Old Theatre of Vilnius

The name of the theatre was changed by a decision of the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture in September 2022 in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine of that year.

It was built in 1913, at a time when Lithuania was part of the Russian Empire), and given to the city administration on the condition that only Polish theatre companies would perform in it.

The patron of the event was Waldemar Tomaszewski, Polish-Lithuanian Member of the European Parliament, and also the leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania.

At that time it was the only theatre company in Vilnius, and in the late nineteenth century, Vera Komissarzhevskaya appeared on the stage.

[3] Significant directors at the company have included Roman Viktyuk and Jonas Jurašas, and the actresses Monika Mironaitė [lt] and Elina Bystritskaya, and composer and musician Vyacheslav Ganelin performed on stage.

The company occupied premises in Jogailos Street until 1986, when its current location became the home of the Lithuanian Russian Dramatic Theatre.