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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Lebedeff, Gerasim Steppanovich&#039;&#039;&#039; (1749-1817) Russian adventurer, linguist, pioneer of Bengali drama, translator and writer. Born into a farmer&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;;&lt;/del&gt;s family in Ukraine, Russia, Lebedeff learned English, French and German. His travels began when he journeyed to Naples with the Russian ambassador. Afterwards he travelled to Paris and London. In 1785 he came to Kolkata where he studied Bangla, Sanskrit and Hindustani with Goloknath Das. Lebedeff translated two plays, &#039;&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The &lt;/del&gt;Disguise&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Love is the Best Doctor&#039;&#039;, into Bangla. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&lt;/del&gt;The&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039; &lt;/del&gt;&#039;&#039;Disguise&#039;&#039; was staged successfully on 27 November 1795 and on 21 March 1796 at Bengali Theatre built by him at 25 Domtala, Kolkata. In 1797 he was arrested on a false charge of debt, but was later acquitted.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Lebedeff, Gerasim Steppanovich&#039;&#039;&#039; (1749-1817) Russian adventurer, linguist, pioneer of Bengali drama, translator and writer. Born into a farmer&#039;s family in Ukraine, Russia, Lebedeff learned English, French and German. His travels began when he journeyed to Naples with the Russian ambassador. Afterwards he travelled to Paris and London. In 1785 he came to Kolkata where he studied Bangla, Sanskrit and Hindustani with Goloknath Das. Lebedeff translated two plays, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The &lt;/ins&gt;&#039;&#039;Disguise&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Love is the Best Doctor&#039;&#039;, into Bangla. The &#039;&#039;Disguise&#039;&#039; was staged successfully on 27 November 1795 and on 21 March 1796 at Bengali Theatre built by him at 25 Domtala, Kolkata. In 1797 he was arrested on a false charge of debt, but was later acquitted.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;Lebedeff lived in Kolkata for ten years. Apart from his work in the theatre, Lebedeff established a press for printing Bangla books. He is said to have received fund from the Czar for doing it. He also compiled a Bangla dictionary and wrote a book in Bangla on arithmetic. He translated a portion of [[bharatchandra]]&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;;&lt;/del&gt;s &#039;&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Annad&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ma&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;b&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;gal&lt;/del&gt;&#039;&#039; into Russian. His other works include &#039;&#039;A Grammar of the Pure and Mixed East Indian Dialects&#039;&#039; (London, 1801), &#039;&#039;An Impartial Contemplation of the East Indian Systems of Brahmins&#039;&#039; (St Petersburg, 1805), &#039;&#039;A Collection of Hindustani and Bengali Arias&#039;&#039;. Lebedeff died on 15 July 1817 in Russia.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lebedeff lived in Kolkata for ten years. Apart from his work in the theatre, Lebedeff established a press for printing Bangla books. He is said to have received fund from the Czar for doing it. He also compiled a Bangla dictionary and wrote a book in Bangla on arithmetic. He translated a portion of [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bharatchandra Ray|&lt;/ins&gt;bharatchandra]]&#039;s &#039;&#039;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Annadamabgal&lt;/ins&gt;&#039;&#039; into Russian. His other works include &#039;&#039;A Grammar of the Pure and Mixed East Indian Dialects&#039;&#039; (London, 1801), &#039;&#039;An Impartial Contemplation of the East Indian Systems of Brahmins&#039;&#039; (St Petersburg, 1805), &#039;&#039;A Collection of Hindustani and Bengali Arias&#039;&#039;. Lebedeff died on 15 July 1817 in Russia.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;Lebedeff played a historic role in establishing the first theatre in Bengal and staging Bangla plays in Kolkata and taking Bangla in touch with the Russian language for the first time. [Prodyot Ghosh&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;] [Ghosh, Prodyot  Reader of Bangla, Maldah College, Kolkata&lt;/del&gt;]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lebedeff played a historic role in establishing the first theatre in Bengal and staging Bangla plays in Kolkata and taking Bangla in touch with the Russian language for the first time. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/ins&gt;[Prodyot Ghosh]  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;p class=Normal &amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Lebedeff, Gerasim Steppanovich&#039;&#039;&#039; (1749-1817) Russian adventurer, linguist, pioneer of Bengali drama, translator and writer. Born into a farmer&#039;;s family in Ukraine, Russia, Lebedeff learned English, French and German. His travels began when he journeyed to Naples with the Russian ambassador. Afterwards he travelled to Paris and London. In 1785 he came to Kolkata where he studied Bangla, Sanskrit and Hindustani with Goloknath Das. Lebedeff translated two plays, &#039;&#039;The Disguise&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Love is the Best Doctor&#039;&#039;, into Bangla. &#039;&#039;The&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;Disguise&#039;&#039; was staged successfully on 27 November 1795 and on 21 March 1796 at Bengali Theatre built by him at 25 Domtala, Kolkata. In 1797 he was arrested on a false charge of debt, but was later acquitted.