🏛 Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre (MKhT)

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A building rebuilt by Shekhtel in 1902 in the Art Nouveau spirit, the very theater with the seagull on its curtain.

In 1882, on commission from the merchant Georgy Lianozov, Mikhail Chichagov converted an old mansion into a theater.
Above the entrance is Anna Golubkina's bas-relief "The Swimmer"; the curtain sketches and the emblem were also drawn by Shekhtel.
The first "Seagull" badges were given to the actors by Chekhov himself in 1901.
Since 1908 everyone who has served 10 years at the MKhT receives a "Seagull" pin.
In 1987 the MKhAT split into two theaters: the Gorky one on Tverskoy and the Chekhov one in Kamergersky.
The monument to Chekhov opposite the theater, by Mikhail Anikushin, was put up for the MKhT's 100th anniversary.
In 2024 the Bank of Russia issued a silver coin for the theater's 125th anniversary with the curtain and the seagull.

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