Yevgeny Vakhtangov

Yevgeny (Eugene) Bagrationovich Vakhtangov (February 13,1883-May 29,1922) was a renowned Russian director. He was a pupil of Konstantin Stanislavski, and a mentor of Mikhail Chekhov.

Vakhtangov was born in Vladikavkaz, Armenia. He joined the Moscow Art Theatre in 1911 and rose in the ranks, so that by 1920 he was in charge of his own studio. Four years after his death, the studio was named Vakhtangov Theatre in his honor.

Vakhtangov was greatly influenced by the theatrical style of Vsevolod Y. Meyerhold, but managed to blend this with the more naturalistic techniques of Stanislavski. Among his most famous productions were stagings of Princess Turandot by Carlo Gozzi and of The Dybbuk by S. Ansky, both in 1922.

He died in Moscow.