# Inna Solovyova

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{{family name hatnote|Natanovna|Solovyova|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Inna Solovyova
| native_name        = Инна Соловьёва
| native_name_lang   = ru
| other_names        = 
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1927|11|16|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [Moscow](/source/Moscow), [Russian SFSR](/source/Russian_SFSR), Soviet Union
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2024|05|29|1927|11|16|df=y}}
| death_place        = Moscow, Russia
| occupation         = {{Plainlist|
* Theatre critic 
* Film critic 
* Scholar
}}
| years_active       = 1954–2024
| awards             = {{Plainlist|
* [Order of Friendship](/source/Order_of_Friendship)
* [Order of Honour](/source/Order_of_Honour_(Russia))
* [State Prize of the Russian Federation](/source/State_Prize_of_the_Russian_Federation)
* [Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"](/source/Order_%22For_Merit_to_the_Fatherland%22)
* [Golden Mask](/source/Golden_Mask_(Russian_award)) 
* [Order of Alexander Nevsky](/source/Order_of_Alexander_Nevsky)
}}
}}
'''Inna Natanovna Solovyova''' ({{Langx|ru|'''Инна Натановна Соловьёва'''}}; {{Nee|'''Bazilevskaya'''}}; 16 November 1927 – 29 May 2024) was a Russian theatre and film critic and scholar. She wrote for the magazines ''{{ill|Teatr.|hy|Տեատր (ամսագիր)|ru|Театр (журнал)}}'' and ''[Novy Mir](/source/Novy_Mir)'' as well as the newspaper [''Kultura''](/source/Kultura_(newspaper)). Solovyova taught a theatre criticism workshop at the [Russian Institute of Theatre Arts](/source/Russian_Institute_of_Theatre_Arts) and taught the history of Russian theatre at the [Moscow Art Theatre School](/source/Moscow_Art_Theatre_School). She was the author of books on cinema and theatre. Solovyova was a recipient of the [Order of Friendship](/source/Order_of_Friendship), the [Order of Honour](/source/Order_of_Honour_(Russia)), the [State Prize of the Russian Federation](/source/State_Prize_of_the_Russian_Federation), the [Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"](/source/Order_%22For_Merit_to_the_Fatherland%22), the [Golden Mask](/source/Golden_Mask_(Russian_award)) and the [Order of Alexander Nevsky](/source/Order_of_Alexander_Nevsky).

