Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard

The Moscow Nikulin Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard (Russian Московский цирк Никулина на Цветном бульваре ) is next to the Great Moscow State Circus one of the two stationary circuses in Moscow. It was founded in 1880 and is one of the oldest of its kind in Russia.

The circus is located in the northern center of Moscow, near the Boulevard ring and the metro stations Tsvetnoi Bulwar and Trubnaja.

History

The circus was originally formed as Salamonski Circus ( Цирк Саламонского ) built in 1880. It was named after the initiator time of its construction, the internationally known at the time, acrobats, dressage rider and trainer Albert Salamonski (1839-1913), who had operated among others 1873-1879 a circus in Berlin. The first performance in the newly established Moscow Circus took place on October 20, 1880 At that time the circus building was still kept quite modest.; the less affluent viewers had to make do with standing room at the gallery. However, many events were to success with the public. Besides Salamonski himself, who gave various performances with horses, also appeared in the circus on the Tsvetnoi - Bulwar often clowns on, tamers of the internationally renowned circus artist family of Durows, so among other things Anatoly and Vladimir Durov.

After the October Revolution of the circus in the first national circus of the Soviet Union was transformed. From then on and until the end of the Soviet state, he was one of the most reputable acting sites in the country. Among the artists who worked there and regularly occurring, include the Clowns Karandash, Oleg Popov and Yuri Nikulin. The latter was from 1982 until his death in 1997, also head of the circus, which now bears his name.

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