Sevastopol Academic Russian Dramatic A.
Lunacharsky Theatre was founded in 1911 and pretty soon it will celebrate its
100th jubilee. It was called "Renaissance" up to 1920. The first
director of the theatre was A.Nikulichev.
During the October Revolution and the Civil War
(1917-1920) Sevastopol
was a refuge for the intellectuals of the ruined Russian empire. Many great
artists such as L. Sobinov, A. Vertinsky, A. Polevitskaya, F. Shalyapin
performed in Sevastopol
theatre those years.
In 1920 revolutionary committee took hold of
the city and gave the name of people's comissar of education Anatoly
Lunacharsky to the theatre.
The original building of the theatre was
destroyed during the Second World War. The group of architects from Moscow headed by V.
Pelevin worked out the project of a new building in classic style. Renewed
theatre was opened in fall of 1957 on Primorsky boulevard.
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