Mikhail Muratov and Alexander Grishin

The Russian Theatre owes its rebirth to Mikhail Muratov and Alexander Grishin. On 27 September 1921 the première of A. Griboyedov’s comedy Woe from Wit was staged at the Latvian Society building (where the theatre operated until 1937). Riga again saw a real theatre.

In the inter-war Latvia (1920-1940) this Riga theatre was the only permanent Russian theatre outside Russia. Stars of the finest Russian theatres have shone on its stage and hence the Russian public of Latvia has done everything to keep this flame of Russian culture alight.