Cinema Moscow, Movie theater near Nemiga metro station, Minsk, Belarus.
Cinema Moscow is a wide-screen cinema at Prospekt Pobediteley 13, built from 1976 to a design by architects Viktor Kramarenko, Vladimir Shcherbina and Mikhail Vinogradov. Its compact symmetrical volume has a 1,070-seat hall cantilevered over the glazed foyer, faced with anodised and embossed panels and coloured-glass light fixtures. A smaller 260-seat hall, white marble, red granite and light tuff complete the building.
Construction of the cinema began in 1976 by trust No. 7 of the Minskstroy combine, to a design by Belgosproekt architects V. Kramarenko, V. Shcherbina and M. Vinogradov. It opened on 19 September 1980 as the first widescreen cinema in Minsk and Belarus, and at that time the largest cinema in the republic. In November 2019 the city architectural council backed a reconstruction project with a glass facade; more than 1,200 people signed a petition to keep the original appearance.
The foyer holds a stained-glass panel, "Moscow, Capital of Our Homeland", made in the 1970s–1980s by artists G. Vashchenko and M. Vashchenko; it is listed as a heritage asset of Belarus. The building also houses the Minsk Film Actor Theatre-Studio with 260 seats, a billiard hall and a bar, and evening discos are held there.
Cinema Moscow stands at Prospekt Pobediteley 13, opposite the Palace of Sports, with a small square and two fountains in front of the building. The main hall seats 1070 and the small hall 260; the foyer holds an exhibition hall and a 120-seat lecture hall also used for short films.
The foyer of the small hall holds a stained-glass panel, "Moscow, Capital of Our Homeland", made in the 1970s-80s by artists G. Vashchenko and M. Vashchenko; it is listed as a Belarusian historical and cultural value, code 712Ж000214.
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