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Alexander Ivanovich Yuzhin (russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Ю́жин; 1857–1927) was a stage name of the
Georgian
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Prince Sumbatov (Sumbatashvili), who dominated the
Malyi Theatre of
Moscow
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at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. He was best known for the Romantical parts in the dramas by
Schiller and
Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...
but also penned a number of plays himself. Yuzhin lived on to become one of the first
People's Artists of the Republic in 1922.
He was a
freemason. Initiated to February 17, 1908 in the
masonic lodge
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"Renaissance" (
Grand Orient of France
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).
[Серков А. И. Русское масонство. 1731—2000 гг. Энциклопедический словарь. М.: Российская политическая энциклопедия, 2001. 1224 с.]
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Russian male actors
Nobility of Georgia (country)
Russian nobility
Russian Freemasons
People's Artists of the RSFSR
Honorary Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1917–1925)
Honorary Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences
1857 births
1927 deaths
Russian people of Georgian descent
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