Founded in 1618
3 July City Day: Novokuznetsk
Dates in History
1930Oleg Popov, circus artist, is born. Oleg Popov is named “Solnechny Kloun” (Sunny Clown) by one of the London newspapers while on tour in the capital of the UK. They say that “this clown came, and the fog has dissolved, Popov is like the sun over the arena”.
1897The meeting of the two outstanding theatre figures - Konstantin Stanislavskiy and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. | During the long conversation in the restaurant "Slavyanskiy bazaar" two future theatre geniuses decided to create a popular theatre, which will be called afterwards the Moscow Art Theatre.This theatre turned into one of the most significant theatres in the world,in many respects due to the world-famous actor system made by Stanislavskiy. |