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Mossovet State Academic Theatre (Государственный академический театр имени Театр Моссовета) is one of the oldest theatres of Moscow, opened in 1923 and based at Bolshaya Sadovaya, 16.


History

Mossovet Theater was created in 1923 by the theatre entrepreneur S.I.Prokofiev, first as the Theater of Moscow Provincial Council of Trade Unions (MGSPS). In 1925–1940 it was led by E.O. Lyubimov-Lanskoy and in 1938 changed its name to the Theatre of Moscow City Council (Teatr Moscovskovo soveta) later to be shortened to its present form. The theatre progressed greatly during the reign of actor and director Yury Zavadsky (the protégé of
Konstantin Stanislavski Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski ( Alekseyev; russian: Константин Сергеевич Станиславский, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin sʲɪrˈgʲejɪvʲɪtɕ stənʲɪˈslafskʲɪj; 7 August 1938) was a seminal Russian Soviet Fe ...
) which started in 1940 and lasted up to 1977. In those years the Mossovet became home to such Soviet stage stars as
Vera Maretskaya Vera Petrovna Maretskaya ( Russian: Вера Петровна Марецкая) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1949) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1976). Early years Vera Petrovna Maretskaya was bo ...
, Nikolai Mordvinov,
Faina Ranevskaya Faina Georgievna Ranevskaya (russian: Фаина Георгиевна Раневская, born Faina Girschevna Feldman, — 19 July 1984), is recognized as one of the greatest Soviet actresses in both tragedy and comedy. She was also famous for ...
,
Lyubov Orlova Lyubov Petrovna Orlova (russian: link=no, Любовь Петровна Орлова ; – 26 January 1975) was a Soviet and Russian actress, singer, dancer and People's Artist of the USSR (1950). Life and career She was born to a family o ...
,
Rostislav Plyatt Rostislav Yanovich Plyatt (russian: Ростислав Янович Плятт; — 30 June 1989) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1961 and awarded the USSR State Prize in 1982. Biograph ...
, Boris Ivanov,
Georgiy Zhzhonov Georgiy Stepanovich Zhzhonov (russian: Гео́ргий Степа́нович Жжёнов, ; 22 March 1915 – 8 December 2005), was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and writer. He is known for playing the spy Mikhail Tulyev in the "R ...
, Gennady Bortnikov,
Mikhail Kozakov Mikhail Mikhailovich Kozakov (in Russian: Михаил Михайлович Козаков) (14 October 1934, Leningrad – 22 April 2011, Ramat Gan) was a Soviet, Russian and Israeli film and theatre director and actor. Biography Early life Mik ...
, Yury Kuzmenkov. In 1964 the theatre for its artistic achievements was given the Academic Theatre status. With the arrival of Pavel Khomsky in the mid-1970s the Mossovet Theatre started to experiment, using several scenes: In the Foyer, the Small Scene and the (120 seats-strong) Under the Roof scene – the latter opened in 1990 with the premier of
Pyotr Fomenko Pyotr Naumovich Fomenko (russian: Пётр Нау́мович Фоме́нко; 13 July 1932 in Moscow – 9 August 2012 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater director, teacher, artistic director of the Moscow theater Pyotr Fomenko ...
's ''Kaligula''. The theatre's Main scene (894 seats) features mostly classical adaptations, along with productions of contemporary directors (Pavel Khomsky, Yuri Eremin,
Andrey Konchalovsky Andrei Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky (russian: link=no, Андрей Сергеевич Михалков-Кончаловский; born 20 August 1937) is a Russian filmmaker. He has worked in Soviet, Hollywood, and contemporary Russian ...
