Istomin Avdotia (1799 – 1848) – famous dancer Petersburg Ballet Theater School pupil, pupil Didelot, eulogized by Pushkin in Eugene Onegin.
The greatest success Istomin enjoyed in the ballet Zephyr and Flora "," African Lion "(1818)," The Caliph of Bagdad, "" Evtimii and Evharisa "," Roland and Morgan "," Lisa and Colin (1820), "Lelia Narbonskaya" etc.
Istomin participated occasionally in vaudeville, starring with the speeches. Thanks to his talent and beauty, Istomin was always surrounded by a crowd of admirers. Between the youth of those times occurred because it is not just fights, which ran sometimes tragically.
On retirement already in the 40-ies., Istomin married minor actor Ekunina.
See "Duel Zavadovskiy with Sheremetev" (in "Historical background and story," SN Shubinsky, St. Petersburg. 1893) and "Russian Antiquity" (1874), a biography Griboyedov former knee to Zavadovskiy.
Also, "Memoirs" Vigel (part fifth) and Golovachova-Panaeva (p.20 – 21, ed. 1890) and Almanac Bulgarin: "Waist" (1825).