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Aleksandr Ostrovskiy
writer
- Birth name:
- Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky
- Born:
- 1823-04-12, Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
- Died:
- 1886-06-14, Shchelykovo, Kostroma Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kostroma Oblast, Russia]
- Professions:
- writer
Biography
Aleksandr Ostrovskiy was born on 12 April 1823 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was a writer, known for Without Dowry (1937), The Busy Inn (1916) and A Cruel Romance (1984). He was married to Maria Wassiljewna Vasilieva and Agafja Iwanowna. He died on 14 June 1886 in Shchelykovo, Kostroma Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kostroma Oblast, Russia].
