Arkadiy Raikin Estrade Theatre

Leningrad Estrade Theatre was opened in 1939 as the first soviet professional varirty theatre. At that moment a very young conferencier Arkadiy Raikin appeared on the stage and since 1944 he became a director of the theatre and worked there for the rest of his life. In 2002 the theatre was named after Arkadiy Raikin.