Unpublished. Personal funds of theatrical artists in the State archives of the Krasnodar region

The article describes the history of the acquisition of the fund P-1609 “Personal funds of workers of theaters of Kuban”, stored in the State Archives of Krasnodar Territory. The documents of this fund have historical, scientific and cultural value as the most interesting sources on the history of the artistic life of the region. At present, the fund contains 418 storage units - 11 opatii, covering the period from 1912 to 2012, 100 years of theatrical history of the Krasnodar Territory. For the first time, biographies of prominent theatrical figures are published: Lidiya V. Vorobyova, Elena M. Afanasyeva, Elena V. Shulpina, Vitaliy S. Smirnov; The main biographical information and creative achievements of Mikhail A. Kulikovsky, Martyn Kh. Lusinyan, Evgeniya M. Belousova, Sergey S. Mikhalev, Valentina K. Simirnova, Valentina I. Ptushenko, Mikhail V. Nagli are systematized. Introduction to the scientific circulation of documents related to their life and creative activity contributes to the reconstruction of the history of the artistic life of the region, reveals it in its entirety and contradiction.