About Modest Pisarev
Lived 1844 – 1905 (aged 61). Modest Pisarev was a Russian actor and stage actor.
Modest Ivanovich Pisarev (, 14 February 1844 — 13 October 1905) was a Kashira-born Russian stage actor, reader in drama and theatre critic.
A Moscow University graduate, Pisarev earned the reputation of a true intellectual of Russian theatre stage, who always "preferred to play thinkers, not lovers."
The actress Polina Strepetova was his wife.
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Who was Modest Pisarev?
Russian actor
When was Modest Pisarev born?
Modest Pisarev was born on 2 February 1844 in Kashira.
When did Modest Pisarev die?
Modest Pisarev died on 20 September 1905 in Russian Empire.
What was Modest Pisarev's occupation?
Modest Pisarev was an actor and stage actor.
What nationality was Modest Pisarev?
Modest Pisarev was Russian.
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