Bankrot

work by Ostrovsky
Also known as: “It’s a Family Affair, We’ll Settle It Among Ourselves”, “Svoi lyudi sochtemsya”

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  • In Aleksandr Nikolayevich Ostrovsky

    His next play, Bankrot (“The Bankrupt”), later renamed Svoi lyudi sochtemsya (It’s a Family Affair, We’ll Settle It Among Ourselves), written in 1850, provoked an outcry because it exposed bogus bankruptcy cases among Moscow merchants and brought about Ostrovsky’s dismissal from the civil service. The play was banned…

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