Ilya Uralov
Ilya Matveyevich Konkov was a Russian stage actor better known under his stage name Uralov.Biography
Born in Orsk to the family of Orenburg Cossacks, Konkov spent his youth travelling all over Russia, undertaking menial jobs. While in Ashkhabad, in late 1890s he joined a visiting Ukrainian theatre troupe. In 1904 he was invited to the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre in Saint Petersburg where he made himself a name in plays by Maxim Gorky, in particular, Summerfolk and Children of the Sun.
In 1907 Ilya Uralov joined the Moscow Art Theatre where his premiere parts included Varlaam, Someone in Grey, the Mayor, Bolshintsov and Grigory. In 1911 Uralov left the theatre to join Alexandrinka; Stanislavsky later called MAT's decision to let him go a 'regrettable mistake'.
During his eight years stint with the Alexanrinsky Theatre, Uralov has made his mark with his "juicy, fulsome realism"; his acclaimed work included Peter the Great, Dikoy, Varavvin, Knurov, Bessemenov, and Skotinin.
Ilya Uralov died in 1920 in Novhorod-Siverskyi, Chernihiv, Ukraine. The Soviet actor Yakov Malyutin left a memoir on Uralov in a book called The Actors of My Generation.
