Nadezhda Vasilyevna Rykalova (Russian: Надежда Васильевна Рыкалова; 10 July 1824 – 3 January 1914) was a Russian stage actress, best known for her Maly Theatre performances in plays by Alexander Ostrovsky, who created the Kabanikha character (in The Storm) especially for her.

[1] Rykalova was born in Moscow, then in the Russian Empire.

She came from an artistic family and had the famous Russian tragic Mikhail Shchepkin as a mentor.

She played more than 400 roles on stage and retired in 1907.

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