== Early life ==
Solovyova was born in Moscow on 16 November 1927.<ref name="GREEntry2">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Соловьёва Инна Натановна |encyclopedia=[Great Russian Encyclopedia](/source/Great_Russian_Encyclopedia) |url=https://old.bigenc.ru/theatre_and_cinema/text/v/3634790 |access-date=10 January 2026 |language=ru |trans-title=Soloviova Inna Natanovna}}</ref><ref name="MoscowWritersEntry">{{cite book |url=https://imwerden.de/pdf/pisateli_moskvy_biobibliografichesky_spravochnik_1987__ocr.pdf |title=Writers of Moscow: A Biographical Directory |publisher={{ill|Moskovskii rabochii|ru|Московский рабочий}} |year=1987 |editor1-last=Ionov |editor1-first=E. P. |location=Moscow, Russia |page=436 |language=ru |chapter=Соловьeва Инна Натановна |access-date=10 January 2026 |editor2-last=Kolov |editor2-first=Sergey Petrovich |via=[Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive)}}</ref> Her father was the Soviet playwright {{Interlanguage link|Natan Bazilevsky-Blumkin|ru|Базилевский-Блюмкин, Натан Григорьевич}}.<ref name="MKObit">{{cite news |last=Khokhryakova |first=Svetlana |date=30 May 2024 |title=Умерла Инна Соловьева: выпустила десятки книг, посвященных Станиславскому и Немировичу-Данченко, истории МХТ |trans-title=Inna Solovieva has died: she published dozens of books dedicated to Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko, and the history of the Moscow Art Theatre |url=https://www.mk.ru/culture/2024/05/30/umerla-inna-soloveva-vypustila-desyatki-knig-posvyashhennykh-stanislavskomu-i-nemirovichu-danchenko-istorii-mkht.html |access-date=10 January 2026 |work=[Moskovskij Komsomolets](/source/Moskovskij_Komsomolets) |language=ru}}</ref> In 1949,<ref name="GREEntry2" /><ref name="MoscowWritersEntry" /> Solovyova graduated the theatre studies department and postgraduate programme under the tutelage of the theatre critic [Pavel Markov](/source/Pavel_Markov) at the [Russian Institute of Theatre Arts](/source/Russian_Institute_of_Theatre_Arts) (GITIS).<ref name="MKObit" /><ref name="KrugosvetEntry">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Solovyova Inna Natanovna |encyclopedia=[Krugosvet](/source/Krugosvet) |url=https://www.krugosvet.ru/enc/kultura_i_obrazovanie/teatr_i_kino/SOLOVEVA_INNA_NATANOVNA.html |access-date=10 January 2026 |language=ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250615185816/https://www.krugosvet.ru/enc/kultura_i_obrazovanie/teatr_i_kino/SOLOVEVA_INNA_NATANOVNA.html |archive-date=15 June 2025}}</ref> She defended her defended her dissertation on ''The [Moscow Art Theatr](/source/Moscow_Art_Theatre)''[''e''](/source/Moscow_Art_Theatre) ''in the Period of Preparation for the [1905 Revolution](/source/Russian_Revolution_of_1905)'' in 1952,<ref name="MKObit" /><ref name="RG2024">{{cite news |last=Shvydkoy |first=Mikhail |date=4 June 2024 |title=Инна Соловьева всегда высоко чтила миссию основателей Художественного театра |trans-title=Inna Solovieva always held the mission of the founders of the Art Theatre in high regard |url=https://rg.ru/2024/06/04/posledniaia-iz-mogikan.html |access-date=10 January 2026 |work=[Rossiyskaya Gazeta](/source/Rossiyskaya_Gazeta) |language=ru}}</ref> a subject she was interested in since her youth.<ref name="KommersantObit">{{cite news |date=30 May 2024 |title=Человек-институция |trans-title=Man-institution |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6731072 |access-date=10 January 2026 |work=[Kommersant](/source/Kommersant) |language=ru}}</ref>

== Career ==
Starting in 1954, Solovyova was a member of the circle of young critics who gathered to write for the magazine ''{{ill|Teatr.|hy|Տեատր (ամսագիր)|ru|Театр (журнал)}}'', the newspaper [''Kultura''](/source/Kultura_(newspaper)) as well as the magazine ''[Novy Mir](/source/Novy_Mir)''.<ref name="MKObit" /><ref name="MATSEntry">{{cite web |title=Инна Соловьева (Базилевская) |trans-title=Inna Solovieva (Bazilevskaya) |url=http://mhatschool.theatre.ru/people/research/Soloviova/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017103420/http://mhatschool.theatre.ru/people/research/Soloviova/ |archive-date=17 October 2007 |access-date=10 January 2026 |publisher=[Moscow Art Theatre School](/source/Moscow_Art_Theatre_School) |language=ru}}</ref> In 1967, she joined the [Moscow Art Theatre School](/source/Moscow_Art_Theatre_School) Studio's Commission for the Study and Publication of the Legacy of [Konstantin Stanislavski](/source/Konstantin_Stanislavski) and [Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko](/source/Vladimir_Nemirovich-Danchenko), which later became, through her efforts, a research department of the school in 2008,<ref name="GREEntry2" /><ref name="TheatreMagazine">{{cite web |last=Ermolova |first=Anastasia |date=29 May 2024 |title=Ушла из жизни Инна Соловьёва |trans-title=Inna Solovieva has passed away |url=https://oteatre.info/ushla-iz-zhizni-inna-solovyova/ |access-date=10 January 2026 |work={{ill|Teatr.|hy|Տեատր (ամսագիր)|ru|Театр (журнал)}} |language=ru}}</ref> researching and analysing the Moscow Art Theater.<ref name="TheatreMagazine" /> From 1982 to 2001, she taught a theatre criticism workshop at GITIS and was appointed head of the research sector of the Moscow Art Theatre School in 2000,<ref name="KrugosvetEntry" /> teaching the history of Russian theatre.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Markov |first=Philip |date=30 May 2024 |title=Легенда театроведения. Ушла из жизни Инна Соловьёва |trans-title=A legend of theater studies, Inna Solovieva has passed away |url=https://babr24.com/msk/?lDE=260592 |access-date=10 January 2026 |publisher=Babr24 |language=ru}}</ref> She administered examinations to graduate students, attended dissertation defences and was a lecturer.<ref name="MKObit" /> According to [''The Economist''](/source/The_Economist), Solovyova would spend around 10 to 12 hours per day, almost uninterrupted, until she had completed her task.<ref name="EconomistObit">{{cite news |date=8 August 2024 |title=Inna Solovyova studied both stagecraft and the Russian soul |url=https://www.economist.com/obituary/2024/08/08/inna-solovyova-studied-both-stagecraft-and-the-russian-soul |access-date=10 January 2026 |work=[The Economist](/source/The_Economist)}}</ref> Some of Solovyova's most notable students include the critics {{Interlanguage link|Marina Davidova|de|Marina Jurjewna Dawydowa|hy|Մարինա Դավիդովա|ru|Давыдова, Марина Юрьевна|uk|Давидова Марина Юріївна}}, {{Interlanguage link|Dina Goder|ru|Годер, Дина Натановна}} and {{Interlanguage link|Gleb Sitkovsky|ru|Ситковский, Глеб Семёнович}}.<ref name="MATSEntry" /><ref name="TheatreMagazine" />

