Alexey Leonidovich Zhelyabuzhsky

In the post-revolutionary years and during the Civil War (1918-1922), the theater troupe was headed by Alexey Leonidovich Zhelyabuzhsky, an actor, theater director and playwright.

He worked at the Moscow Maly Theatre until 1918. He came at the invitation of the Kursk provincial Executive Committee to form a troupe for the summer season.

In the very first year, Zhelyabuzhsky staged the performances «The Forest» and «Mad Money» by A. Ostrovsky, «Kin» by A. Dumas, then the repertoire was replenished with the performances «Woe from Wit» by A. Griboyedov, «Twelfth Night» by V. Shakespeare, «Fruits of Enlightenment» by L. N. Tolstoy, «Krechinsky's Wedding» A. Sukhovo-Kobylina.

The theater received the name of the State Order.