Alexander Vertinsky Александр Вертинский | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Alexander Nikolayevich Vertinsky |
Also known as | Oleksandr Vertynsky |
Born | March 20 [O.S. March 8] 1889 Kiev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (now Kyiv, Ukraine) |
Died | May 21, 1957 Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) | (aged 68)
Occupation(s) | singer, poet, actor, composer |
Years active | 1916–1957 |
Alexander Nikolayevich Vertinsky (Russian: Александр Николаевич Вертинский, March 20 [O.S. March 8] 1889 – May 21, 1957) was a Russian[1] and Soviet artist, poet, singer, composer, cabaret artist and actor who exerted seminal influence on the Russian tradition of artistic singing.