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In the thirties, the famous actress and director Lina Samborskaya and Alexander Verkhovsky became ardent propagandists of Soviet drama on the stage of the Kursk Theater. They were called «the living embodiment of the innovative spirit of the Soviet theater.»

Lina Semyonovna
Samborskaya

(30.08.1890 - 20.02.1955)
Lina Semyonovna Samborskaya (portrait)
Lina Semyonovna Samborskaya.

She carried out the artistic direction of the Kursk Theater in 1929-1931. Contemporaries noted her acting talent in such roles as Ranevskaya in «The Cherry Orchard» by A. Chekhov, Maria Tudor in the drama of the same name by F. Schiller, Anna – «Anna Christie» by Y. O. Neil…

In 1941-1948, she headed the Omsk Regional Drama Theater, where on October 8, 1945, she was awarded the honorary title «Honored Artist of the RSFSR».

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