The Hermitage-Kazan is the name of the museum and exhibition center located in the Tatar capital.
Its creation was preceded by certain work carried out in accordance with the cooperation program concluded between cultural institutions of the Republic of Tatarstan and the State Hermitage.
First exhibition
It all started in 1997. The exhibition "Treasures of Khan Kubrat" showed exhibits from the Pereshchepinsky treasure. In 1912, 13 km from Poltava near the village of Maloye Pereshchepino, a shepherd boy who stumbled over a golden vase discovered a priceless treasure. A teenager fell into a mine with grave goods of Khan Kubrat, who is considered the founder of Great Bulgaria. The mine began to be considered the burial place of the khan. And the treasures have turned into priceless exhibits. They were brought from St. Petersburg to Kazan.
Great start
According to the results of the exhibition, which was held in Kazan with great success, the catalog "Treasures of Khan Kubrat" was published in Tatar, Russian and English. The first experience of cooperation between the Hermitage andMinistry of Culture of Tatarstan, which attracted a lot of public attention, allowed such projects to be carried out on a regular basis.
And in the period from 1997 to 2004, five large exhibitions were held, which formed a new look at the world history of culture among residents and guests of Kazan.
New Center
which received the name "Hermitage-Kazan". M. Sh. Shaimiev, the then president of the republic, provided great support to the opening.
Timely
In the capital of Tatarstan, there is the Kazan Kremlin Museum-Reserve, on the territory of which there is a beautiful old building of the former Junker School. It was built in 1840 by architect Pyatnitsky. Already in the Soviet years, the third floor was built on, in which the Hermitage-Kazan center was located, which thus became a structural subdivision of the Kazan Kremlin Museum-Reserve. The 1,000 square meters of the southern half of the floor house exposition, lecture, information and conference rooms, as well as computer labs.
New information resource of the capital of Tatarstan
The center opened with the exhibition “Golden Horde. History and Culture . At the same time, an agreement was signed on furthercooperation between the Hermitage-Kazan Center and the State Hermitage. It is difficult to overestimate the opening of the center equipped with modern equipment.
It is also used as a platform for various selector video conferences, scientific meetings, various exhibitions and vernissages, and as a student club and press center. Here, leading specialists from St. Petersburg regularly conduct the Hermitage Lecture Hall. Thus, the Hermitage-Kazan center is fully consistent with the concept of a new exclusive information resource and museum center not only of the capital of Tatarstan, but of the entire region.
The Hermitage is a popular name for Kazan
In the capital of this republic, there are several more objects, in the name of which the word "Hermitage" occurs. This is the name of the garden, and the hall, and the club. In the historical center of the city, in the Vakhitovsky district, there is an object called the Hermitage (Garden, Kazan) or, more rarely, the Hermitage Garden. The park, spread over an area of 4 hectares and located not far from the central square of Tukay, is located between two ravines and two hills - Marusovsky and Butlerovsky.
One of the Kazan "Hermitages"
This is an old park that has changed several names associated with its owners, surrounded by toponymic or "urban" legends. It had the reputation of a “bad place”, because the cruel owner Vorozhtsov allegedly whipped his serfs and even his own son to death, and then buried the bodies without a funeral service in the garden. Therefore, the current "Hermitage" garden (Kazan) is full of ghosts. It has a lot (ca.500) trees, there are even pre-revolutionary plantings. Interestingly, many trees have a twisted shape, which is rare for urban vegetation. Rumor considers this curvature to be a confirmation of the “bad story” that took place here. Nevertheless, this is the city's favorite park, restored for the 1000th anniversary of the capital.
Nightclub
And what is the Hermitage club? Kazan has recently acquired a very large number of nightclubs. One of them is the Hermitage. How is he different from his brothers? Over the years of its existence (the club opened on October 20, 2006), ERMITAGE has gained a steady reputation as one of the best nightclubs of this type.
Now the Hermitage club (Kazan) is huge, with 2,000 seats, and is not inferior in quality to Moscow events. Large areas of the Hermitage, which include a dance floor, an amphitheater, technical equipment that meets all modern standards (including a 4x7 meter LED screen), cozy VIP boxes - all this made the club a favorite place for citizens and guests of the capital of Tatarstan. But to a greater extent this popularity was facilitated by the fact that thanks to ERMITAGE, the performance of world-famous stars in Kazan has become the norm.
New format
Recently, this establishment, which opened as a nightclub, acquired a different status - in 2011 the format of this site was updated. Now it is called "Hermitage Hall". Kazan, thanks to him, becomes the center of modern music. Guests come here from everywhere.
It should be added that the Hermitage Hall has a Go-Go modern dance school. This institution is located in the very center of Kazan, near Tukay Square, on 1 Fatykh Amirkhan Ave. The nearest metro stations are Kozya Sloboda and Kremlevskaya.