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Lebedeff, Gerasim Steppanovich&#039;&#039;&#039; (1749-1817) Russian adventurer, linguist, pioneer of Bengali drama, translator and writer. Born into a farmer&#039;;s family in Ukraine, Russia, Lebedeff learned English, French and German. His travels began when he journeyed to Naples with the Russian ambassador. Afterwards he travelled to Paris and London. In 1785 he came to Kolkata where he studied Bangla, Sanskrit and Hindustani with Goloknath Das. Lebedeff translated two plays, &#039;&#039;The Disguise&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Love is the Best Doctor&#039;&#039;, into Bangla. &#039;&#039;The&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;Disguise&#039;&#039; was staged successfully on 27 November 1795 and on 21 March 1796 at Bengali Theatre built by him at 25 Domtala, Kolkata. In 1797 he was arrested on a false charge of debt, but was later acquitted.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;p class=Normal &amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;Lebedeff lived in Kolkata for ten years. Apart from his work in the theatre, Lebedeff established a press for printing Bangla books. He is said to have received fund from the Czar for doing it. He also compiled a Bangla dictionary and wrote a book in Bangla on arithmetic. He translated a portion of [[bharatchandra]]&#039;;s &#039;&#039;Annad&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ma&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;b&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;gal&#039;&#039; into Russian. His other works include &#039;&#039;A Grammar of the Pure and Mixed East Indian Dialects&#039;&#039; (London, 1801), &#039;&#039;An Impartial Contemplation of the East Indian Systems of Brahmins&#039;&#039; (St Petersburg, 1805), &#039;&#039;A Collection of Hindustani and Bengali Arias&#039;&#039;. Lebedeff died on 15 July 1817 in Russia.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;  Lebedeff lived in Kolkata for ten years. Apart from his work in the theatre, Lebedeff established a press for printing Bangla books. He is said to have received fund from the Czar for doing it. He also compiled a Bangla dictionary and wrote a book in Bangla on arithmetic. He translated a portion of [[bharatchandra]]&#039;;s &#039;&#039;Annad&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ma&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;b&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;gal&#039;&#039; into Russian. His other works include &#039;&#039;A Grammar of the Pure and Mixed East Indian Dialects&#039;&#039; (London, 1801), &#039;&#039;An Impartial Contemplation of the East Indian Systems of Brahmins&#039;&#039; (St Petersburg, 1805), &#039;&#039;A Collection of Hindustani and Bengali Arias&#039;&#039;. Lebedeff died on 15 July 1817 in Russia.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;p class=Normal &amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;Lebedeff played a historic role in establishing the first theatre in Bengal and staging Bangla plays in Kolkata and taking Bangla in touch with the Russian language for the first time. [Prodyot Ghosh] [Ghosh, Prodyot  Reader of Bangla, Maldah College, Kolkata]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;  Lebedeff played a historic role in establishing the first theatre in Bengal and staging Bangla plays in Kolkata and taking Bangla in touch with the Russian language for the first time. [Prodyot Ghosh] [Ghosh, Prodyot  Reader of Bangla, Maldah College, Kolkata]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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 &amp;lt;p class=Normal &amp;gt;Lebedeff lived in Kolkata for ten years. Apart from his work in the theatre, Lebedeff established a press for printing Bangla books. He is said to have received fund from the Czar for doing it. He also compiled a Bangla dictionary and wrote a book in Bangla on arithmetic. He translated a portion of [[bharatchandra]]&amp;#039;;s &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Annad&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;ma&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;b&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;gal&amp;#039;&amp;#039; into Russian. His other works include &amp;#039;&amp;#039;A Grammar of the Pure and Mixed East Indian Dialects&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (London, 1801), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;An Impartial Contemplation of the East Indian Systems of Brahmins&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (St Petersburg, 1805), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;A Collection of Hindustani and Bengali Arias&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Lebedeff died on 15 July 1817 in Russia. &lt;br /&gt;
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