Maria Zankovetska

Maria Zankovetska
Born
Maria Adasovska

4 August 1854
Zanky, Nizhyn County, Chernihiv Governorate (now Ukraine)
Died4 October 1934(1934-10-04) (aged 80)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
OccupationTheater actress
Years active1876-1934
Maria Zankovetska in the role of "Tsvirkunka", 1892

Maria Kostiantynivna Adasovska (Ukrainian: Марія Костянтинівна Адасовська, romanized: Mariia Kostiantynivna Adasovska), better known under her pseudonym Maria Zankovetska (Ukrainian: Марія Заньковецька, romanized: Mariia Zankovetska); 4 August 1854 – 4 October 1934) was a Ukrainian theater actress. There are some sources that date her birth to 3 August 1860.

Zankovetska became the first recipient of the People's Artist of Ukraine (People's Artist of Ukrainian SSR) in 1922.