By the beginning of the new theatre season Yell.ru has made the rating of Russian theaters.

      According to the rating data, Russia has 1 105 theaters, with 378 of them in Moscow, and 174 in St. Petersburg. The Perm theater 'U Mosta' (translated as At the Bridge) ranks 4th in the list of 50 best theatres in this country.

      Experts analysed the statistics of reviews about the theaters upon two key indications. They found out the leading theaters in every city and every region, and then made an overall rating of the best Russian theaters, which are frequented by city dwellers and tourists, who consider them to be the best and recommend to visit.

      Out of 1 105 theaters of Russia, the Top 5 are the Cat Theatre of Kuklachev (Moscow), N. M. Zagursky State Music Theater (Irkutsk), Fedor Volkov State Academic Drama Theater (Yaroslavl), Theatre at the Bridge (Perm), and the Mariinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg).