Nikolai Fyodorovich Sazonov (russian: Николай Фёдорович Сазонов; 2 May 1843, in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

– 4 January 1902, in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian

stage actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

, associated with the

Alexandrinsky Theatre The Alexandrinsky Theatre (russian: Александринский театр) or National Drama Theatre of Russia is a theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The Alexandrinsky Theatre was built for the Imperial troupe of Petersburg (Imperial trou ...

in Saint Petersburg. Having made his stage debut in 1864, Sazonov soon became one of Alexandrinka's leading actors, who excelled mainly in

operetta Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs, and dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, length of the work, and at face value, subject matter. Apart from its s ...

s. Starting from the mid-1870s, he became involved in a more serious repertoire, and was lauded for his parts (in all, 25 of them) in the plays by

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 origina ...

. He was the first performer of the part of Trigorin in

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...

's ''

The Seagull ''The Seagull'' ( rus, Ча́йка, r=Cháyka, links=no) is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. ''The Seagull'' is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatises t ...

''.Linksy, V. Н.Ф. Сазонов. ''Teatr i Iskusstvo'', No.1, 1903. pp. 5-6 The writer

Sophia Smirnova Sophia Ivanovna Smirnova (russian: Софья Ивановна Смирнова-Сазонова, also: Smirnova-Sazonova, born 1852, Moscow, Imperial Russia, — died in 1921, Moscow, Soviet Russia) was a Russian writer, novelist and memoirist.< ...

(1852–1921) was his wife.

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Russian stage actors Male actors from Saint Petersburg 1843 births 1902 deaths Burials at Nikolskoe Cemetery Burials at Tikhvin Cemetery {{russia-actor-stub