Tashkent Russian dramatic theater began its activity on October 21, 1934. Famous Russian director Vasily Alexandrovich ugly and Mikhail Karlovich Volkonsky entered history as the founders of this theater. In 1936 year the theater was given the name of the Russian writer Maxim Gorky.

In 30-50 years of the last century in the theater staged "Boris Godunov" (A.S. On the basis of Pushkin's work), "Petr I" (A.Talstay), " Maskared "(M.No, it's not.Lermontov), "three sisters" (A.P.Chekhov), "the scourge of intelligence" (A.Griboedov), "neither boykom meste" (A.N.Y.Ostrovsky) and the process of staging a series of stage works, with the foundations of the Russian School of theater arts, differed from local theaters, as if they brought a specific epkin to the national theatrical art.

In 50-70 years, great changes took place in the creative direction of the theater. The penetration of young directors and the desire to discover completely new styles and facets in the director opened a new page in the history of the theater. At this stage, people's artist of Uzbekistan on the basis of Maxim Gorky's novel “The Life of Klim Samgin” A.Ginzburg staged “boom-empty heart history " and A.Arbuzov's performances "the Irkutsk event", an art Figure A., who served in RussiaMikhailov staged "Hamlet" (he.Shekspir), M.On the basis of Sholokhov's work “they fought for Vatan” M.Spivak staged "Regiment coming" and L.Tolstoy's plays” the reign of Darkness " were awarded the honors of theater critics and spectators.

In 1967, the theater was given the status of” academic theater". By this moment, J.Based on the work of Anuya V.Strijov staged "traveling without suitcases", N.V.Gogol's "revisor" i, D.Vasserman's "Laman people", A.The performances of tostoy "Tsar Fyodor Ionovich" showed that the work of the Russian theater was promoted to a higher level.