, Nina Tchusova and others). At the present, the Mossovet troupe includes
Margarita Terekhova Margarita Borisovna Terekhova (russian: Маргари́та Бори́совна Те́рехова; born August 25, 1942 in Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR) is a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actress. She was awarded the title ...
,
Sergey Yursky Sergei Yurievich Yursky (russian: Серге́й Ю́рьевич Ю́рский, 16 March 1935 – 8 February 2019) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre director and screenwriter. His best known film role is Ostap Bender in '' T ...
,
Olga Ostroumova Olga Mikhailovna Ostroumova (russian: О́льга Миха́йловна Остроу́мова; born 21 September 1947) is a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. Best known for her roles in films ''We'll Live Till Monday'' ...
,
Valentin Gaft Valentin Iosifovich Gaft (russian: Валенти́н Ио́сифович Гафт; 2 September 1935 – 12 December 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was People's Artist of the RSFSR (1984). Biography Early life and education Gaft was ...
,
Alexander Domogarov Aleksandr Yurievich Domogarov (russian: Алекса́ндр Ю́рьевич Домога́ров, born 12 July 1963) is a Soviet and Russian theater actor, TV presenter, Russian chanson singer, People's Artist of Russia (2007), actor known for p ...
,
Evgeniy Steblov Yevgeny Yurievich Steblov (russian: Евге́ний Ю́рьевич Стебло́в; born December 8, 1945, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, honored as a People's Artist of Russia in 1993. He serves as First Deputy Chair ...
,
Alexander Filippenko Aleksandr Georgievich Filippenko (russian: links=no, Александр Георгиевич Филиппенко; born September 2, 1944) is a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of Russia (2000). Biography He was born in Moscow. His pare ...
,
Alexander Lenkov Alexander Sergeyevich Lenkov (russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Ленько́в; 17 May 1943 – 21 April 2014) was a Soviet-Russian film, stage and voice actor. He is probably best known for his voice acting in animated fil ...
,
Olga Kabo Olga Igorevna Kabo (russian: О́льга И́горевна Кабо́, born January 28, 1968) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actress. Biography Was born in Moscow, the daughter of engineers Igor Yakovlevich and Ada Nikolayevna. From ...
,
Gosha Kutsenko Yuriy Georgiyevich Kutsenko (russian: Ю́рий Гео́ргиевич Куце́нко; born 20 May 1967), better known as Gosha Kutsenko (russian: Гоша Куценко), is a Russian actor, producer, singer, poet, and screenwriter. In 2008, ...
, Evgenya Kryukova,
Valery Yaryomenko The French name Valery () is a male given name or surname of Germanic origin ''Walaric'' (see Walric of Leuconay), that has often been confused in modern times with the Latin name '' Valerius''—that explains the variant spelling Valéry (). The ...
,
Ekaterina Guseva Yekaterina Konstantinovna Guseva (russian: Екатери́на Константи́новна Гу́сева; 9 July 1976) is a Russian film, theater, TV actress and singer, Meritorious Artist of Russia. She became famous for her role in the 2002 ...
and
Margarita Shubina Margarita Valeryevna Shubina ( uk, Маргарита Валеріївна Шубіна, russian: Маргарита Валерьевна Шубина; born April 4, 1966) is a Soviet and Russian actress and director. She was awarded Honored Artis ...
, among many others.


