Yuri de Bur

Yuri de Bur (2nd of May 1887, Baku, Russian Empire – 18th of November 1949, Riga, Latvian SSR) – an actor of the Riga Russian Drama Theatre from 1924 to 1949.

Yuri de Bur was born on 2nd of May 1887 in Baku, studied at the Petersburg Conservatory afterwards was working as a pianoplayer at the Opera schools of Moscow and Petersburg.

He got interested in theatrical art. From 1924 to 1949 he had been an actor of the Riga Russian Drama theatre. He belonged to the old generation of actors and advocated Russian theatrical traditions in Latvia. He was a genuine Russian intellectual.

Юрий Львович де Бур (1887–1949). – Покровское кладбище. Слава и забвение. – Рига, 2004