Azerbaijan State Russian Drama Theatre

Azerbaijan State Russian Drama Theatre in Baku

Azerbaijan State Russian Samed Vurgun Drama Theatre (Azerbaijani: Səməd Vurğun adına Azərbaycan Dövlət Rus Drama Teatrı, Russian: Азербайджанский государственный русский драматический театр имени Самеда Вургуна), is a drama theatre in Baku, Azerbaijan performing plays in the Russian language. The plays of the theatre are mainly from Russian literature, and the rest are plays from Azerbaijani and European writers. The theatre was founded in 1937 and in 1956 was renamed after the Azerbaijani poet Samed Vurgun. The theatre show plays not just for adults, but for children too.^[1]

References

1. "Azerbaijan State Russian Drama Theatre". Azerbaijans.com. (in English)

Other websites

• Official website (in Russian and Azerbaijani)

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