Pyotr Fomenko, one of Russia\'s most celebrated directors known for his inventive adaptation of the classics, has died in Moscow at the age of 80, city authorities said on Thursday. “Pyotr Fomenko died today,” a spokeswoman for Moscow\'s department of culture told the media. In 1998, he founded the Pyotr Fomenko Workshop Theater that quickly grew into one of the country\'s most renowned companies known in Russia and abroad for its sophisticated interpretation of the Russian and international classics.