Okhlopkov Drama Theatre [Irkutsk]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Irkutsk, Russia
description: theater in Irkoetsk @nl
alternative label: Okhlopkov Drama Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 2615
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Russia
City: Irkutsk
GPS: Point(104.2813 52.2777)
Wikidata source: Q4203301
opening date: 1897-08-30T00:00:00Z
Web: dramteatr.ru
architect: Victor Schröter
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 2169
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1894-1897 by Victor Schröter (after a fire had destroyed the third local wooden threatre on 28 October 1890). Opened 30 August 1897 with a prayer ceremony, and on 2 September 1897 with Gogol's Auditor. 1967 renamed in honour of the Russian actor and theatre director, Nikolay Pavlovich Okhlopkov (1900-1967).