Grigory Kugushev

Prince Grigory Vasilyevich Kugushev (Russian: Григорий Васильевич Кугушев, 17 March 1824 – 3 October 1871) was a Russian writer, poet and playwright whose comedies, including Goluboi Kapot (Blue Hood), Pari (The Bet), Priyomysh (The Foster) had considerable, if not lasting, success in the Russian Imperial Theatres in 1850s. More substantial and critically acclaimed were Kugushev's works of fiction, notably Kornet Otletayev (Корнет Отлетаев, a three-part novella, first published by Russky Vestnik in 1856) and the four-part novel Postoronneye Vliyaniye (Постороннее влияние, The Outside Influence, 1858—1859). He also wrote the libretto for the epic drama opera Mazeppa (1859) by Baron Boris Fitinhof-Schell.[1][2]

Grigory Kugushev
Born
Grigory Vasilyevich Kugushev
Григорий Васильевич Кугушев

(1824-04-17)17 April 1824
Akayevo, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died3 October 1871(1871-10-03) (aged 47)
Moscow, Russian Empire
Occupation(s)playwright, novelist, librettist

References

  1. Григорий Васильевич Кугушев at the Russian Dictionary // "Русский Архив" 1873 г., No 8 // "Отечественные Записки" 1859 г., т. CXXV, стр. 36—41. {Половцов}
  2. Кугушев, князь Григорий Васильевич at the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary


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