A lokacin karni na goma sha bakwai, kafin mulkin Emperor Peter the Great, rawa a Rasha kawai ta kasance tsakanin mutanen karkara da masu karamin karfi wadanda ke zaune a wajen gari, don haka Peter the Great ya yanke shawarar bunkasa fasaha a kasarsa ta hanyar gayyatar masu zane-zane. daga wasu ƙasashe don taimakawa zamanintar da Rasha kuma a cikin karni na XNUMX, tarihin Ballet shima ya samo asali ne daga biranen Moscow da St.
A shekarar 1744 a karo na farko a tarihin rawar ballet ta kasar Rasha, Jean Baptiste Landen yana daya daga cikin mawakan rawa na farko da suka zo Rasha tare da masu rawarsa don gabatar da wani shiri ga Empress Anne. sarauniyar ta yanke shawarar samo makarantar rawa. An san wannan makarantar da "Makarantar Ballet ta Imperial", kuma daga baya aka san ta da "Kwalejin Vaganova", wacce Agripina Vaganova ta jagoranta. Catalana la Grande kuma sun kafa makarantar rawa, ɗaliban sun fito ne daga iyalai matalauta daga gidan marayu a Moscow.
Bafaranshe Charles Diderot ya zo Rasha don jagorantar wasannin farko na raye-raye na Rasha. Wasanninsa na farko an saka shi a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Bolshoi, wanda daga baya aka san shi da gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Mariinsky. Choreographer Marie Taglioni ta zo Rasha tare da rukuni na masu raye-raye na Turai amma ya zauna a Rasha kuma ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan mawaƙa.