Vsevolod Meyerhold was a Russian and Soviet theatre director, actor, and teacher, People’s Artist of the Republic. He was born in Penza into the family of a businessman of German origin. After graduating from gymnasium, he enrolled in the Faculty of Law at Moscow University but soon transferred to the Theatre and Music School of the Moscow Philharmonic Society, where he studied under Vladimir Nemirovich‑Danchenko. In 1898, he became one of the founders of the Moscow Art Theatre. On stage, he performed a number of roles, including Treplev in “The Seagull” and Tuzenbach in “Three Sisters”. In 1902, he left the Moscow Art Theatre and began his independent directing career. He led theatre companies in the provinces, collaborated with Vera Komissarzhevskaya, and staged productions at the Alexandrinsky and Mariinsky Theatres. After the Revolution, he actively participated in the country’s theatrical life, introduced the program known as “Theatrical October”, and developed his own system of actor training called “biomechanics”. From 1920, he headed the theatre he had founded, which later received the status of the State Meyerhold Theatre. Its repertoire included both classical works and plays by contemporary Soviet authors. The Bakhrushin Theatre Museum collection, within the holdings of the Meyerhold State Theatre archive, holds photographs, portraits, and archival documents related to Vsevolod Meyerhold’s work, as well as numerous materials connected with the history of the theatre.