Widely known under its short name '''Боль­шой сим­фо­ни­че­ский ор­кестр''' (БСО) which means ''Grand Symphony Orchestra''. Originally founded as ''All-Union Radio Committee Orchestra'', later becoming ''All-Union Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra''. In 1993 it was named after Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – its short name in English is now '''Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra'''. For all the variety of names translated into English see [release:15e68f98-d06e-428c-a19b-9afffdad1c98|that compilation]. ------- A Soviet-era name of [https://musicbrainz.org/artist/81b70969-a9c0-4fcf-8461-24cf72901368|Большой симфонический оркестр имени П. И. Чайковского - Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio - bso.ru]. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchaikovsky_Symphony_Orchestra|Wikipedia: Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra], "During Soviet times, the orchestra was sometimes known as the USSR State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, the USSR State Radio Symphony Orchestra, or the USSR All-Union National Radio and Central Television Symphony Orchestra."