Troupe


Past

* Valeriya Dementyeva (1923–1933) * Stepan Kuznetsov (1923–1935) *
Tatyana Pelttser Tatyana Ivanovna Pelttser (russian: Татья́на Ива́новна Пе́льтцер; german: Tatjana Peltzer; June 6, 1904 in Moscow – July 16, 1992 in Moscow), was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. People's Artist of t ...
(1923 – 1930, 1931 – 1934, 1938 – 1940) * Nikolay Firsov (1923–1940) * Boris Volkov (1924–1940) * Yelena Shatrova (1924–1925) *
Boris Babochkin Boris Andreyevich Babochkin (russian: Бори́с Андре́евич Ба́бочкин; 18 January 1904 – 17 July 1975) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor and director. Boris Babochkin was one of the first internationally r ...
(1925–1927) * Sergey Godzi (1926–1976) * Tamara Oganezova (1925–1976) * Nikolay Litvinov (1926–1930) *Nina Knyagninskaya (1928) * Alexander Viner (1928) * Raisa Karelina-Raich (1933–1948) * Nikolay Yakushenko (1934–1935) *
Vladimir Zeldin Vladimir Mikhailovich Zeldin (russian: Владимир Михайлович Зельдин; 10 February 1915 – 31 October 2016) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. A centenarian, he was among the longest-serving stage performers a ...
(1935–1938) *Olga Viklandt (1935–1949) * Nikolay Parfyonov (1935–1989) * Arkady Vovsy (1936–1938) * Sergey Dneprov (1936–1953) *Pavel Geraga (1939–1968) *
Vera Maretskaya Vera Petrovna Maretskaya ( Russian: Вера Петровна Марецкая) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1949) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1976). Early years Vera Petrovna Maretskaya was bo ...
(1940–1978) *Ivan Pelttser (1940–1946) * Boris Olenin (1937 – 1938, 1942) * Alexander Shatov (1938–1946) * Nikolay Mordvinov (1940–1966) *
Boris Lavrov Boris Valentinovich Lavrov (russian: Борис Валентинович Лавров; born June 15, 1950) is a Russian-Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of U ...
(1941–1978) * Olga Yakunina (1942–1986) *Mikhail Nazvanov (1942–1950) *
Rostislav Plyatt Rostislav Yanovich Plyatt (russian: Ростислав Янович Плятт; — 30 June 1989) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1961 and awarded the USSR State Prize in 1982. Biograph ...
(1943–1989) * Sergey Tseits (1943–1994) *
Vsevolod Sanayev Vsevolod Vasilyevich Sanayev (Все′волод Васи′льевич Сана′ев; 25 2, o.s.February 1912 in Tula, Russian Empire – 27 January 1996 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet film and stage actor popular in the 1960s–1970s. Sanay ...
(1943–1946) *
Osip Abdulov Osip Naumovich Abdulov (russian: Осип Наумович Абдулов; in Łódź – 14 June 1953 in Moscow) was a Soviet actor. Biography Osip Naumovich Abdulov was born to a Jewish family in Łódź, Poland (then part of the Russian Empi ...
(1943–1953) * Sara Bregman (1944–1982) * Boris Ivanov (1944–2002) * Konstantin Mikhaylov (1944–1988) * Lyudmila Shaposhnikova (1944–2003) *Alexander Gorbatov (1944–1949) * Boris Novikov (1948) *Anatoly Adoskin (1948 – 1961, 1968) *Ethel Kovenskaya (1949–1972) *
Faina Ranevskaya Faina Georgievna Ranevskaya (russian: Фаина Георгиевна Раневская, born Faina Girschevna Feldman, — 19 July 1984), is recognized as one of the greatest Soviet actresses in both tragedy and comedy. She was also famous for ...
(1949 – 1955, 1963 – 1984) *Mikhail Sidorkin (1949–1963) * Mikhail Pogorzhelsky (1949–1995) * Alla Sevastyanova (1949–1963) *Georgy Slabinyak (1950–1976) *Elena Starodomskaya (1950–1959) *Varvara Soshalskaya-Rozalion (1950–1991) *
Valentina Serova Valentina Vasilyevna Serova (russian: Валенти́на Васи́льевна Серо́ва; 23 December 1917 – 12 December 1975) was a Soviet film and theatre actress born in Ukraine. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1946). Winner of the St ...
(1951–1959) *Tamara Thernova (1953–1991) * Mikhail Lvov (1954–1989) *
