Lesya Kryvytska

Ukrainian actress

Lesya Kryvytska

Born|

Oleksandra Serhiivna Yelyseyeva

(1899-01-16)16 January 1899

Chyhyryn, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire

Died| 7 November 1983(1983-11-07) (aged 84)

Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Nationality| Ukrainian
Occupation| Actress

Lesya Kryvytska, née Oleksandra Serhiivna Yelyseyeva (Ukrainian: Олександра Сергіївна Кривицька; 16 January 1899 – 7 November 1983) was a Soviet and Ukrainian stage actress and pedagogue. People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1954).

## Early life and education

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Oleksandra Kryvytska was born in Chyhyryn, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire.[1]

## Career

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Kryvytska began her acting career in 1916 in the troupe of Serhii Pronsky.[2] From 1918 she studied in the Theater school in Kyiv and at the same time worked at the Mykola Sadovsky Theater.[3] In 1919–1920, she was an actress at the State National Theater of the Ukrainian People's Republic in Kamianets-Podilskyi which operated under the direction of Mykola Sadovsky.[4] Together with the theater she went to Galicia, where she was interned in Dombie - a camp near Krakow.[5]

In 1921–1922, Kryvytska returned to Soviet Ukraine and was admitted to the Ivan Franko Traveling Theater.[6] She married Yakiv Kryvytsky and performed under the stage name Lesya Kryvytska.[6] In 1922–1923, she worked at the Ukrainian Theater under the direction of Mykola Orel-Stepnyak.[7] In 1924, Kryvytska worked at the Ukrainian Theater of Volodymyr Demchyshyn.[4] From 1925 to 1927, she was playing at the Ukrainian Dnieper Theater.[7] In 1927–1929, Kryvytska worked in the cooperative Ukrainian Theater under the direction of Joseph Stadnyk.[3]

Lesya Kryvytska grave

From 1929 to 1934, Kryvytska worked at the Ukrainian Ivan Tobilevych Theater under the direction of Volodymyr Blavatsky.[7] In 1934–1936, she played at the Zagrava Theater [uk].[4] In 1938 -1939, she worked at the Ukrainian National Ivan Kotliarevsky Theater.[7] Since 1940, Kryvytska was an actress of Lviv Ukrainian Lesia Ukrainka Theater.[3] During the German occupation from 1941 to 1944, she continued working at this theater.[4] After the World War II until 1973, Kryvytska was the leading actress of the Lviv Ukrainian Maria Zankovetska Drama Theater.[6]

In 1958, she published a book, Povist pro moye Zhyttya: Spogady Artustku (A Story of my Life: Memories of the Artist).[5]

Lesya Kryvytska died on 7 November 1983 in her apartment in Lviv.[1] She is buried at the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv.[6]

## Awards and honors

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In 1954, Kryvytska was awarded a title of People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR.[8] She was also awarded the Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, and medals.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Кривицька Леся/Олександра Сергіївна" (PDF). Центральний державний архів-музей літератури і мистецтва України. 6 March 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
2. ^ a b "КРИВИЦЬКА". leksika.com.ua. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
3. ^ a b c "КРИВИЦЬКА ЛЕСЯ СЕРГІЇВНА". ЕНЦИКЛОПЕДІЯ ІСТОРІЇ УКРАЇНИ. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
4. ^ a b c d "Кривицька Леся Сергіївна — Енциклопедія Сучасної України". esu.com.ua. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
5. ^ a b "Повість про моє життя: (спогади артистки) . Леся Кривицька. К. :1958 р". crafta.ua. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
6. ^ a b c d "Леся Кривицкая (1899) Календарь Украины". www.calendarium.com.ua. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
7. ^ a b c d "Велика театральна історія однієї невеликої сцени. Частина сьома: і естрада, і драма, і опера, і джаз… • Фотографії старого Львова". Фотографії старого Львова (in Ukrainian). 15 June 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
8. ^ "КРИВИ'ЦКАЯ Александра Сергеевна". istoriya-teatra.ru. Retrieved 7 November 2021.