Bolshoi Theatre

The Bolshoi Theatre is a historic opera house in , , originally designed by architect Joseph Bové. Before the October Revolution it was a part of the Imperial Theatres of the Russian Empire along with Maly Theatre in Moscow and a few theatres in Saint Petersburg.
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  • Email: pr@bolshoi.ru
  • Type: Theater building
  • Description: historic theater in Moscow, Russia
  • Also known as: “Государственный академический Большой театр России”
  • Address: Театральная площадь 1
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School and Russian State Library.

University
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The Mikhail Semyonovich Shchepkin Higher Theatre School is a drama school associated with the State Academic Maly Theatre in . It was established in 1809 by decree of Alexander I of Russia. is situated 160 metres east of Bolshoi Theatre.

Library
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The is one of the three national libraries of , located in . It is the largest library in the country, second largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world. is situated 1 km southwest of Bolshoi Theatre.

Metro station
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is an underground metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya line of the Moscow Metro, named for the nearby Square, the location of numerous theaters, including the famed Bolshoi Theatre. is situated 290 metres south of Bolshoi Theatre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kitay-gorod and Central-North.

Neighborhood
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, also referred to as the Great Possad in the 16th and 17th centuries, is a cultural and historical area within the central part of Moscow in Russia, defined by the remnants of now almost entirely razed fortifications, narrow streets and very densely built cityscape.

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Moscow is the part of that's north of the Kremlin, east of Tverskaya Street, north of Pokrova Street, the area within the Boulevard Ring, Krasnoselsky south, Meshchansky south & Tverskoy South raions…

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Since its founding in 1147, has been at the crossroads of history as the capital of empires and a frequent target for invaders. As the capital of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and, today, the Federation, it has played a central role in the development of the largest country in the world.

