The Russian State Institute of Performing Arts, formerly known as St Petersburg Theatre Arts Academy, formerly Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music, and Cinema, is a theatre school in Saint Pet
Building at Mokhovaya Street
Sergei Apollinariyevich Gerasimov was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. The oldest film school in the world, the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, bears his name.
Russian State Institute of Performing Arts
…as an actor at the school (variously referred to as "Leningrad Theatrical School" and "Leningrad State Theatre College" in the sources) under director Sergei Gerasimov in the 1930s, graduating in 1935. The institute occupies historic buildings built in the early 20th century. Its main building, a three-storey building…
Gerasimov touring Disneyland, 1958