Moscow State Theatre "Lenkom"

The building, which currently houses the theater, was built in 1907-1909 for the Moscow Merchant Club, architect I.A. Ivanov-Shits. In October 1917, the building housed the political club "House of Anarchy", and after its dispersal, the Central School of Party and Soviet Work was located here. In 1919, the Sverdlov Communist University was opened in the building, where V.I. Lenin made several speeches. In 1923, the Small Dmitrovka cinema was opened in the building. In 1927, under the patronage of the Komsomol organization, the Theatre of Working Youth (abbreviated as Tram) was opened here. Then, on February 20, 1938, the collective was renamed the Lenin Komsomol Theater. Since 1990, the theater has its present name "Lenkom". Address of the theater: Malaya Dmitrovka Street, 6.Metro "Chekhovskaya" or "Pushkinskaya".