For 40 years, Maria Gavrilovna Savina (1854-1915) has been on stage of the Alexandrinsky Theater in St. Petersburg. She devoted most of her life to the theater, lived in the theater and for the theater. April 2024 marked the 170th anniversary of her birth. Her love of acting was passed on to her from her father, Gavriil Nikolaevich Podramentsov. He worked as an art teacher at a gymnasium and performed in the theater as an amateur actor. He eventually devoted himself entirely to the stage. Maria received her primary education in Odessa, where at the age of 8 she played her first role in the drama "Esmeralda".
The Presidential Library's collections feature numerous documents, letters, biographical sketches and photographs of the actress, including a unique photo album "Honored Artist of the Imperial Russian Drama Troupe M. G. Savina. Thirty-five years on the Imperial Stage" (1909).
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