In the XIX century begins to enjoy a hugethe popularity of circus art. In addition to a large number of tents in the middle of the century, and more specifically in 1853, the first stationary circus building is being erected in Moscow. It was located on Petrovka and was wooden. The next such building was erected on Vozdvizhenka in 1868.
The oldest and the first stationary in the capitalis the Moscow Circus of Nikulin on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. The history of its creation is as follows. A hereditary circus artist born in Italy, Albert Salamansky (1839-1913), who became a successful entrepreneur, opened circuses in Berlin and Riga, in Dubulti (part of Jurmala) and Odessa. And in the middle of the autumn of 1880, the Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard opened its hospitable gates for Muscovites.
Sam Salamansky performed with 14 trainedhorses. In the second part, a ballet was shown about a winter evening in which on the circus arena skated and rolled down from the ice hills on the sledges. As director and host of the circus, Salamansky tried to attract a simple people, although the main audience was the Moscow merchant class.
Moscow Circus of Nikulin on Tsvetnoy Boulevardwas always famous for artists performing in his arena. Before the revolution, these were the brothers Durova, the duo of clowns Bim-Bom. In general, the circus paid very great attention to the clowns, because, as the founder claimed, the circus is not a circus, if people do not laugh at it. His arena remembers dozens of talented clowns - Kozlov, Babushkin, Vysokinsky. Many seasons here performed Tanti and Veldman, Alperov and Bernardo, Krasutsky and Cristov. Of course, only specialists know them. But the Soviet clowns are remembered by many, especially the people of the older generation.
The current Moscow Circus of Nikulin on TsvetnoyBoulevard, not yet being such, became famous for the performances of such masters of his craft as D. Alperov, B. Vyatkin, L. Kukso, A.E. Latyshev (Anton and Antoshka). And who does not know such world-famous clowns as Oleg Popov, Pencil, Yuri Nikulin and Mikhail Shuidin, speaking with him, or Engibarov Leonid, or the great Yuri Kuklachev?
Ю.Nikulin adored the arena from his childhood, which is evidenced by the words from his song about the old circus of children's dreams, which became fate and love for life. Dreaming of acting career, in 1945 he entered the college of clownery at the circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. From that moment his life was inextricably linked with this institution. Two and a half years he worked for the very famous clown of Pencil, whose popularity is immortalized in Soviet cartoons. Yuri Nikulin assisted him along with Mikhail Shuidin, who later formed the famous duo, which existed for many years - from 1950 to 1981. Reprises, sketches and pantomimes of the duo entered the gold fund of the domestic circus. Yuri Nikulin stopped speaking when he was 60 years old.
The popularity of this artist went off scale. Yu.V.Nikulin knew and loved all the inhabitants of the Soviet Union. The recognizable and unique actor, who had many brilliant roles in the cinema, the brilliant narrator and the presenter of the popular television program "The White Parrot", since 1981 the main director, since 1982 the art director and director of his native circus. Under his guidance, new, world-famous productions were produced, the best artists in this genre were invited with unusual, previously unseen attractions. The Moscow Circus of Nikulin on Tsvetnoy Boulevard becomes a national legend.
Young graduates of the school at the circus on TsvetnoyThe boulevards honed their skills here. Very great success of Yuri Vladimirovich at the director's post should be considered obtaining a permit for the construction of a new building. It was erected in place of a dilapidated, century-old, in the arena of which the last performance was given on the 13th of August-the month of the year 85 of the last century. And on September 29, 1989, the program "Hello, Old Circus!" Opened a new unique building, corresponding to all modern parameters.
As noted above, the people's glory anddesire to visit it enjoys the Moscow Circus of Nikulin on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. The location map above, like the address, telephone, fax and e-mail, is widely available.
