Tatar State Theatre of Drama and Comedy named after Karim Tinchurin is located in the center of Kazan on Gorky Street. The theater was founded in 1933 on the initiative of K. Tinchurin.

The building in which the theater was built in 1912 by architect F.R.Amlonga. In the house were government agencies and public organizations. The building was rectangular in plan, two-storey, sustained in the neoclassical style of the early twentieth century. Decoration of the facade of the building in the classical style of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1918, the building became known as Krasnogvardeiskiy palace.

In 1914, it played a dramatic performances City troupe. In 1919 came the performances of the opera troupe. Since 1928, the building was Tatar Academic Theatre. First it was the collective and state farms Theatre, then became a Republican mobile. In 1988, the theater is assigned the name of Karim Tinchurin. Since 1989 - Tatar State Theatre of Drama and Comedy K.Tinchurina.

Karim Tinchurin - an outstanding figure of the Tatar theater, playwright, director and actor. He's a big part of his life to the theater business.

In the early years of the theater, its managers and directors were: playwright Riza Ishmuratov, Gali Ilyasov and Asgat Mazitov. Before the war, the theater was the only institution of education in the Tatar villages. During World War II theater actors performed at conscription centers and hospitals. At the end of the war the directors of the theater were Gabdulla Yusupov and Suleiman Vale Sulve.

In 1956, the chief director of the theater was appointed Kashif Tumasheva. After the war, in the repertoire of the theater productions there are foreign authors, the classics of Russian and Tatar. In 1963 he became the chief director of the theater Honored Artist of the Tatar ASSR, laureate of the State Prize of Tatarstan them. G. Tukai - Ravil Tumashev.

In 1993, as head of the theater director is appointed by Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan RM Zagidullin. In 1999, in the repertoire of the theater productions come in a variety of genres.

Today in the repertory there are performances of foreign and Tatar playwrights. Theater named Karim Tinchurin contributes greatly to the preservation of the Tatar language and Tatar culture.

In 2010, the theater named Karim Tinchurin been completely renovated. Its reconstruction has been spent 230 million rubles.