Name: Georgi Tovstonogov
Birthday: 28 September 1915
Deathday: 23 May 1989
Place of Birth: Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
Known For: Directing
Georgi Tovstonogov was a highly acclaimed Soviet theatre director who led Leningrad's Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater from 1956 until his death in 1989.