The main theater of St. Petersburg. The State Acad...

The main theater of St. Petersburg. The State Academic Mariinsky Theater (in 1935 1992, the Leningrad Order of Lenin and the Order of the October Revolution, the Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after S.Kirov, often abbreviated as Kirov Theater), is one of the leading musical theaters of Russia and the world.

The troupe, founded in the 18th century, functioned before the revolution under the direction of the directorate of the Imperial Theaters. In 1784 1886, for the ballet and opera performances, the building of the Bolshoi Theater was mainly used (in 1896 it was rebuilt by the architect V.V. Nikol to accommodate the St. Petersburg Conservatory), in 1859 1860, on the Theater Square, by the architect A.K. Kavos was built the current building of the theater, named in honor of the Empress Maria Alexandrovna.