Arts Cinema, Movie theater on Nevsky Prospekt, St Petersburg, Russia
Khudozhestvenny is a cinema at Nevsky Prospekt 67 in St Petersburg, in a building first erected in 1842 to a design by architect R. I. Kuzmin for the wife of the merchant Strom. The building later gained two extra floors under architect V. V. Vindelbandt, and after reconstruction in 2005 the cinema reopened with 8 halls seating 840 people.
The first cinema in the building at Nevsky Prospekt 67 was mentioned on 12 October 1907 under the name Biofon-Auksetofon. Before the revolution it belonged to the Petersburg entrepreneur Ya. F. Krynsky and was renamed Saturn, one of the city's most luxurious cinemas, with programmes changed twice a week and live cinema-vaudeville acts during screenings. In 1933 it became Kino — Massam, and in 1935 it received the name Khudozhestvenny. It closed in the early 2000s and reopened on 18 November 2005 with 8 halls and 840 seats.
The cinema's name, "Khudozhestvenny" ("Artistic"), dates from its 1935 renaming, after earlier stints as "Biofon-Auxetofon" and "Saturn". Under the Saturn name it ranked among the city's most luxurious cinemas, changing its programme twice a week and staging live "cinema-vaudeville" acts during screenings.
The cinema stands at Nevsky Prospekt 67 in St Petersburg, in a building first recorded in 1842 and later raised by two floors. It reopened on 18 November 2005 after reconstruction with 8 halls and 840 seats. The entrance is on the Nevsky Prospekt side, and the venue has limited wheelchair access, so visitors with mobility needs should check arrangements before coming.
The building at Nevsky Prospekt 67 housed furnished rooms where writer Alexander Kuprin lived in 1901–1902, before the cinema era. Its upper floors were added by architect V. V. Windelbandt for owner A. S. Wagenheim, raising the original three-storey structure of 1842 by two levels.
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