Ukraine Palace of Arts, Kyiv

Национальный дворец искусств «Украина» (Киев)

USSRКиев1965–1970Public buildingsBrutalism

The largest concert hall in the republic, opened in 1970 to a design by Yevheniya Marynchenko and Petro Zhylytsky. The auditorium seats almost 3,800, and the building's ribbed volume became a recognisable example of Kyiv modernism. The authors were awarded the Shevchenko State Prize.

Крупнейший концертный зал республики, открытый в 1970 году по проекту Евгении Маринченко и Петра Жилицкого. Зрительный зал рассчитан почти на 3800 мест, ребристый объём здания стал узнаваемым образцом киевского модернизма. Авторы удостоены Государственной премии имени Шевченко.

Construction cost

20 000 000 руб., 1970 prices

Three independent Russian-language sources consistently state the total construction cost was 20 million rubles (Soviet post-1961 rubles). Official documents submitted to Moscow reported only 4.5 million rubles (disguised as a cinema project to avoid mandatory Moscow approval for projects over 3 million rubles), but the actual total expenditure was 20 million rubles by completion in 1970. Figure sourced primarily from babel.ua (detailed investigative article with archival references), corroborated by kyiv-future.com.ua and vakin.livejournal.com.