About Grigory Kugushev
Lived 1824 – 1871 (aged 47). Grigory Kugushev was a Russian writer, poet and playwright.
Prince Grigory Vasilyevich Kugushev (, 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 by Baron
Boris Fitinhof-Schell.
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Who was Grigory Kugushev?
Russian writer (1824–1871)
When was Grigory Kugushev born?
Grigory Kugushev was born on 5 March 1824 in Temnikovsky Uyezd.
When did Grigory Kugushev die?
Grigory Kugushev died on 21 September 1871 in Moscow.
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Grigory Kugushev was a writer, poet and playwright.
What nationality was Grigory Kugushev?
Grigory Kugushev was Russian.
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