Александровский театр в Гельсингфорсе

A building erected for the Russian state theatre in Helsinki (founded in 1868) on the initiative of Governor-General Count Nikolay Adlerberg; the drawings were made by Lieutenant Colonel Benard, head of the Sveaborg engineering board, with interiors and facade decoration by architect Jac. Ahrenberg. Completed in 1879, it was named after Alexander II and opened on 30 March 1880. Helsinki was part of the Russian Empire until 1917; the Finnish Opera worked in the building from 1919 to 1993, after which it again became a stage for visiting productions.