Soviet (old) Circus (Dnepropetrovsk)

Dnepropetrovsk Summer Circus was inaugurated on June 23, 1960. According to newspaper publications of that year, the building was built in just five months. The first stationary Dnepropetrovsk circus was designed (before that, the big top) was the Kiev architect Zhukov. The auditorium was equipped with folding theater chairs and could accommodate about two thousand spectators. True, the building was unheated, so circus performances were watched here only in the warm season, and after 20 years, a chic new circus was built to replace it on Naberezhnaya, which works year-round.

The openwork metal dome of the circus was covered with several layers of wooden shields and gaskets, impregnated with a special composition. This was done specifically for the performances of air gymnasts: the dome does not heat up from the sun, and in the fall it does not cool.

From anywhere you can clearly see and hear. An elegant lobby surrounds the entire building with a ring, and in the upper tier there are balconies and a summer lobby. An integrated lighting system was also created: 80 floodlights were installed in the lighting gallery to evenly illuminate the arena and all rooms.

The first performance took place on June 23 of the same year, and on that distant day the artists of the Belarusian Circus performed under the direction of the Honored Artist of the Soviet Republics E. Milaev.

At the moment, the circus is abandoned. It is located on Schmidt Street 7, opposite Ozerki .