Alexandrinsky theatre

The Pushkin Russian State Academic Drama Theatre – the legendary Alexandrinsky Theatre – is the oldest national theater in Russia. It was established by a Senate Decree signed by the daughter of Peter the Great Empress Elizabeth on August 30, 1756, on the day of St. Alexander Nevsky. This theater is the progenitor of all Russian theaters, and the date of its foundation is the birthday of the Russian professional theater. The establishment of the theater was the beginning of the state policy of the Russian state in the field of theatrical art. For two and a half centuries, the Russian State Drama Theatre served as an attribute of Russian statehood. In the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries it was the main imperial theater, the fate of which was occupied by the Russian emperors. Since 1832, the Russian State Drama Theatre has received a magnificent building in the center of Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg, designed by the great architect Karl of Russia. This building was named the Alexandrinsky Theatre (in honor of the wife of Emperor Nicholas I Alexandra Feodorovna) and since then the name of the Alexandrinsky Theatre is inextricably linked with the world history of stage art. A unique complex of buildings, with a five-tiered auditorium, a huge stage, palace front foyers, a majestic facade that has become one of the emblems of the Northern capital, has become one of the pearls of world architecture registered by UNESCO.