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Now one of the most prestigious of Russian theatrical institutions, which began in 1898 as a company of student and amateur actors. Its fame rests on its founders - Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko - and their determined advocacy of theatre as a serious and important art; on its meticulous and innovative productions of Chekhov and Gorki; and on its studios, established from 1913 onwards for training and experimental work. It is now a state theatre dedicated to Maxim Gorky.

The Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT) 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. During the Soviet era, the Moscow Art Theatre received much state support, in exchange for producing socialist drama.

The Moscow Art Theatre is still in existence today, with a seagull as its mascot.

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Official website (in Russian) The Moscow Art Theatre: A Model 1917 article by N.