for unauthorized presence of students. Later years In 1901, the first movie was shown onstage Taganrog City Theater. In 1935, during the 75th Anniversary Celebrations of Anton Chekhov's birthday, the famous artists of the Moscow Art Theater performed onstage of Taganrog Theater: Olga Knipper, Tarasova, Vishnevskaya, Moskvin and others. In 1944, the Soviet of People's Commissars of USSR named the Taganrog City Theater after Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. In 1960, the artists of Taganrog Chekhov Drama Theater performed onstage of the Kremlin Palace of Congress in Moscow within the framework of the centennial celebrations of Anton Chekhov's birthday. In 1965, the Chekhov Drama Theater was praised in the Moscow THEATRE magazine for outstanding production of the Chekhov's play Ivanov, starring Petr Shelokhonov in the leading role. In 1977, the theater was decorated with the Order of Honor (Russian Federation). Since 1980, the theater festival In the Birthplace of Anton Chekhov () has been held with participation of theaters from Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Italy, Croatia, Spain, Australia, Belarus, Germany and Japan. In 2002 and in 2010, the theater performed at the International Literary & Musical Forum in Badenweiler, Germany, staging Anton Chekhov's Proposal and The Wood Demon. In October 2006, the theater participated at the 1st International Blacksea Theater Festival in Mykolaiv, Ukraine. In April 2009, the theater won 3 awards at the International Theater Festival "Golden Key" in Donetsk, Ukraine. On January 29, 2010 within the framework of Anton Chekhov's 150th birth anniversary celebrations in Taganrog, the President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev visited the Taganrog theater, where he watched a rehearsal of the performance "Everything Starts in the Childhood", dedicated to Anton Chekhov. In October–November 2012 the Taganrog Drama Theater hosted the international production "Passions of Romeo" (IUGTE International Shakespeare Performance Project - "Страсти по Ромео.like/unlike". Театральные сновидения по мотивам пьесы В.Шекспира "Ромео и Джульетта"). The performance was created with participation of Russian actors in collaboration with the international production group (Ireland, Spain, Greece, UK, Mexico, Switzerland, USA). Gallery Notable people throughout the history of the theater Anton Chekhov - Russian playwright and short-story writer Ivan Perestiani - People's Artist of the Georgian SSR Sergei Bondarchuk - Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actor, People's Artist of the USSR, Academy Award(1968). Elena Obraztsova - opera singer, People's Artist of USSR Natalia Obraztsova - Russian writer and poet Aristarkh Livanov - Russian actor, designated People's artist of Russia (1999). Gaetano Molla Nestor Kukolnik