两次荣获列宁勋章的莫斯科大剧院的创始年代被认为是1776年,当时成立了莫斯科第一个经常进行演出的专业剧团。参加这个剧团的有职业演员、农奴演员和莫斯科大学的业余爱好者剧团。剧院上演歌剧、芭蕾舞剧和话剧。1806年剧团成为国家剧院。从1780年起剧院前地址在彼得罗夫卡街,当时就叫彼得罗夫卡剧院。1824年建筑师鲍韦采根据米哈依洛夫的设计,在烧毁的老剧院的旧址上按古典艺术风格重新建起一座气势宏伟的剧院大厦。由八根圆柱组成的柱廊和正面山墙上铜制的阿波罗的二轮四套马车,把大厦装饰得分外夺目。剧院于1825年举行落成典礼,从此称为彼得罗夫大剧院。在它的旁边 The founding date of the Bolshoi, twice awarded the Lenin Order, was considered as 1776, when Moscow’s first professional troupe was regularly performed. There are professional actors, serf-actors and amateur troupes from Moscow State University. Theaters perform operas, ballets and plays. In 1806, the theater became the national theater. From 1780 onwards in front of the theater in Petrovka Street, was called Petrovka Theater. In 1824, architect Poweije rebuilt an imposing theater building in classical art style on the site of the burned old theater, according to Mikhailov’s design. The colonnade of eight columns and the two-wheeled four-wheeled buggy made of bronze Apollo on the front gable dazzled the building. The theater was inaugurated in 1825 and is known as the Petrov Theater. Beside it