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On February, 3rd, 1752 Wolves and its companions have arrived to Petersburg. In Tsarskoe Selo, in a palace, they executed before Elizabeth Petrovnoj the play of fellow countryman Dmitry Rostovskogo ' About a repentance of the guilty person '. In it it was told, how the young man has got off from a correct course of life and has started to make a various sort unworthy acts. From such behaviour its snow-white clothes have started to become covered by black stains, on them these offences have been written. Gradually all attire has turned black. The young man has repented, has started to be sorry about the god, and on eyes all had a miracle: black loskutja have started to fall off, and the young man became again pure. During performance spectators exchanged glances among themselves. Despite the fact that what the tsarina was very religious, the similar naive play could not satisfy it. Here in a palace jaroslavtsy executed Sumarokov's tragedy ' Sinav and Truvor ', ' Aristona ', ' Hamlet ' and „' Horev '. Last four times have played. These performances have a little improved impression of provincials, but not up to the end.

Actors did not have not enough training. In 1754 of brothers Volkovyh have defined in a military school ' poduchat to French and German to languages, to dance and draw, looking who will render hunting and concept to what science, except ekzertsitsy (exercises. - And. K) military '. Even earlier for training in a military school have been given Ivan Dmitrevsky and Alexey Popov.