Palace of the Republic, Almaty

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Palace of the Republic
Kazakh: Республика Сарайы, Respýblıka Saraıy
Russian: Дворец Республики
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Palace of the Republic, Almaty
Former names
  • Lenin Palace of Culture (1970-1991)
AddressAbay Avenue, Dostyk Ave 56
Location Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Almaty, Kazakhstan
Coordinates 43°14′36″N76°57′35″E / 43.2432°N 76.9596°E / 43.2432; 76.9596
Capacity 2,567 seats
Construction
Opened1970
Renovated2010
Website
www.republicpalace.kz

Palace of the Republic is a concert hall building located in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is intended for concerts, festivals and other cultural events. It was one of the premiere sites for the Eurasia Film Festival. Outside, with the fountains on the square in front of the Palace and the monument of the Kazakh poet Abai, Palace of the Republic is one of the main known attractions of Almaty from the Kunaev era. The building is located at the Abai Square in cross road section of Dostyq and Abai Avenue.

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It is considered as a monument based on an urban planning and architecture since January 26, 1982. [1]

History

Primary Health Care meeting in the palace 1978. International conference on Primary Health Care - Conferencia Internacional sobre Atencion Primaria de Salud - Almaty -1978.jpg
Primary Health Care meeting in the palace 1978.
Nikolai Ripinsky, one of the founders of the palace Kazakhstan stamp, 2006 Stamp of Kazakhstan 589.jpg
Nikolai Ripinsky, one of the founders of the palace Kazakhstan stamp, 2006

Built in 1970, previously named as the Lenin Palace of Culture, was opened during the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Lenin. [2] It was renamed to the Palace of the Republic by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR in December 6, 1991 by the proposal of the Kazakh SSR State Committee for Culture. The palace was also place for International Primary Health Care meeting where the Alma-Ata Declaration was adopted in 1978. [3] [4]

Design

The "Tent" design of the roof rests on the eight concrete pillars and walls of the building envelope, not reaching the roof, give the impression of it floating in the air. The colors of the hall consists of white ceiling, gold wall and red seats. The layout of the entrance hall and the lobby of the Palace used a combination of multi-dimensional space of different levels, creating a single whole room with the help of an intermediate level of the main entrance and grand staircase encircling the lobby with 3 sides. The main lobby with a height 13 m is decorated with snow-white chandelier. The decoration of the entrance hall and the lobby was reflected national character structures such as figure stairway fence lines, marble floors, etc. The width of the stage is 48 meters, with the depth of 18 m. After the reconstruction, the seats in auditorium was 2567 while before there were 3000.

Renovation

The renovation of the building was carried out in 2010-2011. The cost of it was amounted to 10.4 billion tenge. [5] The entrance to the palace has been completely changed which updated the architectural appearance of the building. The external facade of the building replaced the old cladding with new materials, new windows, stained glass windows, doors, gates, repaired exterior porches and stairways, and an increased space in walls. [6] Fire prevention measures have been provided in accordance with the new technical regulations. Another add on was the orchestra pit with three hoists and platforms for the storage of musical instruments. The building has been adapted for people with disabilities. Under the new health regulations, the kitchens were redesigned, the administrative and ancillary facilities have been changed which provided space for the backstage crew. In addition, to improve the quality of services, new premises have been provided for the building which included a meeting room for 50 people, a beauty salon, music store, recording room, flower shop, and recording studio. One of the main positive impacts of the reconstruction was the increased new land space for future use and the introduction of the parking space for cars. [7] [8]

Cost of maintaining

After reconstruction, the cost of maintaining the Republic Palace has increased 13 times. At the end of 2012, administrative expenses LLP "Palace of the Republic" amounted to about 1.05 billion tenge, compared to 80 million a year before. [9]

Ownership

In Soviet times, the palace was owned by the government. Since the collapse of the USSR, the ownership was handed to the administration of city Akim named as CHP Palace of the Republic which it formed into an LLP with 100% of the shares from the city government.

In May 2014, it became known from the Approval of the Comprehensive Privatization Plan for 2014-2016, in which according to the LLP, that the Palace of the Republic will be sold into a private ownership. [10]

In November 2015, a public information was made that the Palace of the Republic will be sold for 1 tenge. [11]

Monument status

On March 21, 2008 the status “Monument of history, culture, town planning and architecture of republican significance” was awarded.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "On approval of the State list of historical and cultural monuments of republican value" (in Russian). adilet.zan.k. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Kozybaev (1983). Alma-Ata Encyclopedia. Kazakh Soviet Encyclopedia. pp. 221–222.
  3. ↑ "On the monuments of history and culture of the Kazakh SSR republican values" (in Russian). adilet.zan.k. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "About Republic Square" (in Russian). adilet.zan.k. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "New Republic Palace Life" (in Russian). caravan.kz. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Palace of the Republic" (in Russian). Afisha.mail.ru. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "In the Palace of Republic in Almaty system "anti-terror" will" (in Russian). Tengri News. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "finalized reconstruction of the Palace of the Republic" (in Russian). Today.kz. Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Maintaining the Palace of Republic has increased 13 times" (in Russian). Kapital.kz. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Amendments and additions to the decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan from March 31, 2014 № 280 "on approval of the Comprehensive privatization plan for 2014 - 2016" (in Russian). Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Became known the price of new privatization objects" (in Russian). Retrieved 25 September 2016.
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