Arbob Palace of Culture
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| place | Arbob near Khujand |
| architect | Hikmat Abdullaevich Juldaschev |
| Client | Saidhodscha Urunhodschaev |
| Architectural style | Socialist classicism |
| Construction year | 1954-1957 |
| Coordinates | 40 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ N , 69 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ E |
The Arbob Palace of Culture is a building in the village of Arbob near the Tajik city of Khujand .
history
The building was constructed during the Soviet rule in Central Asia. The client was the Soviet politician and kolkhoz chairman Saidhodscha Urunhodschaev , who played a major role in collectivization in the region. The cultural education of the workers in the kolkhoz was to be improved by the construction of a palace of culture . From 1954 to 1957 the Kulturpalast was built in the style of socialist classicism . Thereafter, the palace housed some administrative offices, but served mainly as a venue for various shows, performances and clubs.
When the Tajik civil war broke out after independence , Khujand was safer than the capital Dushanbe , so that the Arbob Palace of Culture became a center of political events of the time. On November 16, 1992, Emomalij Rahmon was elected as the new President of Tajikistan by the Presidium, a painting of the still incumbent president in the large meeting room commemorates this. In 1997 the Kulturpalast was renovated, with portraits of Marx and Lenin being replaced by those of Emomalij Rahmon and Ismoil Somoni . Today the palace is only occasionally used for events.
Building
The building was designed by the Tajik architect Hikmat Abdullaevitsch Juldaschev . Central to the palace is the large conference room with space for several hundred people. The walls are full of decorations and the ceilings are lavishly painted. Also striking is the alabaster carving that can be found in the main hall, in the gallery and in the hallways. Numerous side rooms ensure that the building can accommodate a large number of people.
Individual evidence
- ↑ From Stalin to Rahmon. The Palace of Culture of the Urunhodschaev Kolkhoz | Tethys. Retrieved January 3, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ Erik-Jan van Maarseveen: Arbob. In: Novastan German. June 12, 2018, accessed on January 3, 2019 (German).