Sankt Peterburg: Alexandrinsky Teatr

Country: Russia (Rossiya)
Federal District: Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny Federalny Okrug)
Federal Subject: Gorod Federalnovo Znacheniya Sankt Peterburg
City: Sankt Peterburg (Petrograd, Leningrad)
Location: Ploshchad Ostrovskovo 6

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.

Notable world premieres:

  • Leo Tolstoi: Vlast' t'my (Oct 1895)
  • Anton Chekhov: Chayka (1896)

Links: alexandrinsky.ru, EUTA, Wikipedia

Sankt Peterburg: Alexandrinsky Teatr Reverse Text: "Alexandrinsky teatr" [...]
Publisher: Izobrazitelnoye iskusstvo, Moskva; 1989; No. 21 from a series about Russian theatre history
Type: souvenir card, not designed for postal use
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Sankt Peterburg: Alexandrinsky Teatr Front Text: "Alexandrinsky Teatr"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Sankt Peterburg to Neuhaus in Südböhmen (= Jindrichuv Hradec, Czech Republic), 1913

Sankt Peterburg: Alexandrinsky Teatr Reverse Text: "Russie Léningrad - Le Théâtre, Rusland. Leningrad - De Schouwburg"
Publisher: Chocolat Martugin, Anvers (Belgium)
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Sankt Peterburg: Alexandrinsky Teatr Reverse Text: "Leningrad. Fonar na plshchadi Ostrovskovo 1873 r. Architektor D. Grimm"
Size: Classic
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Sankt Peterburg: Alexandrinsky Teatr Reverse Text: "Chudozhnik K. Dzhakov - Leningrad, Gosurdastvenny akademichesky teatr dramy im. A. S. Pushkina - Leningrad, Pushkin State Akademic Drama Theatre"
Publisher: Izoriz; No. 1397; 1962
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Sankt Peterburg: Alexandrinsky Teatr Reverse Text: "Leningrad, Ulitsa Zodchego Rossi"
Publisher: USSR Ministery; 1974
Type: postal card with printed stamp
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Sankt Peterburg: Alexandrinsky Teatr Reverse Text: "Leningrad. Akademichesky teatr dramy imeni A. S. Pushkina"
Publisher: USSR Ministery; 1978
Type: postal card with printed stamp
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Sankt Peterburg: Alexandrinsky Teatr Front Text: "Leningrad"
Reverse Text: "Akademichesky teatr dramy imeni A. S. Pushkina"
Handwritten Reverse Text: dated 31 July 1984
Publisher: Krasny Proletary, Moskva; 1984
Size: Modern
Sent: to Budapest (Hungary) [postmark illegible]

Sankt Peterburg: Alexandrinsky Teatr Reverse Text: "Leningrad. Nevsky Prospekt. The Pushkin Theatre. 1828-32. Designed by Carlo Rossi. Leningrad. Nevsky prospekt. Gosudarstvenny akademichesky teatr dramy imeni A. S. Pushkina. 1828-1832. Architektor K. Rossi."
Publisher: Izdatelstvo Avrora, Leningrad; 1984
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Sankt Peterburg: Alexandrinsky Teatr Reverse Text: "Leningrad, Akademichesky teatr dramy imeni A. S. Pushkina; The Pushkin Theatre"
Publisher: Planeta; 1986; 7/8v-7504
Type: Souvenir Card, not designed for postal use
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Sankt Peterburg: Alexandrinsky Teatr Reverse Text: "Leningrad, The Pushkin Drama Theatre (the former Alexandrinsky Theatre) 1828-32, Architect Carlo Rossi - Leningrad, Zdnaie gosurdastvennovo Akademicheskovo teatra dramy imeni A. S. Pushkina (b'v. Alexandrinsky teatr) 1828-1832 Architektor K. Rossi"
Publisher: Aurora, Leningrad; 1988
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Sankt Peterburg: Alexandrinsky Teatr Front Text: "Saint Petersburg Sankt-Peterburg"
Reverse Text: "Alexandrinsky teatr, Alexandrinsky Theatre"
Publisher: Torgovyi Dom Mediyi Vsadnik; CP110-0164; 2001
Size: Modern
Not sent.

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