Russian Drama Theatre A. Pushkin, Regional theater in Yakutsk, Russia.

Russian Drama Theatre A. Pushkin occupies a building at 21 Lenin Avenue in Yakutsk, opened for the company in 1957. The theatre is the oldest in Yakutia and the oldest in northeastern Russia. A bronze bust of Alexander Pushkin by sculptor G. Orekhov stands in the theatre's square, installed in 1999 when the theatre was given his name.

The theater traces its origin to a circle of music and literature lovers whose charter was approved on 10 May 1891, an amateur troupe rather than a professional stage. Its regular performances began on 12 April 1892 with Ostrovsky's "Na boykom meste". It was nationalized on 10 June 1920, awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour in 1980, became academic in 1998 and was named after Pushkin in 1999.

The theater is named after Alexander Pushkin, Russia's most celebrated poet, which gives the building a clear symbolic standing in the city. Performances here draw locals and visitors from across the region who come to see Russian drama staged far from the country's main cultural centers.

The theater is in central Yakutsk and can be reached on foot from most hotels in the city center. In winter, dressing in very warm layers is essential since temperatures outside can be extreme, and even a short walk to the entrance requires preparation.

Yakutsk is considered one of the coldest inhabited cities on Earth, which means theater audiences sometimes arrive when it is colder than -50 degrees Celsius (-58 F) outside. That makes the simple act of attending an evening performance a noticeably different experience from almost anywhere else.