[1] The building was originally designed in 1875 by Vladimir Nikolayev and sponsored by a French entrepreneur Augustin Bourgogne.

[4] In July 2022, due to the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine was renamed from Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater of Russian Drama to Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater.

[4] Its repertoire consisted then of plays by famous playwrights such as Fyodor Dostoevsky, Mikhail Bulgakov and others.

[6] In the announcement (in July 2022) of the renaming from Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater of Russian Drama to Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater Minister of Culture Oleksandr Tkachenko stated that "Fans of theatrical art will be able to view quality performances of Ukrainian and foreign authors now in Ukrainian.

"[6] From June 2023 to May 2024 all productions were performed in the Ukrainian language and none were written by Russian authors.