Crym Girey I – the founder of the classical theater in the Crimea (on the issue of 257 years experience of the Crimean Tatar`s first theatrical productions of the European type theater)
Journal: Crimean Historical Review
Year: 2020

The formation process of the Crimean Tatar theater can be divided into the following periods: medieval – folk theater (the initial round dance and toy puppet theater of shadows “Karagoz”, the theater of one actor “meddah”, the arena theater “orta oyuny”); Khan`s theater in the middle of the XVIII century (penetration into the Crimea of European theater traditions in the era of the Crimean Khan Crym Girey I); the revival of traditions of the Crimean Tatar theater late XIX–XX centuries (the activi