Honored artist of Georgia, Honorary citizen of our city, Honorary member of the Pushkin club of Mykolayiv, head of the National Drama Theater for 55 years, writer and playwright, Mykola Oleksiyovich Troyanov (1921-2016), December 16,2017 marks 96 years. I offer you a technical (not staged) record of my conversation with him, held on October 25, 2011, while preparing for the publication of your latest book, “Appia Road”. To the great shame in the city, neither measure nor other sponsors had money for the publication of this color book, my money was enough only for publishing 15 copies?! Looking through this record, I suddenly clearly understood how life ruthlessly equates great people with all of us. Let us remember them, for only memory makes us human. Listen to this story of an inspired man who has preserved his independence, self-respect and sacrificed his life to his beloved cause – the Theater!

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