Perm state institute of arts and culture

When you are passing by Gazeta Zvezda 18, you may see an architectual monument of XIX cenury. It is Perm state institute of arts and culture. It was created by remarkable architect Ronald Osipovich Karvovskiy. The history of this building originated in the middle of XIX century. By 1885 construction of theological seminary had been completed. It was a two-storeyed building with a ground floor, with outdoor constructions and a large ground area. In the semibasement premise the diningroom and the bakery had been organized. In the college was also a hospital. Walls of the building on all perimeter are covered with a frieze with profiled cornice. Conners are accented by pilasters. The ground floor is rusticated. The classes of the institute are lighted well, because of corridor system. The bases are rubbled. Also there is an iron roof. The parapet and the rests of a protection were kept on it. In 1918 December Kolchak occupied Perm. In the building of spiritual college Kolchak's counter-espionage was placed. In the the basement prisoners were tortuned. Till 1923 the buildin was empty. The windows had been beaten out, furnaces were destroyed. In 1938 Perm became the regional centre, the City Council moved in this building. In 1975 May the spiritual college was reorganized in the institute of culture. In 1993 it was renamed in the institute of arts and culture. It is very difficult and painful for pedagogical and students' collectivesof the institute, that the building of the institute is in an emergency condition. They have begun gathering donations in support of the action "Rescue and keep Alma Mater". However the public cannot solve the problem without wide participation of structures of regional and local authorities, businessmen, sponsors. Only together, the whole wopld, we can rescue creation of masters of XIX centuty, the bulding of the main educational case of the institute of arts and culture.