She was the author of eight books on cinema and theatre.<ref name="KrugosvetEntry" /> These include ''Cinema of Italy'' (1945–1960), ''Essays'' in 1961, a collection of articles known as ''The Performance is on Today'' in 1966;<ref name="RG2024" /> ''Jean Gabin'' (with {{Interlanguage link|Vera Shitova|ru|Шитова, Вера Васильевна}}) about the French actor [Jean Gabin](/source/Jean_Gabin) in 1967; ''Nemirovich-Danchenko'' in 1979, ''Fourteen Sessions'' (with V. Shitova) in 1981, ''K.S. Stanislavsky'' (with V. Shitova) in 1985, and ''Branches and Roots'' in 1998.<ref name="MKObit" /><ref name="KrugosvetEntry" /> Under her editorship, with her prefaces, Stanislavsky's director's manuscripts were included in the six-volume edition ''Director's Copies'' and published between 1980 and 1994; the six-volume edition ''of K.S. Stanislavsky's Director's Copies'' as well as ''the Director's Copies of Uncle Vanya'' were published.<ref name="GREEntry2" /><ref name="KrugosvetEntry" /> She also wrote volumes 1 to 2 of ''Moscow Art Theatre. 100 Years'' with {{Interlanguage link|Anatoly Mironovich Smelyansky|ru|Смелянский, Анатолий Миронович}} and Olga Egoshina in 1998 in which she authored around 200 articles for the book, ''Vl. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. Creative Legacy'' volumes 1 to 4 in 2004, volumes 1 to 2 of ''Letters from O. Bokshanskaya to Vl. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko'' in 2005, ''The Second Moscow Art Theatre. An Attempt to Reconstruct a Biography'' in 2010.<ref name="GREEntry2" /><ref name="KrugosvetEntry" /> She wrote the book ''The First Studio – The Second Moscow Art Theatre'' in 2016.<ref name="MCATEntry">{{cite web |title=Inna Natanovna Solovieva (Bazilevskaya) |trans-title=Инна Натановна Соловьева (Базилевская) |url=https://mxat.ru/o-teatre/imena/persona/Soloviova/ |access-date=10 January 2026 |publisher=[Moscow Chekhov Art Theatre](/source/Moscow_Chekhov_Art_Theatre) |language=ru}}</ref>

