Viktor Antonovich Dyachenko (russian: Виктор Антонович Дьяченко, born 1818, — died 1876) was a Russian playwright and theatre critic. Having debuted in 1830 with ''God Gives You a Prayer...'' (За Богом молитва, за Царем служба не пропадает), he authored, in all, 76 plays, the most successful of which was ''Victim for Victim'' (Жертва за жертву), ''God's Punishment'' (Кара Божия, both 1861) and ''The Governor'' (Гувернёр, 1864). At the peak of his success, in 1860—1863, he wrote 23 plays, 21 of which were included into the five-volume ''Drama Works'' collection which came out in Moscow in 1873—1876. Dealing predominantly with family life, Dyachenko's plays were highly popular with the general public as well as the actors who admired their structural perfection and simple, expressive language.

Vasily Samoylov Vasily Vasilyevich Samoylov (russian: Василий Васильевич Самойлов, 25 January 1813, Saint Petersburg, Imperial Russia — 8 April 1887, Saint Petersburg, Imperial Russia) was a Russian stage actor, associated with Alexan ...

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Glikeriya Fedotova Glikeriya Nikolaevna Fedotova (russian: Гликерия Николаевна Федотова, Pozdnyakova, Позднякова, 22 May 1846, Oryol, Russian Empire – 27 February 1925, Moscow, USSR) was a Russian actress associated with Mosco ...

, among others, have expressed their delight with the way Dyachenko's plays had given big push to their respective careers.Viktor Dyachenko
at the Russian Biography site, www.biografija.ru

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Russian male dramatists and playwrights 1818 births 1876 deaths {{russia-writer-stub