About Nikolai Sazonov
Lived 1843 – 1902 (aged 59). Nikolai Sazonov was a Russian actor.
Nikolai Fyodorovich Sazonov (; 2 May 1843, in Saint Petersburg – 4 January 1902, in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian stage actor, associated with the Alexandrinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg. Having made his stage debut in 1864, Sazonov soon became one of Alexandrinka's leading actors, who excelled mainly in operettas. Starting from the mid-1870s, he became involved in a more serious repertoire, and was lauded for his parts (in all, 25 of them) in the plays by Alexander Ostrovsky. He was the first performer of the part of Trigorin in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull.
The writer Sophia Smirnova (1852–1921) was his wife.
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Who was Nikolai Sazonov?
Russian actor (1843–1902)
When was Nikolai Sazonov born?
Nikolai Sazonov was born on 20 April 1843 in Saint Petersburg.
When did Nikolai Sazonov die?
Nikolai Sazonov died on 22 December 1902 in Saint Petersburg.
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Nikolai Sazonov was an actor.
What nationality was Nikolai Sazonov?
Nikolai Sazonov was Russian.
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