Nikolay Burov graduated from the Russian State Institute of the Performing Arts (previously, Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema). He worked at the Leningrad Youth Theatre. In 1978, he received an invitation to the Alexandrinsky Theatre and soon became one of the troupe’s leading artists. His dramatic talent revealed itself especially brightly in the classical repertoire roles of – Shvabrin in “The Captain’s Daughter”, Basmanov in “Boris Godunov” and the title role of Don Juan by Moliere. He played more than 80 theatrical roles and more than 40 roles in the cinema. An acclaimed master of the artistic word, he has recited poetry and prose and is a narrator with symphony orchestras. Nikolay Burov has headed the St Petersburg Committee for Culture and from 2008 to June 1, 2017, he was the Director of the St Isaac’s Cathedral State Museum-monument.