Lyubov Orlova Lyubov Petrovna Orlova (russian: link=no, Любовь Петровна Орлова ; – 26 January 1975) was a Soviet and Russian actress, singer, dancer and People's Artist of the USSR (1950). Life and career She was born to a family o ...
(1955–1975) * Elvira Brunovaskaya (1957–1999) * Vadim Kucherovsky (1957–1964) *Rudolf Rudin (1958–1962) * Vadim Beroyev (1958–1972) *
Valentina Talyzina Valentina Illarionovna Talyzina (russian: Валентина Илларионовна Талызина; born January 22, 1935) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985). Awarded the Order of Honor (2005 ...
(1958) *Serafima Birman (1959–1977) *Gennady Nekrasov (1960–1985) *
Iya Savvina Iya Sergeyevna Savvina (russian: Ия Серге́евна Саввина; 2 March 1936 – 27 August 2011) was a Soviet film actress who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1990.Nikolai Burlyayev Nikolai Petrovich Burlyayev (russian: Николай Петрович Бурляев; born 3 August 1946) is a Soviet and Russian actor and film director. Born into a family of actors, Burlyayev started his career in film and theatre when he was ...
(1961–1966) * Vladimir Seleznyov (1962–1971) *
Oleg Anofriev Oleg Andreyevich Anofriyev (sometimes spelled Anofriev, russian: link=no, Олег Андреевич Анофриев; 20 July 193028 March 2018), PAR, was a Soviet and Russian theatreРусский драматический театр: Энци ...
(1962–1973) *Irina Kvitinskaya (1962–2004) * Gennady Bortnikov (1963–2007) *
Valery Zolotukhin Valeri Sergeevich Zolotukhin (russian: link=no, Валерий Сергеевич Золотухин, 21 June 1941 – 30 March 2013) was a Soviet and Russian stage and cinema actor who performed at the Taganka Theatre which he also headed between ...
(1963–1964) * Vladimir Shibankov (1963–1964) *Vladimir Dyomin (1964–1974) * Yuriy Kuzmenkov (1964–2011) * Galina Vanuyshkina (1964–1985) *
Leonid Markov Leonid Vasilyevich Markov (russian: Леонид Васильевич Марков; 13 December 1927 – 1 March 1991) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1985). Biography Markov was born in the villa ...
(1966 – 1986, 1987 – 1991) * Zemphira Tsakhilova (1966–1975) *
Georgy Zhzhyonov Georgiy Stepanovich Zhzhonov (russian: Гео́ргий Степа́нович Жжёнов, ; 22 March 1915 – 8 December 2005), was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and writer. He is known for playing the spy Mikhail Tulyev in the "R ...
(1968–2005) * Irina Kalinovskaya (1969–1973) * Vyatcheslav Persiyanov-Dubrov (1970–1974) *
Marina Neyolova Marina Mstislavovna Neyolova (russian: Мари́на Мстисла́вовна Неёлова; born 8 January 1947) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. She has appeared in 37 films since 1969. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1987). ...
(1973–1974) *
Vladimir Konkin Vladimir Alekseyevich Konkin (russian: Влади́мир Алексе́евич Ко́нкин, born 19 August 1951, Saratov, USSR) is a Soviet/ Russian cinema and theatre actor, who appeared in 45 films.
(1973–1974) * Yan Arlazorov (1974–1989) *
Igor Starygin Igor Vladimirovich Starygin (Russian:''Игорь Владимирович Старыгин'', 13 June 1946 in Moscow – 8 November 2009 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. An alumnus of the Russian Academy of Theatre Ar ...
(1974–1983) * Sergey Prokhanov (1974–1990) * Aristarkh Livanov (1977–1986) * Irina Muravyova (1977–1991) * Lyudmila Drebneva (1978–1989) * Natalya Medvedeva (1979–1981) *Natalya Tenyakova (1979–1989) *Andrey Nikolayev (1981–1994) * Boris Nevzorov (1984–1986) *Yulia Zhzhyonova (1984–2005) *Pavel Khomsky (1985) *Svetlana Shershneva (1985) *Nikolai Prokopovich (1986–2005) *
Vitaly Solomin Vitaly Mefodievich Solomin (russian: link=no, Виталий Мефодьевич Соломин; 12 December 194127 May 2002) was a Soviet and Russian actor, director and screenwriter, best remembered for playing Dr. Watson in a series of Sherloc ...
(1987–1988) * Dmitry Prodanov (1987–1997) * Irina Klimova (1988 – 1993, 1999) * Nikolay Baskanchin (1992–2008) * Aleksey Shkatov (1992–1995) * Yevgeniya Kryukova (1993) * Dmitry Osherov (1994–2008)


