Prehistoric people, as early as 3000 B.C., used the Bolshoi Zayatsky Island in Russia to build villages.
Take prima ballerina Anastasia Volochkova, of the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow,
who spoke of a“brothel” like atmosphere where dancers were forced to provide intimate favors to theatre patrons.
According to Abramov, he was upset with how exclusive the Bolshoi had become which had seen ordinary Russians citizens,
people who would grown up with and formed a deep love of the ballet in the time of the Soviet Union, priced out of experiencing it, often with tourists making up the bulk of the audiences as they are the only ones that can afford it.