Kachalov Academic Russian Drama Theater in the new social and cultural life of Kazan at the beginning of the 21st century

The subject of the study is Kachalov Academic Russian Drama Theater. The study is based on the principle of systematicity, not covering all the factual material, but the main and most significant external and internal connections of the historical phenomenon being studied. The study is also based on the principle of historicism, which allows us to consider the activities of the theater in accordance with the historical situation and in connection with the socio-political and cultural life of the city. This principle allows us to identify the main changes and trends during historical development in chronological order. The purpose of the study is to consider the activities of Kachalov Academic Russian Drama Theater in the context of the social and cultural life of Kazan at the beginning of the 21st century. It is worth noting that studies devoted to the history of Russian theater at the beginning of the 21st century consider mainly the capital's theaters of Moscow and St. Petersburg and their figures. Studying the activities of Kachalov Academic Russian Drama Theater at the beginning of the 21st century. is being carried out for the first time and complements the overall picture of scientific knowledge about the historical process of national theatrical culture at the current stage of development. The materials and conclusions can be used to develop lecture courses and seminars related to the history, theory and practice of theater history, as a source study basis for scientific research related to the study and specifics of theatrical culture of a modern Russian city in the early 21st centuries.