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  • Priceless violins now have to be stored in the hold or not taken at all, so the Bolshoi is having to take the train back to Russia.

    Boing Boing: August 6, 2006 - August 12, 2006 Archives 2006

  • Bolshoi is a protected name and we may not use it.

    Music Appreciation Notes 1919

  • The couple claim their decision to leave the Bolshoi was a purely artistic one, but many consider that they've sold out, lured by Kekhman's money, the Moscow apartment, and ample time off for lucrative guest appearances.

    Who's pulling the strings in Russia's ballet revolution? 2012

  • Mr Markey gained much publicity by saying that BP should now be known as Bolshoi Petroleum.

    unknown title 2011

  • "The Bolshoi is a home to me, and I will be glad to come back to my home," Elena Obraztsova, the great mezzo-soprano, said in a telephone interview.

    NYT > Home Page By SETH MYDANS 2011

  • For many people in Moscow, trips to the Bolshoi were a highlight of their childhood; Ms. Sviblova, now an elegant museum director, had slipped a Soviet-branded chocolate bar into her clutch purse, because she had eaten one when she was 4 years old and first attended a performance.

    NYT > Home Page By ELLEN BARRY 2011

  • UCSC / NASA How to build a virtual universe Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: A new computer simulation known as Bolshoi produces the grandest views yet showing how dark matter guides the creation of galaxy clusters.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • Part of the appeal of joining the Bolshoi was the chance to dance with

    NYT > Home Page By ALASTAIR MACAULAY 2011

  • For many people in Moscow, trips to the Bolshoi were a highlight of their childhood; Ms. Sviblova, now an elegant museum director, had slipped a Soviet-branded chocolate bar into her clutch purse, because she had eaten one when she was 4 years old and first attended a performance.

    NYT > Home Page By ELLEN BARRY 2011

  • "Paquita" danced by the Bolshoi is another case in point.

    The Guardian World News 2010

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