Bashkir Academic Drama Theater Mazhit Gafuri

Bashkir State Academic Drama Theater Majit Gafuri operates in the Ufa city, the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan of Russian Federations. The foundation of theater was laid on December 4, 1919, in Sterlitamak - the capital of Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The first art director of it was Valiulla Mortazin-Imansky. The theater has been moved to Ufa since 1922 and joined with the Tatar-Bashkir troupe of the Ufa State Theater. It has the status of academic drama theater since 1935 and was renamed as Majit Gafuri in 1971. The monument of "Majit Gafuri" was erected in front of the theater.