Bolshoi Theatre

Latitude
55.76013° or 55° 45′ 37″ north
Longitude
37.61861° or 37° 37′ 7″ east
Elevation
150 metres (492 feet)
Operator
ФГБУК «Государственный академический Большой театр России»
Open location code
9G7VQJ69+3C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6061084593
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
6956693
Wiki­data ID
Q138908
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Yue Chinese—“Bolshoi Theatre” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Атеатр ду”
  • Afrikaans: “Bolsjoi-teater”
  • Arabic: “المسرح الكبير”
  • Arabic: “مسرح البولشوي”
  • Armenian: “Բոլշոյ թատրոն”
  • Armenian: “Մեծ թատրոն”
  • Armenian: “Ռուսաստանի օպերայի և բալետի պետական ակադեմիական թատրոն”
  • Arpitan: “Téâtro Bolschoi”
  • Asturian: “Teatru Bolshói”
  • Azerbaijani: “Böyük Teatr”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dövlət Akademik Böyük Teatr”
  • Bashkir: “Ҙур театр”
  • Basque: “Bolshói antzokia”
  • Basque: “Bolshoi”
  • Basque: “Bolxoi antzokia”
  • Basque: “Bolxoi”
  • Belarusian: “Вялікі тэатр”
  • Bulgarian: “Болшой театър”
  • Catalan: “Bolshoi”
  • Catalan: “Bolxoi”
  • Catalan: “Teatre Bolshoi”
  • Catalan: “Teatre Bolxoi”
  • Central Kurdish: “شانۆی بۆلشۆی”
  • Chinese: “莫斯科大剧院”
  • Chinese: “莫斯科大劇院”
  • Chuvash: “Большой театр”
  • Croatian: “Boljšoj teatar”
  • Croatian: “Boljšoj teatr”
  • Croatian: “Kazalište Boljšoj”
  • Croatian: “Kazalište Bolšoj”
  • Czech: “Bolšoj těatr”
  • Czech: “Moskevské Velké divadlo”
  • Czech: “Velké divadlo”
  • Danish: “Bolshoi teatret”
  • Danish: “Bolshoi-teatret”
  • Danish: “Bolsjoj Teatret”
  • Danish: “Bolsjoj-teatret”
  • Danish: “Bolsjojteatret”
  • Dutch: “Bolshoi Theater”
  • Dutch: “Bolshoi-theater”
  • Dutch: “Bolsjoj Theater”
  • Dutch: “Bolsjojtheater”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسرح البولشوي”
  • Esperanto: “Bolŝoj teatro en Moskvo”
  • Esperanto: “Bolŝoj-Teatro”
  • Esperanto: “Teatro Bolŝoj”
  • Estonian: “Bolšoi teatr”
  • Estonian: “Moskva Suur Teater”
  • Estonian: “Suur Teater”
  • Finnish: “Bolshoi-teatteri”
  • Finnish: “Bolsoi-teatteri”
  • Finnish: “Bolšoi-teatteri”
  • French: “Bolshoi Theatre”
  • French: “Théâtre Bol’šoj”
  • French: “Théâtre Bolʹšoj”
  • French: “théâtre Bolchoï”
  • French: “Théâtre Bolchoï”
  • French: “Théâtre Bolshoï”
  • French: “Théâtre du Bolchoï”
  • Galician: “Teatro Bolshoi”
  • Georgian: “ბოლშოი თეატრი”
  • Georgian: “ბოლშოი”
  • Georgian: “დიდი თეატრი”
  • Georgian: “მოსკოვის დიდი თეატრი”
  • German: “Bolschoi-Theater”
  • German: “Bolschoi”
  • German: “Bolschoitheater”
  • Greek: “Θέατρο Μπολσόι”
  • Hebrew: “בולשוי תאטר”
  • Hebrew: “בולשוי תיאטר”
  • Hebrew: “בולשוי”
  • Hebrew: “הבולשוי תיאטר”
  • Hebrew: “הבולשוי”
  • Hebrew: “תאטרון בולשוי”
  • Hebrew: “תיאטרון בולשוי”
  • Hebrew: “תיאטרון הבולשוי”
  • Hungarian: “Moszkvai Nagyszínház”
  • Ido: “Bolshoy teatro”
  • Ido: “Bolshoy-teatro”
  • Indonesian: “Teater Bolshoi”
  • Irish: “Amharclann Bolshoi”
  • Italian: “Teatro Bol’šoj”
  • Italian: “Teatro Bolscioi”
  • Italian: “Teatro Bolshoi”
  • Italian: “Teatro Bolsoj”
  • Italian: “Teatro Bolšoj”
  • Italian: “Teatro Grande di Mosca”
  • Japanese: “ボリショイ・バレエ”
  • Japanese: “ボリショイ”
  • Japanese: “ボリショイ劇場”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Уллу театр”
  • Kazakh: “Үлкен театр”
  • Kirghiz: “Чоң театр”
  • Korean: “볼리쇼이 극장”
  • Korean: “볼쇼이 극장”
  • Latvian: “Maskavas Lielais teātris”
  • Lithuanian: “Didysis teatras”
  • Lithuanian: “Maskvos didysis teatras”
  • Malay: “Teater Bolshoi”
  • Mongolian: “Большой театр”
  • Mongolian: “Их театр (Орос)”
  • Mongolian: “Их театр”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bolshoi Teateret”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bolsjoi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bolsjoiteateret”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bolsjoj-teateret”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bolsjojteateret”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bolsjojteateret”
  • Norwegian: “Bolsjojteateret”
  • Ossetian: “Большой театр”
  • Ossetian: “Стыр театр”
  • Panjabi: “ਬੋਲਸ਼ੋਈ ਥੀਏਟਰ ਮਾਸਕੋ”
  • Persian: “تاتر بولشوی”
  • Persian: “تالار بولشوی”
  • Persian: “تالار نمایش بولشوی”
  • Persian: “سالن نمایش بولشوی”
  • Polish: “Teatr Bolszoj”
  • Polish: “Teatr Wielki w Moskwie”
  • Portuguese: “Escola do Teatro Bolshoi”
  • Portuguese: “Teatro Bolshoi”
  • Romanian: “Teatrul Balșoi”
  • Romanian: “Teatrul Bolșoi”
  • Russia Buriat: “Ехэ театр”
  • Russian: “Большой театр России”
  • Russian: “Большой театр Союза ССР”
  • Russian: “Большой театр”
  • Russian: “ГАБТ”
  • Russian: “Государственный академический Большой театр”
  • Scots: “Bolshoi Theatre”
  • Serbian: “Boljšoj balet”
  • Serbian: “Boljšoj opera”
  • Serbian: “Boljšoj teatar Moskvа”
  • Serbian: “Boljšoj teatar u Moskvi”
  • Serbian: “Boljšoj teatar”
  • Serbian: “Большой театр”
  • Serbian: “Бољшој балет”
  • Serbian: “Бољшој опера”
  • Serbian: “Бољшој позориште”
  • Serbian: “Бољшој театар (Москва)”
  • Serbian: “Бољшој театар Москва”
  • Serbian: “Бољшој театар у Москви”
  • Serbian: “Бољшој театар”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Boljšoj teatar”
  • Slovak: “Boľšoj teatr”
  • Slovenian: “Bolshoj teater”
  • Slovenian: “Bolšoj teater”
  • Slovenian: “Bolšoj teatr”
  • Slovenian: “Bolšoj”
  • Spanish: “Bolshoi”
  • Spanish: “Teatro Bolshoi de Moscu”
  • Spanish: “Teatro Bolshoi de Moscú”
  • Spanish: “Teatro Bolshoi”
  • Spanish: “Teatro Bolshói”
  • Spanish: “Teatro Bolshoy”
  • Swedish: “Bolsjojteatern”
  • Tatar: “Зур театр”
  • Thai: “โรงละครบอลชอย”
  • Turkish: “Bolşoy Tiyatrosu”
  • Ukrainian: “Большой театр”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий театр (Москва)”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий театр Росії”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий театр СРСР”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий театр”
  • Ukrainian: “Державний академічний Великий театр Росії”
  • Urdu: “بولشوئی تھیٹر”
  • Uzbek: “Katta teatr”
  • Uzbek: “Rossiya Davlat akademik katta teatri”
  • Veps: “Bol’šoi Teatr”
  • Veps: “Sur’ Teatr”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà hát Bolshoi”
  • Welsh: “Theatr Bolshoi”
  • Western Frisian: “Bolsjojteater”
  • Western Panjabi: “بولشوئی تھیٹر”
  • Wu Chinese: “莫斯科大剧院”
  • Yue Chinese: “莫斯科大劇院”

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