State Theater Natsii formerly the Korsh Theater (Moscow)

 theatre, interesting place, 1885_construction, object of cultural heritage of regional importance (Russia)

red brick Theater, a late 19th century building (~1885) designed by the architect Mikhail Chichagov (1837-1889). Started shortly after the State History Museum on Red Square, this slightly asymmetrical structure in Russian revival style makes use of unstuccoed brick in combination with a variety of old motifs including decorative kokoshniki, pendatives and ornamental platbands.

The Bakhrushin family, wealthy Moscow merchants, provided the land and funds for F. Korsh, a famous Russian stage director, to build this theater. A new play was premiered on the stage of the Korsh Theater every Friday beginning in 1885. Inevitably, some of them were failures, but good performances continued for many years. Since 1933 a branch of the Moscow Arts Theater has used the stage. Although it was closed for several years to undergo extensive reconstruction and to enlarge the space for technical equipment, the theater reopened in the fall 2001.