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      🏛 Vakhtangov Theatre

      ул. Арбат, 26

      The main theater of the Arbat, in a 1940s building with a colonnade; at the entrance stands the gilded "Princess Turandot" fountain, honoring the legendary 1922 production.

      Vakhtangov Theatre
      © A.Savin · FAL 1.3
      • In summer 1920 the Vakhtangov studio took over the former Berg mansion at Arbat 26.
      • The theater's birthday is considered to be 13 November 1921, the opening with "The Miracle of Saint Anthony".
      • The first Princess Turandot was Tsetsiliya Mansurova, who took her stage name from Mansurovsky Lane, where the studio was located.
      • On the night of 24 July 1941 a bomb hit the building; several people died, including the actor Vasily Kuza.
      • From 1941 to 1943 the theater worked in evacuation in Omsk, sharing a stage with the local drama theater.
      • The current Empire-style building was built in 1946–1947 to a design by Pavel Abrosimov; the hall seats 1,055.

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      • The whole Arbat: from Vakhtangov to Smolenskaya

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