The Central Academic Theatre of the Russian Army (Russian: Центральный академический театр Российской армии) is the largest theatre in Moscow.

The huge building, dominating the Suvorov Square and scored to resemble a Soviet red star, was constructed between 1934 and 1940.

This prime example of the Stalinist architecture was designed by Karo Halabyan and V. Simbirtsev.

It was large enough to host real tanks, cavalry and big models of ships.

The theatre's brightest stars included Lyudmila Kasatkina, Vladimir Zeldin, Nina Sazonova, Lyudmila Chursina, Larisa Golubkina, Nikolai Pastukhov, Boris Plotnikov, Fyodor Chekhankov, and Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya.