BOLSHOI - Timeline

THE BUILDING REACHES CRITICAL 70% DILAPIDATION AND IS CLOSED FOR RENOVATION

PO TEPLOTEKHNIK ARE HIRED BY FEDERAL RECONSTRUCTION AGENCY AND FUNDED BY MINISTRY OF CULTURE

FORMER MAYOR OF MOSCOW YURI LUZHKOV RESIGNS AS CO-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AFTER EARLY SCANDALS BRAKE OUT

RECONSTRUCTION WORKS BEGIN AFTER NUMERIOUS PRELIMINARY STUDIES

RESTORERS FROM BURO VERA BABICH BEGIN WORK ON THE DECOR OF THE AUDITORIUM

LUZHKOV PUTS PRESSURE WITH POLITICAL STATEMENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF REOPENING THE THEATRE IN 2011

BALLET COMMUNITY MAKES CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS TOWARDS LEADERSHIP

MUSIC DIRECTOR A. VEDERNIKOV ARGUES THAT BUREAUCRATIC INTERESTS ARE PUT BEFORE ARTISTIC ONES

BOLSHOI THEATRE REOPENS WITH AN INAUGURATION CONCERT

JOURNALIST TINA KANDELAKI PUBLISHES PHOTOS EXPOSING CRACKS ON THE WALLS

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR SERGEI FILIN ATTACKED WITH ACID

DISMISAL OF THEATRE DIRECTOR ANATOLY IKSANOV, FOLLOWING THE ACID ATTACK

SENIOR VIOLINIST VIKTOR SEDOV DIES FROM HIS INJURIES AFTER FALLING INTO THE ORCHESTRA PIT

DIFFERENT RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WERE DEVELOPED, NONE OF WHICH HAPPENED

EXAMINATION OF THE BUILDING, ITS POSITION IN SPACE, CONDITION OF WALLS AND FOUNDATIONS

DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN ARTISTS AND ADMINISTRATION ESCALATE

SHVYDKOY ATTEMPTS TO REGULATE THE RENOVATION ACTIVITIES THROUGH LOCAL RATHER THAN BIG ADJUSTMENTS, RESONATED WITH POLITICS