Yuri Aleksandrovich Zavadsky (Russian: Юрий Александрович Завадский; 12 July 1894, Moscow — 5 April 1977, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian theater director, actor and pedagogue.
According to oft-repeated stories, Zavadsky, who lived in what can be considered luxury conditions for Russia at that time, since he was permitted to keep his passport at home and had access to a chauffeur-driven car, showed all this to…