hidden Amateur People Theatres PUBLIC THEATRES. There are more than 300 theatre companies and studios in the Leningrad Oblast. Public theatres form the basis of the amateur theatres movement – the Leningrad Oblast numbers 53 public theatres (35 drama theatres and 18 puppet... more

hidden Gatchina, town GATCHINA (Trotsk in 1923-27, Krasnogvardeisk in 1927-44), a town in Leningrad Oblast, adm. center of Gatchina District. Population: 82,900 (the largest town in the Leningrad Oblast.) First mentioned in the Novgorod scribe roll of 1499 -1500 as... more

hidden Youth Theatre (Gatchina Town) YOUNG SPECTATORS’ THEATRE (YST) (Gatchina Town). It was founded in May 2003 according to the Leningrad Oblast Government’s resolution as an oblast mobile theatre. Creative director and chief manager is S.A. Rytov. The theatre repertoire includes the... more