page_title: Marko Kropyvnytskyi
hierarchical_section_title: Marko Kropyvnytskyi
caption_attribution_description: Українська: Герб роду Кропивницьких з нобілітаційних документів Кропивницьких
context_page_description: Marko Kropyvnytskyi was a Ukrainian writer, dramaturge, composer, theatre actor and director. Over his career Kropyvnytskyi wrote 40 plays, played in over 500 roles of various repertoire, as well as wrote several songs.
  In 1875, he was invited by Theophilia Romanovich to the theatrical society "Ruska Besida", and is attributed to be one of the founders of the first professional Ukrainian theatre, The Ruska Besida Theater.
context_section_description: Marko Kropyvnytskyi (Ukrainian: Марко Лукич Кропивницький, Marko Lukych Kropyvnytsky; Russian: Маркъ Лукичъ Кропивницкiй, Mark Lukich Kropivnitskiy; May 7, 1840, Bezhbairaky village, Kherson Governorate –  21 April 1910, en route to Kharkiv) was a Ukrainian writer, dramaturge, composer, theatre actor and director. Over his career Kropyvnytskyi wrote 40 plays, played in over 500 roles of various repertoire, as well as wrote several songs.
  In 1875, he was invited by Theophilia Romanovich to the theatrical society "Ruska Besida", and is attributed to be one of the founders of the first professional Ukrainian theatre, The Ruska Besida Theater.
caption: Kropyvnytskyi family coat of arms
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