Gorky Palace of Culture [Saint Petersburg]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Saint Petersburg, Russia
alternative label: Gorky Palace of Culture
EUTA building identifier: 4962
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Russia
Wikidata source: Q4155939
City: Saint Petersburg
opening date: 1927-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q1181413
Carthalia ID: 7573
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Palace of culture, built 1925-1927 by A. I. Gegello and A. I. Dmitriev. Opened 7 Nov 1927 as Dom Kultury Moskvsko-Narskovo Rayona (House of Culture of the Moscow-Narva District). Later renamed Dvorets Kultury im. Maxima Gorkovo in honour of the Russian writer, Maxim Gorky (1868-1936). Later renamed Dvorets Iskusstv (Palace of Arts).