Donetsk State Circus was opened August 26th 1969. the day the 100th anniversary of the city of Donetsk . At the scene were representatives of the famous artistic dynasties Durovs , Filatova , Zapashny , Olkhovikova , Keogh , etc. Kantemirova
It worked outstanding artists of the arena , Yuri Nikulin, Oleg Popov , Mikhail Rumyantsev, Viktor Tikhonov , Tamerlane Nuzgarov , Alexander Kornilov , Marina Mayak , Ludmila and Vladimir Shevchenko. For the love of the audience in 2001, Donetsk State Circus won a prestigious regional award \Za lyubovʹ zritelyeĭ v 2001 godu Donetskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ tsirk stal obladatelem prestizhnogo regionalʹnogo priza 'Zolotoĭ skif'.
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