The Leningrad Rock Club (Russian: Ленинградский рок-клуб) was a historic music venue of the 1980s in Leningrad, situated on Rubinstein Street in the city center. Opened in 1981 and overseen by the KGB, it became the first legal rock music venue in Leningrad. Overall, it was the largest rock scene in the Soviet Union, which featured such bands as Kino, Alisa, Aquarium, Zoopark, Piknik, Automatic Satisfiers, DDT, Grazhdanskaya Oborona (formally), and became an important influence on the Russian rock music.
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Coordinates: 59°55′47″N 30°20′38″E / 59.9296°N 30.3438°E / 59.9296; 30.3438
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