Actors Artur Eisen (left) as Baptist and Yevgeny Kibkalo as Petruccio in the opera "The taming of the shrew", by Vissarion Shebalin, staged by the State Academic Bolshoi Theater of the USSR (now Russia).01.08.1957#845724
Wood-felling on Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Plant construction site on the Angara River.01.08.1957#707306
A still from a feature film "Height" directed by Alexander Zarkhi (1908-1997). "Mosfilm" film company, 1957. Nikolai Rybnikov as Nikolai Pasechnik.01.05.1957#881326
Grigory Kirillov, People's Artist of the RSFSR, as Gayev and Maria Babanova, People's Artist of the USSR, as Ranevskaya in a scene from Anton Chekhov's play "The Cherry Orchard." Staged by the Mayakovsky Moscow Academic Theater.01.05.1957#730728
Vladimir Lyubimov (left), People's Artist of the RSFSR, as Dononov, Yevgeny Samoilov (center), People's Artist of the RSFSR, as Sukhodolov and Lev Sverdlin, People's Artist of the USSR, as Pavel Mikhailovich. A scene from Nikolai Pogodin's play "Petrarch's Sonnet." Staged by the Mayakovsky Moscow Academic Theater.01.04.1957#730726
People's Artist of the U.S.S.R. Mukhammedzhan Kasymov, left, as King Lear and Honored Artist of the Tajik S.S.R. Zakhir Dusmatov as Jester in a scene from the stage production of William Shakespeare's play "King Lear" at the Lakhuti Tajik Drama Theater.01.04.1957#689928
People's Artist of the U.S.S.R. Mukhammedzhan Kasymov as King Lear in the stage production of William Shakespeare's play "King Lear" at the Lakhuti Tajik Drama Theater.01.04.1957#689927
A ballet dancer Yekaterina Maximova, an eight-grader, as Princess Masha in Pyotr Tchaikovsky's ballet "Nutcracker". First time on the stage.03.01.1957#710288
People's Artist of the USSR Pavel Lisitsian as prince Yeletsky in Tchaikovsky's opera The Qeen of Spades at the Bolshoi Theater.01.01.1957#611131
The 1st act of "Masquerade." Based on Mikhail Lermontov's eponymous play. Staged by the Kingissepp Tallinn State Drama Theater. Actor Olev Eskola as Prince Zvezdich, Kaarek Karm, People's Artist of the Estonian SSR, as Arbenin. Estonian art and literature decade, Moscow.01.12.1956#726602
Boris Lavrov (left), Merited Artist of the RSFSR, as Fouché, actor Boris Olenin as Napoleon and artist L. Lunich as Rustan in a scene from the play "Catherine Lefebvre." Staged by the Mossovet Theater.11.01.1956#730723
Actor Paul Scofield, who played Hamlet in Shakespeare's tragedy "Hamlet", is looking through the performance programme in make-up room.01.12.1955#418325
Nina Guselnikova as Zerline and Andrei Sokolov as Lorenzo in a scene from Daniel Auber's opera "Fra Diavolo" at the Bolshoi Theater.01.01.1955#633292
Galina Grigoryeva as Gertrude and Yevgeny Samoilov as Hamlet in Nikolai Okhlopkov's stage version of the tragedy at the Moscow V.Mayakovsky Theatre. 1954.01.12.1954#728084
Yevgeny Samoilov as Hamlet, Lev Sverdlin as Polonius and Mariya Babanova as Ophelia in Nikolai Okhlopkov's stage version of the tragedy at the Moscow V.Mayakovsky Theatre. 1954.01.12.1954#728082
Yevgeny Samoilov as Hamlet and Mariya Babanova as Ophelia in Nikolai Okhlopkov's stage version of the tragedy at the Moscow V.Mayakovsky Theatre. 1954.01.12.1954#728081
Lev Sverdlin as Polonius, Grogory Kirillov as Claudius and Galina Grigoryeva as Gertrude in Nikolai Okhlopkov's stage version of "Hamlet" at the Moscow V.Mayakovsky Theatre. 1954.01.12.1954#728080
Leningrad Kirov State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (now Mariinsky Theatre). Askold Makarov performing the part of Ma Lichen in ballet The Red Poppy.01.03.1954#735999
Leningrad Kirov State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (now Mariinsky Theatre). Igor Belsky as Nurali in ballet The Fountain of Bakhchisarai.01.03.1954#735989
Leningrad Kirov State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (now Mariinsky Theatre). Olga Moiseyeva performing the part of Odile in ballet The Swan Lake.01.03.1954#735987
