Triumph, Philharmonic society in Perm, Russia.
Triumph is a former cinema at 44 Lenina Street in the Leninsky district of Perm, housed in a two-storey building erected between 1874 and 1902. Its 1913 rebuilding for the cinema added two windows on the upper floor and a tunnel on the ground floor, with two doors leading to a wide staircase divided by a thick rope: one for entering, one for leaving. The auditorium ceiling carried moulding with an oval split into four parts spelling the letters of the name.
The building on what is now Lenin Street went up between 1874 and 1902; in 1904 it housed an insurance office, then I. M. Zhuravlev's musical instrument shop and warehouse. By 1910 a cinema operated there, and in 1913 the Zhuravlev building was rebuilt for the Triumph electrotheatre, widened by two windows on the second floor with a tunnel cut through the ground floor. Renamed Khudozhestvenny in 1933, it took the name Triumph again after the 1998–1999 reconstruction and closed on 2 April 2008.
The cinema's name referred to its ceiling decor: a plaster oval split into four parts bearing the letters U, M, F and the digit 3, spelling out "Triumf". Silent films were accompanied by a string orchestra, and two women in velvet dresses with identical hairstyles invited spectators to each screening. From 1920 the hall also housed the winter theatre of the rivermen, "Otdykh burlaka".
The cinema closed on 2 April 2008 after showing "10,000 BC" and is not open to visitors. The building stands at 44 Lenina Street in the Leninsky district, on the site of a structure built between 1874 and 1902. It is listed as a regional cultural heritage site, so view it from the street rather than planning a visit inside.
The ceiling of the auditorium carried a moulded oval split into four parts: one held the figure "3", the others the letters "U", "M" and "F", spelling out the name Triumph. Visitors in the silent-film era were greeted by two ladies in velvet dresses with identical hairstyles, and a string orchestra played during screenings.
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