 And from Leipzig, Reisinger was invited to Russia.Indications of Reisinger's Moscow endeavors are readily found in the writings of several Russian historians, the first one being a staging of the five-act ballet "The Crystal Slipper" (1871, a ballet of the "Cinderella" story) to Muhldorfer's music, which Yuri Bakhrushin referring to original sources, notes as quite successful.In 1873, finding himself in the post of Director of the Moscow Ballet, he created successive multiple-act productions such as "Kastchei", where, as confirmed again by Yuri Bakhrushin, the choreographer successfully developed the Russian theme.