Sila Nikolajewitsch Sandunow

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Sila Nikolajewitsch Sandunow

Sila Nikolaevich Sandunow ( Russian Сила Николаевич Сандунов * 1756 , † April 8 . Jul / 20th April  1820 greg. In Moscow ), born as Silowan Nikolosis Zandukeli (Georgian სილოვან ზანდუკელი), was a Georgian - Russian actor and entrepreneur .

Life

Sila Sandunow came from the Georgian noble family Sandukeli, which together with the Georgian King Vakhtang VI. emigrated to Russia.

In 1776 Sandunov appeared in the newly founded Moscow Petrovsky Theater , where he immediately took the most prominent position. Soon he was accepted into the service of the St. Petersburg Court Theater, where he became a crowd favorite.

Sandunov married on February 14th July. / February 25,  1791 greg. in the St. Petersburg court church the opera singer Jelisaveta Uranova in the presence of the Empress Catherine II , after Jelisaveta Uranova had overcome the resistance of Count Alexander Besborodko with the help of the Empress. The Empress gave the couple diamonds .

Sandunowskie Bani in Moscow

In 1794 Sandunov returned to Moscow with his wife, where he eventually became a director . As an actor he appeared until 1810.

After selling the empress's diamonds, Sandunov bought some land in central Moscow on the Neglinnaja in 1800 and had a bathhouse built on it, which opened in 1808. After Sandunov's death, the owner of this property changed several times. Finally it was owned by Alexei Ganezki , who in 1894-1896 had the old bathhouse replaced by a magnificent new building in the Beaux Arts style , the Sandunowskie Bani , with the architects Bernhard Freudenberg , Sergei Kalugin and Vladimir Tschagin .

Web links

Commons : Sila Nikolajewitsch Sandunow  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Sandunowskie Bani in Moscow  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brockhaus-Efron : Сандунов, Сила Николаевич.
  2. ↑ Sanduny (accessed September 27, 2016).
  3. ↑ სილა სანდუნოვი (accessed on September 26, 2016).
  4. ↑ a b Alexey Shlykov: Moscow's Grand Bathhouse . In: Moscow today & tomorrow . No. 11 , 2002, p. 1-2 .
  5. ↑ a b RBTH: The Sandunow Baths from Pushkin's times to today (accessed on September 27, 2016).
personal data
SURNAME Sandunow, Sila Nikolajewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Сандунов, Сила Николаевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian actress and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH 1756
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1820
Place of death Moscow