Zinovy Yakovlevich Korogodsky (russian: Зиновий Яковлевич Корогодский; July 29, 1926,
Tomsk
Tomsk ( rus, Томск, p=tomsk, sty, Түң-тора) is a city and the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast in Russia, located on the Tom River. Population:
Founded in 1604, Tomsk is one of the oldest cities in Siberia. The city is a not ...
, USSR – May 22, 2004,
St. 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 ...
, Russia) was a Russian theater director, Professor,
People's Artist of the RSFSR
People's Artist of the RSFSR (russian: Народный артист РСФСР, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchest ...
,
[Зиновий Корогодский](_blank)
/ref> winner of the Stanislavsky
Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski ( Alekseyev; russian: Константин Сергеевич Станиславский, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin sʲɪrˈgʲejɪvʲɪtɕ stənʲɪˈslafskʲɪj; 7 August 1938) was a seminal Soviet Russian th ...
Award, an honorary professor of the Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University
The Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University (orig. Новгородский Государственный Университет имени Ярослава Мудрого, ''НовГУ''), also known informally as NovSU, was founded in 199 ...
.
In 1950 he graduated from the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts
The Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (russian: Российский государственный институт сценических искусств), formerly known as St Petersburg Theatre Arts Academy, formerly Leningrad State ...
. He worked in the theaters of Leningrad
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 ...
, Kaluga
Kaluga ( rus, Калу́га, p=kɐˈɫuɡə), a city and the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast in Russia, stands on the Oka River southwest of Moscow. Population:
Kaluga's most famous resident, the space travel pioneer Konstantin Tsiol ...
, Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and ...
. In 1962-1986 he was the leader of the Leningrad Young People’s Theatre
The A. Bryantsev Youth Theatre (also spelled ''State Theater For Young Audience Named After A. A. Bryantsev'' or ''Bryantsev Young Viewers Theater''; russian: Театр Юного Зрителя имени Брянцева) is one of the first ...
.
In 1986 he was convicted on false charges of sodomy, but the sentence was canceled and the case closed for lack of evidence.Дело Корогодского (Ленинградский ТЮЗ). Пятый канал
/ref> He was head of the laboratory young playwrights Russia.
In 2001, he was appointed a professor at Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University
The Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University (orig. Новгородский Государственный Университет имени Ярослава Мудрого, ''НовГУ''), also known informally as NovSU, was founded in 199 ...
where he taught until his death in 2004. He received an honorary professor of the University (posthumously).
He was buried in Komarovo, Saint Petersburg
Komarovo ( rus, Комаро́во, p=kəmɐˈrovə; fi, Kellomäki) is a municipal settlement in Kurortny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, and ...
.
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Санкт-Петербургский Государственный театр юных зрителей имени А. А. Брянцева и музей при театре
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People from Tomsk
Theatre directors from Saint Petersburg
People's Artists of the RSFSR
Academic staff of Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University
People prosecuted under anti-homosexuality laws
1926 births
2004 deaths
Soviet Jews
Russian Jews