Lenkom Theatre [Moscow] (Q9849)
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Theatre building in Moscow, Russia
- Lenkom Theatre
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Lenkom Theatre [Moscow] | Theatre building in Moscow, Russia |
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55°46'4.001"N, 37°36'24.001"E
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Built 1909 by Illarion Ivanov-Schitz as a merchants' club house with an auditorium for cultural and other events. In World War II used as a hospital, later used as a political club, a party school and, from 1923 as a cinema. Since 1932 used as a youth theatre named Teatr im. Leninskovo Komsomola after the communist Youth organization Lenin Komsomol, shortened Lenkom. (English)
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1909
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