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TRAVEL MAGAZINE
INSIDE THE 
Bolshoi
Theatre
On 28 March 1776, Catherine II granted the prosecutor, Prince Pyotr Urusov,
the privilege of maintaining theatre performances of all kinds, including
masquerades, balls and other forms of entertainment. And that is where
Moscow’s Bolshoi (Big) Theatre starts its history. The building of the Bolshoi
Theatre, one of Moscow’s symbols, was opened on 20 October 1856, on Tsar
Alexand