Yefrosyniya Zarnytska

Yefrosyniya Zarnytska, real name Yefrosyniya Azguridi (4 (16) February 1867 – 30 June 1936) was a Ukrainian theater actress and singer.

Early life and education Yefrosynia Azguridi was born on 4 (16) February 1867 in Odesa. Her father Philip Azguridi was Greek merchant owning a tobacco factory, her mother Kaolina Klodnytska was from the Polish nobility. Azguridi spent her childhood and adolescence in the family estate in the village of Katerinka in Kherson province. In 1886, Azguiridi graduated from the Odesa Music School of the Society of Fine Arts under the director Baron Kaulbarsi.

Career In the summer of 1888, Azguiridi got acquainted with Marko Kropyvnytskyi who was looking for talent for his new troupe. Kropyvnytsky offered Azguiridi a job as a professional actress in the lead roles in his troupe.

From September 1893 to September 1894 Zarnytska was the leading actress of the Heorhii Derkach troupe.

Honors In Pervomaisk, the lane and the city Center of Culture and Leisure are named after Zarnytska. A memorial plaque has been erected on the facade of the building housing the Center. In 2020, a literary and musical composition "Artistic Soul" dedicated to Zarnytska was presented in the interactive museum of the Mykolaiv Ukrainian Theater of Drama and Musical Comedy.