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Alexandrinsky Theatre
The Alexandrinsky Theatre was designed by Carlo Rossi (1828–32) and opened on 31 August 1832. The building is decorated with quadriga on the attic of the main facade and muses in the niches sculpted by Stepan Pimenov and Vasily Demut-Malinovsky.
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