostrovskaya or Ostrovska, be, Астроўскaя, Astrowskaya (feminine) are variations of a Slavic surname. Notable people with the surname include: It is based on the Slavic word for "island" *Belarussian: востраў (vostraw) *Russian: остров (ostrov) *Ukrainian: острів (ostriv) Notable people *Alexander Ostrovsky (1823–1886), Russian dramatist *Alexey Ostrovsky (born 1976), Russian politician *Anton Ostrovsky (born 1982), Israeli actor and rap singer *Arkady Ostrovsky (1914–1967), Soviet composer *Baruch Ostrovsky (1890–1960), first mayor of Ra'anana, Israel * Erika Ostrovsky (1926–2010), Austrian-American biographer of Louis-Ferdinand Céline *Grigory Ostrovsky (1756–1814), Russian portrait painter * Iossif Ostrovskii (1934–2020), Ukrainian mathematician * Josh Ostrovsky (born 1982), American entrepreneur, social media personality * Leonid Ostrovsky (1936-2001), Sov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Ostrovsky
Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Остро́вский; ) 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 repertoire." His dramas are among the most widely read and frequently performed stage pieces in Russia. Biography Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky was born on 12 April 1823, in the Zamoskvorechye region of Moscow, to Nikolai Fyodorovich Ostrovsky, a lawyer who received religious education. Nikolai's ancestors came from the village Ostrov in the Nerekhta region of Kostroma governorate, hence the surname. Later Nikolai Ostrovsky became a high-ranked state official and as such in 1839 received a nobility title with the corresponding privileges. His first wife and Alexander's mother, Lyubov Ivanovna Savvina, came from a clergyman's family. For some time the family lived in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
