Yury Grigorovich was a Soviet and Russian choreographer, ballet master, and teacher. He graduated from the Leningrad Choreographic School in 1946 and began his career as a soloist at the Kirov Theatre, where he performed until 1964. He later became a ballet master at the same theatre. He created his first productions in the late 1940s. He gained wide recognition with the ballets “The Stone Flower” and “The Legend of Love”, first staged in Leningrad and later transferred to the Bolshoi Theatre. From 1964, Grigorovich headed the Bolshoi Ballet, shaping its artistic direction for many years. Among his most significant works are “Spartacus”, “Ivan the Terrible”, “Angara”, as well as new versions of classical ballets by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Sergei Prokofiev. Yury Grigorovich also taught, held the title of professor, and received numerous state awards. His productions had a notable impact on the development of Russian ballet in the second half of the twentieth century. The Bakhrushin Theatre Museum collection includes numerous photographs of Yury Grigorovich in daily life and at work, as well as photographs, playbills, and other items related to his career.