Kinoteatr Pobeda, Regional cultural heritage movie theater in Ufa, Russia.
Kinoteatr Pobeda is a single-hall cinema on Pervomayskaya Street in the Chernikovka district of Ufa, built in Soviet neoclassical style. The 1,800 m² building has a large foyer with mezzanines, a stage area once intended for a symphony orchestra, and a reading room and lecture hall. A sculpture group by Kh. Kh. Galiullin, installed in 2016, stands on the facade. The cinema is closed for reconstruction.
The foundation stone was laid on 9 May 1945 on a former potato field, and the building was erected between 1945 and 1949 by German prisoners of war and repressed persons to a standard design by architect S. I. Yakshin. It opened in 1948, with the first screening on 2 October 1948. Closed since summer 2017, it is being prepared for reconstruction as a cultural institution.
The cinema's name marks the date its foundation stone was laid: 9 May 1945, Victory Day, on a former potato field. From 1963 to 1993 the building also housed a museum devoted to the Soviet intelligence agent Nikolai Kuznetsov. Before the early 2000s it ran film universities and lecture series, and hosted festivals and meetings with filmmakers.
The cinema has been closed since summer 2017, so there are no screenings to attend. The building stands at Pervomayskaya Street 41 in the Kalininsky district of Ufa, with a technical building at 41/1 next door. Reconstruction under a project approved by Glavgosexpertiza in autumn 2023 is planned for the city's 450th anniversary.
The building was long the only cinema in Chernikovka and hosted a museum of scout Nikolai Kuznetsov from 1963 to 1993. Since 2016 a smaller copy of the removed sculpture group, made to a design by Ufa sculptor Khalit Galiullin, stands on the facade.
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