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12 City house of creativity Concert hall (Міський будинок творчості), Osvobozhdeniya Donbassa ave., 9, ☏ +380 62 3113252.
13 Horkoho Culture Palace (Палац культури ім. А.М.Горького), Kievskii ave., 15, ☏ +380 62 2589691. Concert hall
14 Donetsk Workers Cultura House (Донецький будинок працівників культури), Artema str., 84A, ☏ +380 62 3049315. Concert hall
15 Solov'yanenko Opera and Ballet Theater (Донецкий академический государственный театр оперы и балета им. А.Б. Соловьяненко), Artema str., 82, ☏ +380 62 3046019. 1941
16 Children and teenagers Palace (Донецький обласний палац дитячої та юнацької творчості), Artema str.,46 (Centre), ☏ +380 62 3358932.
17 I.Franko Culture Palace (Палац культури ім. І.Я.Франко), Kirova str., 145, ☏ +380 62 2770286. Concert hall
18 A.S.Pushkin Culture Palace (Палац культури ім. А.С.Пушкіна), Oktyabrya str., 10+, ☏ +380 62 20323593. Concert hall
19 Yuvileyny Concert hall (Палац культури Ювілейний), Bol'shaya Magistral'naya str., 29А, ☏ +380 62 3161116.
Academic musical-dramatic theater (Академический музыкально-драматический театр), Artema str., 74A. A theater except for a stage part is executed as an ancient Greek temple. A main facade with the six clonnad portico of corinth style is turned toward an area, the second facade goes out on boulevard of Pushkin. Visual hall has got 942 places. During the reconstruction of theater in 2000, it was decided to set the sculpture of muse of tragedy Melpomena from ancient Greek mythology. It is represented with a palm branch in hands.
Solov'yanenko Donetsk Academic State Opera & Balet (Здание театра оперы и балета им. В. Соловьяненко), Artema str., 82. Built in 1936, the theatre, is a gem of a theatre with an elegant exterior and world-class performances inside. Donetsk is the home to the Donetsk Ballet company since 1946. In 1992 the Choreographic School, was established in the Theater. Architecture is decided in classic style. The theatre building was designed for drama theatre, construction works started in 1936. Ludwig Kotovskiy was the leading architect and overall management of construction project was scheduled by Solomon Krol'. The theater building is made in classic style. On three sides approaches to the theater are organized. The auditorium and the lobby are decorated with stucco details. The auditorium was designed for 1300 seats; it now has 976. Above the mezzanine and balcony of the auditorium, as well as in some niches of the foyer there are sculptural busts of composers, poets and decorative vases. The theater is equipped with mechanized stage, the main stage area is 560 m². It can withstand the load of up to 75 tons. Facades and interiors are distinguished by rich plastic expressiveness, a visual hall and lobby is decorated the sculptured details. Very beautiful visual hall with an enormous crystal chandelier, hanging dress-circle and balconies. Above a dress-circle and balconies of visual hall the busts of prominent composers and poets are set.
Shevchenko cinema (Театр кіно ім. Т.Г. Шевченка), Artema str., 123, ☏ +380 62 3373158. This movie theater was one of the first in Soviet Union multihall movie theaters. He went down in memory many the presence of cloak-room. On September 5, 1939, this temple of arts accepted the first audience. The main facade of movie theater has the arched loggia in two floors high. To the reconstruction disposed three halls on a 1400 audience.

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