Lenkom Theatre
Yet, it was Gaidai's "Twelve Chairs" that made Gomiashvili the Soviet movie star. He made it to the Top 10 most popular Soviet actors of 1971, was invited to the Soviet Council of Ministers's party and received by way of appreciation a luxurious flat (formerly that of Svetlana Alliluyeva) in the legendary House on the Embankment. In 1973 Gomiashvily joined the troupe of the Moscow Lenkom Theatre. In 1980-1988 he worked at the Moscow Pushkin Theatre. His 1971 triumph on the big screen, though, has never been repeated.