Present

*Vladimir Sulimov (1960) *Tatyana Bestayeva (1961) *Nina Drobysheva (1962) *
Margarita Terekhova Margarita Borisovna Terekhova (russian: Маргари́та Бори́совна Те́рехова; born August 25, 1942 in Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR) is a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actress. She was awarded the title ...
(1964 – 1983, 1987) *
Alexander Lenkov Alexander Sergeyevich Lenkov (russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Ленько́в; 17 May 1943 – 21 April 2014) was a Soviet-Russian film, stage and voice actor. He is probably best known for his voice acting in animated fil ...
(1965) *Leonid Senchenko (1966) *
Evgeniy Steblov Yevgeny Yurievich Steblov (russian: Евге́ний Ю́рьевич Стебло́в; born December 8, 1945, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, honored as a People's Artist of Russia in 1993. He serves as First Deputy Chair ...
(1969) *Nelly Pshennaya (1969) *Leonid Fomin (1972) *Margarita Yudina (1972) * Valentina Kareva (1973) *
Georgiy Taratorkin Georgy Georgievich Taratorkin (russian: Георгий Георгиевич Тараторкин; 11 January 1945 – 4 February 2017) was a Soviet-Russian film and stage actor who appeared in over 70 films between 1967 and 2017. He was the Se ...
(1974) *Larisa Naumkina (1975) *Vladimir Goryushin (1977) * Olga Anokhina (1977) *Alexey Shmarinov (1977) *
Sergey Yursky Sergei Yurievich Yursky (russian: Серге́й Ю́рьевич Ю́рский, 16 March 1935 – 8 February 2019) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre director and screenwriter. His best known film role is Ostap Bender in '' T ...
(1978) * Viktor Gordeev (1979) *Valery Storozhik (1979) * Larisa Kuznetsova (1980) *Yelena Beroyeva (1981) *
Boris Khimichev Boris Petrovich Khimichev (russian: Борис Петрович Химичев; 12 January 1933 – 14 September 2014) was a Ukrainian-born Russian actor who was named a People's Artist of Russia in 1993. Khimichev worked at the Mayakovsky Theatre ...
(1982) *Stepan Starichkov (1983) *Vera Kanshina (1983) *Andrey Sergeev (1983) *
Olga Ostroumova Olga Mikhailovna Ostroumova (russian: О́льга Миха́йловна Остроу́мова; born 21 September 1947) is a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. Best known for her roles in films ''We'll Live Till Monday'' ...
(1983) * Yelena Valyushkina (1984) *Valery Yaryomenko (1986) *Alexander Bobrovsky (1986) *
Margarita Shubina Margarita Valeryevna Shubina ( uk, Маргарита Валеріївна Шубіна, russian: Маргарита Валерьевна Шубина; born April 4, 1966) is a Soviet and Russian actress and director. She was awarded Honored Artis ...
(1989) *Yuri Tcherkasov (1990) * Dmitry Zhuravlyov (1990) *Gennady Korotkov (1992) * Dmitry Beroyev (1993) * Alexander Yatsko (1993) *Olga Mokhovaya (1993) *Marina Kondratyeva (1994) *
Alexander Domogarov Aleksandr Yurievich Domogarov (russian: Алекса́ндр Ю́рьевич Домога́ров, born 12 July 1963) is a Soviet and Russian theater actor, TV presenter, Russian chanson singer, People's Artist of Russia (2007), actor known for p ...
(1995) * Anatoly Vasilyev (1995) * Tatyana Rodionova (1995) *
Alexander Domogarov Aleksandr Yurievich Domogarov (russian: Алекса́ндр Ю́рьевич Домога́ров, born 12 July 1963) is a Soviet and Russian theater actor, TV presenter, Russian chanson singer, People's Artist of Russia (2007), actor known for p ...
(1995) *Dmitry Shcherbina (1995) *Alexander Pashutin (1996) *Alyona Galliardt (1996) *
Olga Kabo Olga Igorevna Kabo (russian: О́льга И́горевна Кабо́, born January 28, 1968) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actress. Biography Was born in Moscow, the daughter of engineers Igor Yakovlevich and Ada Nikolayevna. From ...
(2002) *Mikhail Shults (2002) *Oleg Kuznetsov (2003) *
Yekaterina Guseva Yekaterina Konstantinovna Guseva (russian: Екатери́на Константи́новна Гу́сева; 9 July 1976) is a Russian film, theater, TV actress and singer, Meritorious Artist of Russia. She became famous for her role in the 2002 ...
(2003) *Anna Garnova (2003) *Liliya Volkova (2004) * Tatyana Khramova (2004) *Alina Gudareva (2006) *Lyudmila Svitova (2007) *Mikhail Filippov (2008) *
Gosha Kutsenko Yuriy Georgiyevich Kutsenko (russian: Ю́рий Гео́ргиевич Куце́нко; born 20 May 1967), better known as Gosha Kutsenko (russian: Гоша Куценко), is a Russian actor, producer, singer, poet, and screenwriter. In 2008, ...
(2008) * Olga Sukhareva (2009) *Vladislav Bokovin (2010) *Nil Kropalov (2012)


References

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