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5th (19th) Congress of the Theatre Union of Russia (STD RF)
AT THE THEATRE UNION OF RUSSIA
01.10.06
According to the STD RF Charter from October 21 to 22, 2006 the Theatre Union of Russia held its 5th Congress in Moscow. 6 months before 75 branches of this association in different parts of Russia held conferences to elect delegates to the congress. All told 200 delegates from 84 regions of the Russian Federation and 150 guests (representing different theatres, state culture management bodies, Russia?s artistic associations, guests from the Baltic countries and CIS that maintain cultural ties with Russia attended the congress. As events of the kind require the agenda included reports, discussions and voting on congress decisions. On the whole the general atmosphere at the congress was constructive and serene. As one of the speakers said theatre is an impression of society, and as Russia is now undergoing a stage of relative stability, no one needs dramatic changes. Governors of many cities are implementing programmes of support of theatre art; grants are provided and new theatres are being opened. The feeling everyone shared was expressed in the phrase ?that things would not become worse?. Even though it is clear to understand that as soon as the notorious Law on Autonomous Institutes comes into legal force, a great deal of problems would become evident, so the next congress would be forced to make serious decisions about the situation provoked by the Law (for more details of the Law, see previous Russian Theatre Life in Brief special issue). So far the congress participants shared the opinion that the Theatre Union of Russia should not be turned into a trade union, retaining its status of an association uniting creatively-minded people. In particular a decision was adopted about the setting up at the Theatre Union of Russia the Information and Analysis Centre, which could later be transformed into a national Theatre Institute (similar to this type of institutions in Europe.)
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