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Vasily Kachalov

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Birth Date:
11.02.1875
Death date:
30.09.1948
Person's maiden name:
Vasily Ivanovich Kachalov
Extra names:
Васи́лий Кача́лов, Vasily Ivanovich Kachalov, Василий Иванович Шверубович
Categories:
Actor, USSR folk artist
Nationality:
 belarusian, russian
Cemetery:
Novodevichy Cemetery

Vasily Ivanovich Kachalov (Василий Иванович Качалов, 1875-1948) was one of Konstantin Stanislavsky's best known actors. He led the so-called Kachalov Group within the Moscow Art Theatre. It was Kachalov who played Hamlet in the Symbolist production of 1911.

His father was Ivan Shverubovich, a Belarusian Orthodox priest from Wilno. His schoolmates at the local college included Felix Dzerzhinsky and Konstantinas Galkauskas. In 1896, he left the law department of Saint Petersburg University in order to pursue an acting career. After four years of touring the Russian provinces and a brief stint at the Suvorin Theatre, Kachalov made his debut at the Moscow Art Theatre as Tsar Berendey in The Snow Maiden (spring 1900).

The snow maiden was played by Stanislavsky's wife, Maria Lilina, who fell in love with Kachalov; she described their affair as "a touch of private happiness". Another of his lovers was Alisa Koonen. He met his wife, actress Nina Litovtseva, when they were acting in the Kazan Drama Theatre, one of Russia's oldest.

Kachalov was greatly admired for his "magnetic" voice. He played Baron Tuzenbach after Meyerhold's departure from the theatre. In the original 1904 production of The Cherry Orchard he appeared as Trofimov. He starred in Nemirovich-Danchenko's production of Ivanov later that year. All in all, he took more than 50 roles in Stanislavsky's company.

After the Russian Revolution, the Kachalov Group went touring Central Europe and did not return until the summer of 1921, under pressure from the theatre's founders.

Kachalov was named one of the first People's Artists of the USSR after the title was instituted in 1936 and received a Stalin Prize in 1943. He was also the recipient of the two Orders of Lenin. The Kazan State Theatre was given his name in 1948.

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Вадим  ШверубовичВадим ШверубовичSon28.07.190113.06.1981
        2Нина  КачаловаНина КачаловаWife12.01.187808.04.1956
        3Мария  ШверубовичМария ШверубовичGranddaughter22.08.194911.05.2018
        4Marija  ĻiļinaMarija ĻiļinaPartner03.07.186624.08.1943
        5Alisa  KoonenAlisa KoonenPartner17.10.188920.08.1974
        6Николай  КачаловНиколай КачаловFriend20.06.188319.06.1961
        7Maria  AndreyevaMaria AndreyevaFriend04.07.186808.12.1953
        8Vera  KomissarzhevskayaVera KomissarzhevskayaCoworker08.11.186423.02.1910
        9Constantin StanislavskiConstantin StanislavskiCoworker17.01.186307.08.1938
        10Alexey  GribovAlexey GribovCoworker18.01.190226.11.1977
        11Maxim GorkyMaxim GorkyFamiliar28.03.186818.06.1936
        12Yevgeny VakhtangovYevgeny VakhtangovStudent13.02.188329.05.1922

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