[1] The theatre was founded in 1987, after the Minister of Culture of the Soviet Union, Vasily Zakharov, signed Order No.

383, according to which the Moscow Art Theatre was officially divided into two theaters: the Gorky Moscow Art Theater under the direction of Tatyana Doronina and the Moscow Chekhov Art Theatre under the direction of its first artistic director Oleg Efremov.

Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Sergey Puskepalis became deputy director of the theatre for creative work, and writer and publicist Zakhar Prilepin was appointed deputy artistic director for literary work.

[6] On August 16, 2019, Sergey Puskepalis left the artistic management of the Gorky Moscow Art Theatre in connection with his appointment to the position of artistic director of the Volkov Theatre.

[7] The executive director of the theatre from September 16, 2019 to February 2021[8] was Tatyana Lvovna Yaroshevskaya.