YABLOCHKINA, A. A. (Яблочкина А.А.)
Photo by R. Brodovsky, Moscow, Russia, 1901
16.0 х 10.3 cm
Restored by M. B. Dalibando, 2017
Autographed on the back: “To the sweet and lovely Ninochka Shelamytova for good memories with heartfelt… from A. Yablochkina, 21 October 1901.”
Vasily Vasilievich Shelamytov was an actor at Malyi Theater, Moscow, Russia.
Aleksandra Aleksandrovna YABLOCHKINA (1866—1964) was a Russian theater actress and teacher. Since 1886, she performed in Moscow, including with the Korsh Theater, and from 1888 until her retirement at Moscow Malyi Theater, where her stage partners included Maria Ermolova, Aleksandr Lensky, Aleksandr Yuzhin, and other famous performers of the theater. In 1915 she became life chairwomen of the Russian Theater Society. Today, Central House for Theater Actors and Moscow House for Theater Veterans bear her name. There is a Yablochkina crater on Venus.
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