Документи з історії Державного єврейського театру імені Шолом Алейхема у фондах Державного архіву Чернівецької області (1945-1950 рр.)

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to analyze the content and nature of unpublished documents on the history of the Sholom Aleichem State Jewish Th eater, which are stored in the funds of the State Archives of the Chernivtsi Region. Th e research methodology is based on the principles of the concrete-historical approach, objectivity, comprehensiveness, and integrity, systematicity, as well as the use of the following methods – of analysis and synthesis, historical- genetic, historical-comparative, historical-typological, and problem-chronological. Th e scien- tifi c novelty is that, for the fi rst time in historiography, unpublished archival documents on the history of the Sholom Aleichem State Jewish Th eater from 1945 to 1950 have been circulated and analyzed. Th e main groups of documents are singled out, which refl ect the stages of forma- tion, development, and liquidation of the famous theater, namely: minutes of the meeting of the Th eater’s Artistic Council; posters of performances, annotations of plays, programs of con- cert performances of theater acting groups; acts of reception of theatrical performances; reports and information on the theater’s activities, orders and directives of the Arts Committee of the Soviet People’s Committee of the Ukrainian SSR, the Chernivtsi Regional Executive Committee, the theater directorate, in particular, on the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the theater and the organization of touring activities; information on calculation and payment of wages; theater profi ts; reports of the liquidation committee of the theater; act of documentary audit of the theater for 1949-1950 and other documents. Conclusions. It has been proven that these materials are an important historical source for the history of Jewish theatrical art. Th e Sholom Aleichem State Jewish Th eater turned out to be the last state Jewish theater (GOSET) that oper- ated on the territory of the USSR. It has been established that the “Chernivtsi” collection of docu- ments relates, fi rst of all, to the history of the Kyiv GOSET, whose staff did not fi nd themselves in Chernivtsi in 1945 of their own free will, but evidently enriched the cultural life of post-war Bukovyna with their talented creativity.