Biography of Alexander Ignatjewitsch Kanin

Alexander Ignatjewitsch Kanin (* 24. November 1877 in Saratov; † 3. November 1953 in Ryazan) was a russian actor. He was 75 years old. He worked at Студия на Поварской, Ashgabat Russian Drama Theatre named after Pushkin, Lunacharsky Drama Theatre, Maksim Gorky Samara Academic Drama Theater, Voronezh State Academic Drama Theatre A. Koltsov, Pushkin State Drama Theatre Kursk, Kurgan State Drama Theatre, Bestuzhev Theatre, Velikiye Luki Drama Theatre and Regional Drama Theatre Ryazan. His awards include Stalin Prize, Merited Artist of the RSFSR and Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945". He was buried at Lazarevskoe (Saint-Lazar) cemetery in Ryazan.