For­mer­ly known as Gorky Bol­shoi Dra­ma The­ater (Russ­ian: Большой Драматический Театр имени Горького) (1931–1992), often referred to as the Bol­shoi Dra­ma The­ater and by the acronym BDT (Russ­ian: БДТ), is a the­ater in Saint Peters­burg, that is con­sid­ered one of the best Russ­ian the­aters