Alexandrinsky Theatre [Saint Petersburg]
Aleksandrinskiy teatr
Alexandrinské divadlo
Teatro Aleksandrinskij
Alexandrinsky Theatre
Theatre building in Saint Petersburg, Russia, opened in 1828
theater in Rusland
Built 1829-1832 by Carlo Rossi. Opened 1832. Later renamed Alexandrinsky Teatr in honour of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix von Hessen-Darmstadt), the wife of Czar Nicholas II. 1917 renamed Teatr dramy im. A. S. Pushkina after the Russian poet, Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837). Later re-renamed Alexandrinsky Teatr. 1800 seats.