 Later he wrote plays for a Mari theatre studio, including "Jamblat's Bridge" (1927), the comedy "The Hundred Roubles Bride-money" (1927), the musical drama "The Bee-Garden" (1928), "Kugujar" (1929) (a play devoted to the 1905 Revolution), "The Live Water" (about the formation of kolkhozes), "The Timber Mill" (1930) (about collectivization), "Marii Company" (1934) (on the battle for Kazan in 1918)), and "Akpatyr" (1935) (about Mari participation in Pugachev's Rebellion).