Alexey Granovsky (born Abram Azarkh) was a Soviet theatre and film director. He was born in Moscow and spent his childhood in Riga. He received his theatrical education in Saint Petersburg and later continued his studies in Munich, where he became acquainted with the German directing tradition and worked under the influence of Max Reinhardt. He began his directing career in 1914 in Riga. After the Revolution, he worked in Petrograd, where in 1918 he staged “Oedipus Rex”. In 1919, he founded a Jewish theatre studio, which was soon moved to Moscow and became the State Jewish Chamber Theatre, later known as GOSET (State Jewish Theatre). Granovsky served as its artistic director and shaped the theatre’s creative direction. Among its early productions was “An Evening of Sholem Aleichem”, featuring Solomon Mikhoels and Veniamin Zuskin. In 1928, during the theatre’s foreign tour, he decided not to return to the USSR. He spent his final years in France. The Bakhrushin Theatre Museum collection holds a large number of items related to Alexey Granovsky’s directing career, including archival documents, photographs, costume and set designs, and other materials.