The Soviet epoch had added to the Alexandrinsky Stage new revolutionary themes. Plays of the soviet authors appeared on the oldest Russian stage in addition to the clssic repertoire.

The legendary performances of the Soviet epoch -- “An Optimistic tragedy” by Vs. Vishnevsky (1955) and “Flight” by M. Bulgakov (1958) – are represented in the hall. Both performances were unique. They symbolize the beginning of the o-called “thaw” after the decades of the Stalin’s regime. The “Optimistic tragedy” directed by G. Tovstonogov and performed on the eve of the ?? Congress of the Communist Party became a sign that that the gloomy forces of suppression of the human personality had to give way. This performance honored by the Lenin Award was strong with actors’ victories. Unforgettable creations of Yu. Tolubeyev (Leader), O. Lebzak (Commissar), I. Gorbachev (Alexey), A. Sokolov (Siply) became a part of the theater history.

L. Vivien had started the stage life of M. Bulgakov’s play “Flight.” A grotesque and tragic at the same time image of colonel Khludov impersonated by N. Cherkasov was in the center of this performance.

Visitors will see the true artifacts of the troubled revolutionary epoch: the weapons, the leather coat of the Commissar, Khludov’s military coat, the famous gilded armchair in which the hero had been sitting before leaving his country for ever… Photos of the performances decorate the walls of the hall.