Oh yeah. In the Soviet Union, these were majestic buildings. With columns near the entrance and with rich decoration inside. As a rule, they were maintained by large industrial enterprises. But after the collapse of the Soviet Union, hard times came and not everyone had enough money to support them. However, there are palaces of culture that have been renovated. And they still work in the same format. If you are interested, I can photograph a few of these buildings a little later
I didn't want to get your photo contest too off track, just provide some context for English speakers. I guess you would write this as something like Dom Kultura or cultural centre. I have seen a lot of these in video, both renovated and in the state photographed above. Now that I think about it, the closest thing we have in the the US is called a Grange Hall. It is used for community events like dances, but not grand in any way.
Usually in Soviet houses of culture there was a large cinema, as well as many interest groups: chess, dancing, drawing, aircraft modeling and others. By the way, the club I photographed belonged to a factory that is still operating. Roofing materials are produced on it.
Thank you. Very interesting shots.
