Maria Zankovetska ( uk, Марія Заньковецька, ''Mariia Zankovetska''; Maria Kostyantynivna Adasovska; August 4, 1854 – October 4, 1934) was a Ukrainian theater actress. There are some sources that date her birth to August 3, 1860.

Biography

Maria was born to an impoverished landowner and nobleman, Kostyantyn Adasovsky, and a

Chernihiv Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...

city resident (

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) Maria Nefedova, in Zanky, Nizhyn County,

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(present-day

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). She had many siblings. Maria was a graduate of the Chernihiv City Female Gymnasium. In 1876, she first appeared onstage in Nizhyn. theater. Her professional career began on October 27, 1882 at the Yelizavetgrad City Theater ( Kropyvnytsky) under the management of Marko Kropyvnytsky. Her first role was Natalka from the Kotlyarevsky play " Natalka Poltavka". Later Maria participated among the most popular and professional Ukrainian troupes of Marko Kropyvnytsky,

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Zankovetska was derived from the name of the village of her birth. Her

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included more than 30 roles. A

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, she sang in Ukrainian folk songs. Zankovetska was an activist for the opening in Nizhyn of a permanent state theater. In 1918, she organized a people's theater "Ukrainian troupe under direction of M. Zankovetska", where she played such actors as Borys Romanytsky, Andriy Rotmyrov and others. Several plays were set among which were "Natalka Poltavka", "Hetman Doroshenko", "Aza the Gypsy". Recognizing her stage merits, in June 1918 the

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approved the adoption by the Council of Ministers of a resolution on the appointment of a lifetime state pension for Zankovetska. In 1922, Ukraine triumphantly celebrated the 40th anniversary of Zankovetska's career. She was the first person in Ukraine whom the government awarded the high title of the People's Artist of the republic. Zankovetska died on October 4, 1934. She is buried at

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in Kyiv.

List of selected theatrical roles

* 1882 - Natalka ("Natalka Poltavka", Ivan Kotlyarevsky) * 1882 - Halya ("Nazar Stodolya", Taras Shevchenko) * 1882 - Tsvirkunka ("Black Sea sailors", Mykhailo Starytsky) * 1883 - Olena ("Hlytai or the Spider", Marko Kropyvnytsky) * 1887 - Kharytyna ("Serf maiden", Ivan Karpenko-Karyi) * 1889 - Katrya ("Not destined", Mykhailo Starytsky) * 1891 - Aksyusha ("Forest",

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) * 1892 - Aza ("Aza the Gypsy", Mykhailo Starytsky) * Ulyana Kvitchyna ("Wedding in Honcharivka") * Yo ("Loss of Nadiya",

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)

Filmography

* 1909 - ''Natalka'' (Natalka Poltavka) * 1923 - ''Mother'' (Ostap Bandura)

External links

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Photo Archives of Zankovetska

Leo Tolstoy asked Maria Zankovetska for a tissue. gazeta.ua. 04.08.2009

Melpomene of the Ukrainian stage. Triumph and tragedy. To the 150th anniversary of the birthday of Maria Zankovetska.
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Biography

List of selected theatrical roles

Filmography

See also

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