Solovyova became a member of the [Union of Soviet Writers](/source/Union_of_Soviet_Writers) in 1960.<ref name="MoscowWritersEntry" />

== Personal life ==
She died in Moscow on 29 May 2024.<ref name="EconomistObit" /><ref name="MCATEntry" /> Solovyova's farewell ceremony took place on 3 June at the Moscow Art Theatre and the urn with her ashes was buried in the columbarium of the [Donskoye Cemetery](/source/Donskoye_Cemetery).<ref name="RG2024" />

== Awards ==
She was made a Laureate of the USSR Writers' Union Prize in 1969,<ref name="MoscowWritersEntry" /> and was named an {{Interlanguage link|Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation|et|Venemaa Föderatsiooni teeneline kunstitegelane|hy|Ռուսաստանի Դաշնության արվեստի վաստակավոր գործիչ|io|Estimata aganto pri arti di Rusa Federuro|pl|Zasłużony Działacz Sztuk Federacji Rosyjskiej|ru|Заслуженный деятель искусств Российской Федерации|uk|Заслужений діяч мистецтв Росії|zh|俄罗斯联邦功勋艺术工作者}} on 23 November 1993 "for services in the field of art''".''<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 November 1993 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 23.11.1993 г. № 1994 |trans-title=Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of November 23, 1993, No. 1994 |url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/4886 |access-date=10 January 2026 |publisher=[Kremlin.ru](/source/Kremlin.ru) |language=ru}}</ref> Solovyoba was a recipient of the [Order of Friendship](/source/Order_of_Friendship) on 23 October 1998 "for many years of fruitful work in the field of theatrical arts and in connection with the 100th anniversary of the Moscow Art Academic Theatre".<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 October 1998 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 23.10.1998 г. № 1300 |trans-title=Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of October 23, 1998 No. 1300 |url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/13063 |access-date=10 January 2026 |publisher=[Kremlin.ru](/source/Kremlin.ru) |language=ru}}</ref> She was awarded the [Order of Honour](/source/Order_of_Honour_(Russia)) on 22 February 2003 "for many years of fruitful work in the field of culture and art".<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 February 2003 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 22.02.2003 г. № 236 |trans-title=Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of February 22, 2003, No. 236 |url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/19225 |access-date=10 January 2026 |publisher=[Kremlin.ru](/source/Kremlin.ru) |language=ru}}</ref> 

Solovyoba received the [State Prize of the Russian Federation](/source/State_Prize_of_the_Russian_Federation) on 12 June 2004 "for long-term scientific research and publication of the creative legacy of the founders of the Moscow Art Theatre.",<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 June 2004 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 12.06.2004 г. № 766 |trans-title=Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of June 12, 2004, No. 766 |url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/21015 |access-date=10 January 2026 |publisher=[Kremlin.ru](/source/Kremlin.ru) |language=ru}}</ref> and the [Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th degree](/source/Order_%22For_Merit_to_the_Fatherland%22) on 4 June 2008 "for a major contribution to the development of domestic and world theatrical art and many years of fruitful scientific and pedagogical activity."<ref name="MCATEntry" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=4 June 2009 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 04.06.2008 г. № 893 |trans-title=Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of June 4, 2008, No. 893 |url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/27574 |access-date=10 January 2026 |publisher=[Kremlin.ru](/source/Kremlin.ru) |language=ru}}</ref> She was named the winner of the [Golden Mask](/source/Golden_Mask_(Russian_award)) in the "Honour and Dignity" category in 2009.<ref name=":0" /> Solovyoba received the [Order of Alexander Nevsky](/source/Order_of_Alexander_Nevsky) on 29 June 2018 "for a significant contribution to the development of Russian culture and art, mass media, and many years of fruitful activity."<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 June 2018 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 29 июня 2018 года № 377 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации» |trans-title=Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of June 29, 2018 No. 377 "On awarding state awards of the Russian Federation" |url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/43251/page/3 |access-date=10 January 2026 |publisher=[Kremlin.ru](/source/Kremlin.ru) |language=ru}}</ref>

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