- Born: 7 May 1840, Votkinsk, Russia
- Died: 6 November 1893, St. Petersburg, Russia
Works
- Воевода (The Voyevoda) (1869)
- Опричник (The Oprichnik) (1874)
- Кузнец Вакула (Vakula the Smith) (1876)
- Евгений Онегин (Eugene Onegin) (1879)
- Орлеанская дева (The Maid of Orleans) (1881)
- Мазепа (Mazeppa) (1884) ***+
- Черевички (Cherevichki) (1887)
- Чародейка (The Enchantress) (1887)
- Пиковая дама (The Queen of Spades / Pique Dame) (1890) **
- Иоланта (Iolanta) (1892)