History
The Theatre on Terazije was opened in 1949, with an actors' ensemble as well as ballet, choir and orchestral ensembles. The building of the Terazije theatre in the same named area in Belgrade’s city centre was created by Georgije Samoylov, a Russian immigrant who completed his studies at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Architecture.
In 1990 Serbia, then known as Yugoslavia became a world pariah due to the dictatorship of Slobodan Milošević. The theatre lost all of its funding and produced small musicals in difficult conditions. In 2000 when a political change occurred in Serbia and it was once again accepted into world organisations the project of reconstructing old, out of date theatres in Belgrade began. In 2003 it was the theatre on the Terazije that finally came under reconstruction.
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