Степан Смоленский

Outstanding figure of national Russian culture, a musicologist, paleography, choral conductor and educator Born: October 20 (8 O.S.), 1848, Kazan, Russian Empire Died: August 2 (July 20 O.S.), 1909, Vasilsursk, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire Director of the Moscow Synodal School of Church Singing from 1889-1901.