Bolshoi Ballet of censorship. It was the first time a show has been pulled in such a way since the collapse of the Soviet Union, sparking rumours about the motivation behind it. Today the Bolshoi Ballet remains one of the world's foremost ballet companies, in addition to being one of the largest, with approximately 220 dancers. The word "bolshoi" means "big" or "grand" in Russian. The company operates on a hierarchical system, similar to those used by other leading European ballet companies, with senior dancers ranked as principals, and descending in order of importance through lead soloist, first soloist, soloist and finally,
Kyakhta Russian–Chinese Pidgin here"), "чужой" ("alien"), "шуба" ("fur coat"). As a rule, pidgins have limited grammar and vocabulary. To compensate for this, words are often borrowed with additional meanings. In Kyakhta pidgin, for instance, the adverb "мало", along with the meaning of "little" that it has in Russian, also means "not only"; "посиди" means not only "to seat", but also "to converse". An example of significant difference between the Russian translation and the meaning in Kyakhta pidgin is the word "месяца" - it means "months" in Russian, while it means "forever" in the pidgin. The predominantly colloquial origin of words is very noticeable.