From left, Vasily Novikov as Lunardo, Yevgeny Agurov as Simon, Sergei Tsenin as Kanchano in a scene from the play "The Boors" based on Carlo Goldoni's comedy staged at the Pushkin Moscow Drama Theatre.01.11.1953#710039
"Port Arthur," based on the eponymous play by I. Popov and A. Stepanov. The State Academic Maly Theater. Nikolai Ryzhov, People's Artist of the RSFSR, as Filipp Blokhin, a private soldier, Bombardier, Hero of Port Arthur.01.09.1953#607703
Reproduction of the 1949 photo. Goar Gasparyan as Lakme in Leo Delibes' opera "Lakme".01.02.1949#680299
The Elbe linkup of Lieutenant General Nikolai Oslikovsky's third Guards Cavalry Corps with Third US Army units04.05.1945#84247
The Elbe linkup of Lieutenant General Nikolai Oslikovsky's third Guards Cavalry Corps with Third US Army units04.05.1945#84246
The Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). Soviet tankmen jubilant over the Victory. Berlin. May 1945. Reprophoto.01.05.1945#863627
The Gorky Moscow Art Academic Theater. Vasiliy Ivanovich Kachalov, second left, congratulates the People's Artist of the USSR Ivan Mikhailovich Moskvin, right, after play Czar Fyodor Ioannovich18.06.1944#2825318
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942 - February 2, 1943). Officers of the Wehrmacht's 6th Army have surrendered in Stalingrad. Four from left: Major General Otto Korfes, Commander of the 295th Infantry Division; Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard Diessel, Chief of Staff of the 95th Infantry Division; Artillery General Max Pfeffer, Commander of the 4th Army Corps; Artillery General Walther von Seydlitz-Kutrzbach, Commander of the 51st Army Corps. Second from right: Colonel Johannes (Hans) Crome, Chief of Staff of the 4th Army Corps.08.02.1943#5644226
State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of the USSR. USSR State Prize winner (1941), People's Artist of the USSR Sergei Lemeshev as duke of Mantua in Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto."01.09.1938#832281
Reproduction of the scene from "Badges" performance (1927) based on the story by Leonid Leonov. B. Zakhava was executive director, O. Basov and B. Shchukin were directors. The State Yevgeny Vakhtangov Academic Theatre.28.09.1927#666400
Singers of the USSR State Bolshoy Theatre Leonid Savransky (right) as Tsar Boris and Konstantin Isachenko as Prince Shuisky in M.Musorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov". 1927. Reproduction of a photograph from the fund of the State Theatre Museum name after A.Bakhrushin in Moscow.10.05.1927#727840
Artists of State Academic Bolshoi theatre of the USSR performing in the scene of opera Boris Godunov by Modest Musorgsky. 1927. Reproduction of photo from fund of state theatrical museum named after A. Bakhrushyn in Moscow.10.05.1927#727839
Konstantin Stanislavsky (1863-1938), People's Artist of the USSR, theater director, actor, and teacher, as Famusov in Alexander Griboyedov's comedy "Woe from Wit." A photograph, 1926.13.01.1926#606792
Soviet-era clean-up day on Moscow-Ryazanskaya railroads. Loading firewood on ZhKh-143 loco, 1920.10.05.1920#3031263
The May Day subbotnik in the Kremlin. 1920. From the funds of the Central State Archive of Film, Photo and Audio Documents of the USSR (now divided into two archives: the Russian State Archive of Film and Photo Documents and the Russian State Archive of Audio Documents). A reproduction.01.05.1920#865830
The Civil war and foreign military intervention in Russia, 1917-1922. The Red Army draft. Petrograd (present-day St. Petersburg), 1920.06.04.1920#3066722
Petrograd (present-day Saint Petersburg) residents clean up the square at the Palace of Labor, 1920.28.03.1920#3067097
Konstantin Stanislavsky as Famusov in "Woe from Wit." Based on the eponymous play by Alexander Griboyedov.17.09.1914#603771
