Russian artists and cultural figures in the formation and development of the national theatrical and artistic culture of Kabardino-Balkaria in the context of the influence of the Russian theatrical and artistic tradition

The purpose of this article is to study, confirming that the formation and development of the national theatrical and artistic culture of Kabardino-Balkaria has developed in the context of the influence of the Russian theatrical and artistic tradition. The paper examines the pedagogical and creative activities of Russian artists and cultural figures that stood at the origins of the formation of national theaters in Kabardino-Balkaria and brought up several generations of professional artists, directors and artists. Addressing the stated topic requires inclusion in the general historical and cultural context of the CBD of the contribution of the creativity of Russian artists and culture. The relevance and novelty of the research lies in the fact that the topic of the contribution of the creativity of Russian artists and culture to the development of national theatrical and artistic culture was not considered from a scientific point of view, there were only fragmentary coverage in the republican press. The methodological basis of the research is a dialectical approach, which allowed us to study the development of the theatrical art of the CBD on the principles of historicism, objectivity and comprehensiveness of the study of this declared topic. Russian artists and cultural figures have done a great job in the beginning of the twentieth century in Kabardino-Balkaria; the foundation was laid for the creation of national theaters of the European type, which in their further development have deeply mastered the experience of Russian and World Theater, at the same time, developing their national art.