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Usually, the consciousness of people does not perceive changes in a country as an ordered, logical sequence, but rather as a series of episodes that chaotically follow each other. However, in relation to a fate of a single person and, moreover, in relation to a history of a theatre an old truth is valid: "We did not start it nor will we finish it." During Leonid Brezhnev's stagnation, during the chaos of the perestroika and during the post-perestroika years, the Ostrovsky Theatre continued changing, evolving and communicating with new generations of spectators. Reflecting hopes and disillusions, misbeliefs and insights of their contemporaries, this life and work were meaningful, though not always straightforward and clearly understood even by the participants themselves. By the time of its 70th anniversary, the Theatre had been updated in many ways: the repertoire, the stage-directorship, the management and the cast.
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