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Dmitry Vasilyevich Averkiyev (Russian: Дмитрий Васильевич Аверкиев, (October 12, 1836, Yekaterinodar, Russian Empire, — January 20, 1905, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian playwright, theatre critic, novelist, publicist and translator. He is the author of the Russian libretto to Rogneda by Alexander Serov.

Dmitry Averkiyev
Born	Дмитрий Васильевич Аверкиев (1836-10-12)October 12, 1836 Ekaterinodar, Russian Empire
Died	January 20, 1905(1905-01-20) (aged 68) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Occupation	theatre critic, playwright, novelist, translator, librettist

Averkiyev's best known plays were Frol Skorbeyev (Фрол Скорбеев, 1869) and Old Times in Kashira (Каширская старина, 1872); both continued to be produced into the Soviet times. He was also an acclaimed theatre critic who contributed to Epokha, Moskovskiye Vedomosti, Novoye Vremya and Vsemirnaya Illyustratsiya (where he was the head of the literary section, in 1869–1871). Averkiyev's magnum opus On Drama won him the Pushkin Prize in 1893.[1][2][3]

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- [en] Dmitry Averkiyev

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[ru] Аверкиев, Дмитрий Васильевич

Дми́трий Васи́льевич Аве́ркиев (1836—1905) — русский драматург, беллетрист, театральный критик, переводчик[3].

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