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International Center of Culture and Arts

October Palace
View on the October Palace from the Instytutska street
Former names	Kyiv Institute for Noble Maidens
Address	vul. Instytutska, 1 Kyiv Ukraine
Owner	Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine
Construction
Architect	Vikentiy Beretti
Website
www.icca.kiev.ua

The October Palace (Ukrainian: Жовтневий палац, romanized: Zhovtnevyi palats) is a performing arts center in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is officially known as the International Center of Culture and Arts (Ukrainian: Міжнародний центр культури і мистецтв, romanized: Mizhnarodnyi tsentr kultury i mystetstv) of the Trade Union Federation of Ukraine, while October Palace is used for its brevity.

History

The building was constructed between 1838 and 1842 upon the design of architect Vikentiy Beretti as the Russian "Kyiv Institute for Noble Maidens" (Russian: Институт благородных девиц, romanized: Institut Blagorodnykh Devits), hence the street where it was located was called Instytutska Street. After the revolution, the building was used by the government, including housing for Kyiv's Cheka (later known as the KGB).

Almost completely destroyed in the Second World War, the building was renovated between 1952 and 1959, and named the October Palace of Culture, used primarily as a concert stage. The street was also renamed October Revolution Street.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, it was renamed to its present-day name. Today, it continues to be used as a concert hall. A movie theater wing was recently added. Even now, the Centre remains a real centre of Ukraine's spiritual capital. The library's unique holding amounting to more than 70,000 items. Various events featuring famous writers, composers, diplomats, politicians, members of parliament and other public figures contribute to the spiritual renaissance of Ukraine, inspire people and endow them with ardent creativity. The well-lit and spacious rooms of the Centre's foyer are always capable of hosting exhibitions spectacularly, emphasising their strong points; the Centre hosts various exhibitions: those of painting, photography, consumer goods, technology and so on. The Centre's capabilities range from intimate family celebrations or somewhat larger anniversary celebrations to large international conferences, symposiums, seminars and congresses.

The building is also the main training centre for prominent rhythmic gymnastics training center, the Deriugins School.

During the 2013-2014 Euromaidan protest in Kyiv the October Palace became occupied by protesters. According to Deriugins School pupil Ganna Rizatdinova, after Euromaidan her school discovered that some of their equipment "like a TV set and a kettle, balls and clubs" had disappeared; "it was a strange kind of robbery. We don't know who did it."

In 2018 the British rock band Bring Me the Horizon shoot their music video for the song "Mantra" here.

NKVD execution prison

During the years 1920-30 in the building about 120,000 people were killed (shot down or by other means). Among them - famous Soviet Ukrainian artists, painters, writers, politicians, professors, teachers, scientists, priests and so on.

Ensembles

• National orchestra of folks instruments
• Jazz orchestra "Muzychna laboratoria" (Music laboratory)
• National ensemble of folk dance "Horlytsia"
• National opera studios
• National ensemble of classic ballet "Prosvit"
• Children ensemble of classic ballet "Etyud"
• Children ensemble of folk songs "Spivanochka"

References

1. "International Centre for Culture and Arts".
2. ^ Anna RIZATDINOVA on the annexation of Crimea, challenges for the country and role of sport, Den (24 June 2014)
3. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Bring Me The Horizon - on the upcoming album "amo" & more! | HardDrive Online". YouTube.

External links

• Official website
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110723173738/http://memorial.kiev.ua/content/view/166/70/
• History
• http://www.umoloda.kyiv.ua/number/548/222/19809/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbLrohHjAf0

v t e Euromaidan and the Revolution of Dignity
21 November 2013 – 23 February 2014
Main topics	Timeline of the Euromaidan Domestic responses to the Euromaidan International reactions to the Euromaidan Casualties Heavenly Hundred Order of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes Damaged communist monuments
Main events	1 December 2013 riots Fall of the monument to Lenin in Kyiv 11 December 2013 assault Ukrainian–Russian action plan Anti-Maidan Vasylkiv terrorists case Anti-protest laws in Ukraine 2014 Odesa clashes 2014 Hrushevskoho Street riots 2014 RSA occupations Agreement on settlement of political crisis in Ukraine Revolution of Dignity
Aftermath	2014 pro-Russian unrest Timeline Russian military intervention 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia Timeline War in Donbas timeline First Yatsenyuk government Lustration in Ukraine Decommunization in Ukraine
Elections	2014 Ukrainian presidential election 2014 Ukrainian local elections 2014 Kyiv local election 2014 Crimean status referendum 2014 Donbas status referendums 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
Main places	Maidan Nezalezhnosti Mezhyhirya Khreshchatyk Lypky Bankova Street European Square Hrushevskoho Street Dynamo Stadium Kyiv City Council Trade Unions Building Ukrainian House Mariinskyi Park October Palace Kyiv Conservatory
European integration	Ukraine–European Union relations Eastern Partnership European Union Association Agreement European Union–Ukraine Association Agreement Constitution of Ukraine
Protest figures	Organizations Maidan People's Union Euromaidan Press Parliamentary opposition parties Batkivshchyna Svoboda UDAR Other parties Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists Democratic Alliance UNA–UNSO United Left and Peasants Civic organizations Automaidan Road Control Vidsich Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Militant groups Right Sector Spilna Sprava Lead figures Vitali Klitschko Arseniy Yatsenyuk Oleh Tyahnybok Petro Poroshenko Yuriy Lutsenko Oleksandr Turchynov Yulia Tymoshenko Andriy Parubiy Andriy Sadovyi Arsen Avakov Ruslana Tetiana Chornovol Dmytro Bulatov Dmytro Yarosh Refat Chubarov
Anti-protest figures	Organizations Second Azarov government Ministry of Internal Affairs Internal Troops of Ukraine Security Service of Ukraine Berkut Militsiya (Ukraine) Party of Regions Titushky Night Wolves Don Cossacks Antimaidan Lead figures Viktor Yanukovych Mykola Azarov Serhiy Arbuzov Vitaliy Zakharchenko Oleksandr Yefremov Andriy Klyuyev Hennadiy Kernes Mykhailo Dobkin Viktor Pshonka Olena Lukash Yuriy Boyko Leonid Kozhara Dmytro Tabachnyk Oleksandr Klymenko

• Performing arts centers in Ukraine
• Buildings and structures in Kyiv
• Culture in Kyiv
• Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine
• NKVD
• Maidan Nezalezhnosti
• Pecherskyi District