Russian Academic Drama Theater of Bashkortostan

In 1861, the first building of the theater was erected in Ufa, which was located in the center of the city and was surrounded by a small garden, which was called the Sophia Garden. The building was wooden and had a hall designed for 400 seats. This date is considered the year of the founding of the Republican Russian Drama Theatre.

In 1875, the construction of a new building began, the funds for which were collected by citizens. In the season of 1890-1891, the opera troupe of Semyonov-Samarsky performed here, in which the chorusist was still a very young Fyodor Chaliapin. Unfortunately, soon the building was destroyed by fire, and literally the next year the previous building burned down. A few years later, at the expense of a well-known benefactor, merchant Vidinev, a new building was erected, which stood for more than a hundred years and was demolished only in 1991. Now the theater is located in a building that was built specifically for it in 1982.

Russian Academic Drama Theatre is a regular participant of Russian and international theater festivals and tours in Russia and abroad.