The Moscow Art Theatre is a theatre company in Moscow, Russia, founded in 1897 by Konstantin Stanislavsky and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. It was conceived as a venue for naturalistic theatre, in contrast to the melodramas that were Russia's dominant form of theatre at the time. Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: (help· info)) is the capital of Russia and the countrys principal political, economic, financial, educational and transportation center, located on the river Moskva. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Konstantin (Constantin) Stanislavski (Константи́н Серге́евич Станисла́вский / Алексе́ев) (January 5, 1863 - August 7, 1938) was a Russian theatre and acting innovator. ... Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko (Владимир Иванович Немирович-Данченко in Russian) (December 11(23), 1858 - April 25, 1943, Moscow) was a Russian theatre director, writer, pedagogue, and playwright, who co-founded the Moscow Art Theatre with his more famous colleague, Konstantin Stanislavsky, in 1898. ... Naturalism refers to a number of different topics: Philosophical naturalism: the view that nothing exists but the world either methodologically or ontologically — that there are no supernatural entities or at least no observations that show them to exist. ... Poster for The Perils of Pauline (1914). ...

The theatre quickly became famous when it staged productions of Anton Chekhov's four major works, beginning with The Seagull. During the Soviet era, the Moscow Art Theatre received much state support, in exchange for producing socialist drama. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. ... The Seagull is the first of what are generally considered to be Anton Chekhovs four major plays. ... Soviet redirects here. ...

The Moscow Art Theatre is still in existence today, with a seagull as its mascot. It has been run by Oleg Tabakov since 2000. The theatre is located just off Tverskaya ulitsa, only a few blocks northwest of Red Square. Genera Pagophila Larus Rissa Creagus Xema Rhodostethia Gulls are seabirds in the family Laridae and subfamily Lari. ... Oleg Tabakov in the 2005 Fandorin-movie The Councillor of State. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...