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
/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

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Korogodsky, Zinovy 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