Irkutsk State Circus
About the company:
Irkutsk circus, one of the oldest in Russia. The first stationary circus in Irkutsk was built in 1868, operated by various entrepreneurs until the early 1900s. Until 1958 in Irkutsk in different years worked 7 circuses (6 Shapito, one winter). In 1958, the buildings of the winter (built in 1933) and the summer circus burned down. The existing hospital (stone, with 1779 seats) opened in 1964. Of the first directors I.R. Kopylov, since 1979 - V.B. Petrov.