Bogomolov responded to the actors' appeal to the head of the Ministry of Culture by reposting Sophia Ernst

The director of theater and cinema, playwright, poet, Honored Artist of Russia Konstantin Bogomolov responded to an open letter from Russian artists who asked the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Olga Lyubimova to cancel his appointment as acting rector of the Moscow Art Theater School. He made a repost of a message published by actress Sofia Ernst on a social network.

"Being a graduate of the Moscow Art Theater Studio School, I would like to express a point of view different from the one formulated in this letter. There is no directing department at the Studio School, therefore, wanting to become a director, Konstantin Bogomolov entered GITIS. It is strange on this basis to deny in him the bearer of the "principles of Russian psychological theater"," Ernst (wife of Channel One CEO Konstantin Ernst. — Approx. EADaily).

She added that Oleg Tabakov invited Bogomolov to work with him, the director staged more than ten performances in Tabakerka and in the Moscow Art Theater.

"He absorbed the tradition not in the audience, but on stage and in the rehearsal room," Ernst is sure.

Bogomolov did not accompany the repost with any additional comments.

As reported by EADaily, on January 23, Russian Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova announced that Bogomolov had been appointed rector of the Moscow Art Theater Studio school in the status of acting.

The Honored Artist of Russia Igor Zolotovitsky, who previously headed the university for almost 23 years, died on January 14.

On the afternoon of January 26, many Russian theater and film actors, including Mariana Spivak, Anton Shagin, Yevgeny Shishkin, Yulia Vitruk, Daniil Feofanov, Ulyana Mikhailova and many others published an open letter to the head of the Ministry of Culture of Russia in their social networks.

According to the artists, the appointment of Bogomolov violates the "tradition of continuity" that has existed in the studio school throughout its history. The text of the appeal indicates that the tradition is the open election of the successor of the pupil of the school by the entire Moscow Art Theater community.

The actors asked the minister to consider candidates for the position of rector of the Moscow Art Theater, "whose destinies and creative path are directly related to our School and do not contradict the ethical principles of the founders of the school of Art Theater."

The artists' appeal was supported by theater and film actress, journalist, TV presenter and teacher Yulia Menshova.

"I am very supportive. And I really ask our minister's attention to this appeal, as a graduate of the Moscow Art Theater Studio School, which my parents graduated from," Menshova said.

She also explained that the appointment of Bogomolov "violated all the original traditions."

"And the very appointment on the 9th day after the passing of Igor Zolotovitsky, for whom the Studio School is still sincerely grieving, seems to be a somewhat blasphemous gesture," she believes.