The Theater and Concert Hall of the Central House of Culture of Railway Workers is located at 107140, Moscow, Komsomolskaya Square, 4. Metro station Komsomolskaya.
The history of the creation of KOR - TsDKZH
The construction of the Central House of Culture of Railway Workers began in 1925, was completed in 1927. The project of the Central House of Artists, as well as the project of the Kazan station, was developed by architect A.V. Schusev. Until 1937, the Central House of Artists was called the October Revolution Club or KOR. It was the first purpose-built building for cultural leisure, the first club in Moscow for employees of the Moscow-Kazan Railway and for everyone.
In the project, the building is a quarter circle. The layout of the hall of the Central House of Artists (metro station "Komsomolskaya") is such that there is a stage in the narrow part, and seats for spectators are located in expanding arcs.
The hall was originally built on two floors: a stall and a balcony. The balcony hangs over the rows of the stalls for 7 meters and has no additional supporting columns obscuring the view - such an architectural solution was so advanced that such buildings began to appear in Moscow only after many decades. According to the hall of the Central House of Artists, the number of seats was 1200.
Since it was a club building, there were not only two auditoriums, but there were many more rooms: a lecture hall, a gym, rooms for study groups, lounges and board games, a billiard room, a dressing room, and a workshop for making decorations.
The modern scheme of the hall
In the 80s, the Central House of Artists reconstructed. As a result of the overhaul of the Great Hall, the number of seats was reduced to provide viewers with maximum comfort. Now there are 722 seats on the layout of the hall of the Central House of Concert Hall, including a specially allocated sector for VIP guests in the form of a lodge in the center.
The aisles between the rows became much wider, comfortable soft chairs were installed.
Unfortunately, these improvements did not affect the ranks of the mezzanine. It is better for spectators of high stature to choose seats in the stalls according to the scheme of the hall of the Central House of Artists.