DEVELOPMENT OF JEWISH STATE THEATERS IN UKRAINE IN THE 1920S AND 1930S OF THE 20TH CENTURY

Kateryna Vasylenko

doi:10.23856/5216

Kateryna Vasylenko Kyiv National University of Theatre, Film and Television named after I. K. Karpenko-Kary http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7061-9656

Keywords: Kharkiv GOSET, Kyiv GOSET, Odessa GOSET,

Abstract

The article explores the history of state Jewish theaters in Ukraine in the period 20-30s of the twentieth century. Important, previously unknown facts of organizational and creative processes of Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Odesa GOSETs are highlighted. This article describes the stages of the Soviet policy of indigenization and its influence on the development of Jewish theaters in Ukraine. The publication clearly describes the ways of each of the state Jewish theaters of Soviet Ukraine from their creation to the beginning of the Second World War, when all Jewish theaters were evacuated from Ukraine. Based on the analysis repertoire and changes in the administrative and creative management of theaters, the influence of the Soviet totalitarian regime on the theatrical art of one of the largest national minorities in Ukraine is highlighted. The first reference is made to archival documents that regulated the repertoire of Jewish theaters at the state level. The article examines the influence of the Soviet government on staff changes in the management of GOSETs in Kharkiv, Kyiv and Odesa. The author concludes the article by encouraging the study of national minority theaters for a more detailed understanding of domestic theatrical processes of the first half of the twentieth century.

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