Circus Durov (Animal Theater V.L. Durov Nook) in Russia

Circus Durov (Animal Theater V.L. Durov Nook)
The circus building from 1894, was built by Austrian architect A. Weber.
Local name	Ugolok Dedushki Durova Уголок дедушки Дурова
Type	circus

Owner	Vladimir Leonidovich Durov
Founded	1912
Address	4 Ulitsa Durova
Place	Moscow
Country	Russia
Website	Website

Directors	Vladimir Leonidovich Durov Yury Yurievich Durov (b. 1954)

Key People

Veterinarians

Elephant department

Elephant management	Free Contact, since

Head keepers of elephants	-2001: Alexander Terekhov (elephant trainer) Alexander Terekhov

Elephant keepers
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2025-03-17 16:53:33
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Description

Circus Durov (Animal Theater V.L. Durov Nook), located at 4 Ulitsa Durova, in Moscow, Russia , was founded in 1912

Circus Durov (Animal Theater V.L. Durov Nook) elephants are managed in Free Contact

Living elephants

At the Circus Durov (Animal Theater V.L. Durov Nook) lives 3 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)

♀ Audrey born 2014-00-00
♀ Luna born 2014-00-00
♀ Mona born 2014-00-00

Casualties

1 casualties

2001-02-23 .: elephant trainer Alexander Terekhov fatal attack by Candy. crushed to death in the elephant's pen after the evening performance. † Alexander Terekhov Died 2001-02-23

Comments / pictures1912: The House was founded on January, 8, 1912 by Vladimir Leonidovich Durov, born on June, 25, 1863 in Moscow to a wealthy aristocratic family in Moscow. He was famous circus actor, clown satirist, animal trainer, writer, scientist, animal psychologist, the first Honored circus Actor of Russia. He was the oldest son of Leonid Dmitrievich Durov (1832-67), a hereditary Lord from the Province of Moscow. His brother, Anatoly Leonidevich Durov was born on November 26, 1864. He was the fifth child and second son of Leonid Dmitrievich Durov. They had three sisters; Margarita (1854-?); Konkordya (1860-?), among whose descendants is Lev Durov, the famous Russian actor; Liudmila (1862-?); and a younger sister, Valentina (1866-1940). (Jando, Circopedia)

1912: In the same year, Durovs first elephant arrives 1912 from Hagenbecks in Hamburg, the Asian female elephant was named Baby, maybe after the famous elephant Baby at Circus Carre in Netherlands, which in 1906 became Circus Kludskys third elephant.

1993: An Elephantine Labor Problem By Carey Scott / The Moscow Times, 4 February 1993
Like many fellow Russians, Alexander Terekhov, a former elephant trainer at the Durov Animal Theater, has lost his job.

2001: February 22, 2001/Moscow, RUSSIA An elephant crushed its trainer, Alexander Terekhov, to death after a performance at Durov\'s Little Corner, a small animal theatre in Moscow. Interfax news agency said ambulance workers confirmed the incident. (Reuters 02/01)

References for records about Circus Durov (Animal Theater V.L. Durov Nook)

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Circus Durov (Animal Theater V.L. Durov Nook), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=422. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.ugolokdurova.ru/
Peter Stolk, Netherlands
http://www.vita.org.ru/new/2007/nov/20.htm
Jando, Dominique, The Durov Dynasty, available online at http://www.circopedia.org/The_Durov_Dynasty
Elefanten-Magazin, Heft 33/2019, https://www.elefanten-schutz-europa.de/Veroeffentlichungen/Magazin/Magazin-31-35/

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