evgenia bagrationovich vakhtangov was born in vladikavkaz in 1883, in a wealthy patriarchal family of tobacco manufacturer bagration sergeevich vakhtangov, an armenian by nationality, his mother olga vasilievna , nee lebedeva, was from a russian merchant family. the first 20 years of his life evgeny vakhtangov. he lived in this house on the armenian street, opposite the armenian church. st. gregory the illuminator, while still a student at the vladikavkaz gymnasium, was fond of playing the mandalin and participated in amateur drama circles. as an actor and director of performances. especially loved the characteristic islands roles, including women's liked to write stories and articles, some of which were published in the local newspaper terek in 1903 . bagration sergeevich sent his son to riga to study at poly. nothing constitutive, but becoming a member of an amateur theater, he failed the entrance exams, soon vakhtangov moved to moscow entered the law faculty of moscow university and again fascinated the theater as a chronic illness in 1911 vakhtangov was accepted as an actor in the