Video Overview of Kaliningrad Cultural and Educational Centre Construction (December 2021)

We present you the most recent video overview of the Kaliningrad Cultural and Educational Centre construction progress. Stroytransgaz is operating two sites, East and West, located on both sides of the Kaliningrad stadium built on Oktyabrsky Island for the FIFA World Cup 2018TM.

The Cultural & Educational Centre on Oktyabrsky Island in Kaliningrad has already opened. The Central Music School at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (the Baltic branch) and the 550-seat comprehensive school welcomed students in brand new buildings.

• 63 students from grades 1 to 11 started their studies in three departments:

• Special piano: 12 students;
• Orchestra string instruments (violin, viola, cello): 11 students;
• Orchestra wind (flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, trombone, French horn, baritone horn, trumpet) and percussion instruments: 40 students.

And in mid-December, the first performance by students of the educational institution jointly with the Kaliningrad Symphony Orchestra took place in the concert hall of the Baltic branch. It became a kind of test of the new academic platform. Process equipment and materials for the music school are produced in accordance with best international practice and were "quality assessed" by talented students and musicians with vast performance experience.

In the near future, a branch of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography with a boarding school for 150 residents will also be ready to welcome its students. To date, the construction of this facility has been completed, a statement of conformity has been issued. The company is working to obtain a commissioning permit and an academic license.

The construction of five multi-apartment residential buildings and a dormitory for students of the Higher School of Arts is also underway at the East Site. The installation of shell, core and utilities, facades, heating, water supply and sewage utilities, power systems is underway at the facilities, interior finishing works and installation of elevators has commenced.

The construction of the branch of Tretyakov Gallery is also progressing at the West site as scheduled. Cast-in-situ frame is 93% complete. Over 29,000 m³ of concrete were placed in the building structures, 25 tons of structural steel has been installed.

Pilot bored pile (BPs) installation for the branch of the Bolshoi Theatre is underway at its construction site. Progress is 70%, 21 BPs are installed. In parallel, static pile field tests are being performed.

Oktyabrsky Island in Kaliningrad will also host:

• A university (branch of the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts)

• Campus for 150 students of the branch of the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts)
• Accommodations for employees of the complex.

The cultural and educational complex on Oktyabrsky Island in Kaliningrad is built by Stroytransgaz Group on behalf of the National Cultural Heritage Foundation for Social and Cultural Projects.

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The construction of the cultural and educational centres is set to become one of the largest cultural projects implemented recently.

The task to create four new cultural centres (Vladivostok, Kemerovo, South of Russia, Kaliningrad) was set by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in his 2018 Federal Assembly Address and detailed in the Executive Order On National Goals and Strategic Objectives of Development of the Russian Federation till 2024.

According to the President, the creation of the cultural, educational and museum complexes will allow the regions to unlock their cultural and educational potential, to set up state-of-the-art cultural space across Russia, to change life quality of the residents through art introduction and, at the same time, make these cities particularly attractive for tourists.

The construction of the project in Kaliningrad started in 2019. The developer is the National Cultural Heritage Foundation for Social and Cultural Projects (founded by the Mariinsky Theatre, State Hermitage Museum, Tretyakov Gallery, Bolshoi Theatre), and the general contractor is Stroytransgaz Group.