Kazan Russia dramatic theatre in the process of transformation from a private anti-reprise in to repertory soviet theatre (1919-1939)
The article is devoted to problems of the formation of the Soviet repertory theater on the basis of private theaters existing in the provinces until 1917/ The Soviet power, interested in establishing ideological propaganda of communist ideas among the masses of people, placed theaters at the service of the Communist Party and the state and created a system of control. The problem has been examined on the example of the history of the Kazan Drama Theater during the period of 1919-1939.