Kemerovo
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Kemerovo Mine Bathhouse
Kemerovo, Trubnaya Street, 2A
The Bathhouse of the Kemerovo Mine is located in the historical district of Krasnaya Gorka at the intersection of Suvorov and Trubnaya streets. Built in 1925, it is distinguished by a symmetrical facade with a central blade that transitions into the base of a chimney, and by the arches of the main hall, which serve as stiffening ribs for the cylindrical vault. In 1993, the building became the property of the Novosibirsk branch of OAO Moskvich-Service, and since 2001 it has been in private ownership, where car repair shops now operate. When the bathhouse was converted into a garage, the original ceramic floors were filled with concrete, causing the floor level to rise by 40–50 centimeters, and a 2002 technical inspection revealed the absence of foundations under the gravel bed.
50th Anniversary of October Palace of Culture
Kemerovo, 40 Let Oktyabrya Street, 18
The Palace of Culture named after the 50th Anniversary of the October Revolution in Kemerovo is one of the largest concert venues for district, city, and regional events. During the years of the Great Patriotic War, its building housed School No. 19, which transferred the premises to a hospital, while classes in creative groups did not stop, and the Kyiv Academic Opera and Ballet Theater gave concerts for evacuees. In 1966, the institution was awarded the title "Palace of Culture of Excellent Work," and in 1967, it was awarded the Red Banner for perpetual storage. Since 2024, the institution has been functioning as a separate subdivision of the MAU "Directorate for the Development of Club Institutions," where two employees hold the title of Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation.
Palace of Labour
Kemerovo, Karbolitovskaya Street, 11
The Palace of Labor in Kemerovo, located on Karbolitovskaya Street, is an example of "stone constructivism," as it was built from natural sandstone due to a shortage of bricks. The central part of the building houses an auditorium with balconies and a stage, as well as rooms for clubs, a gymnasium hall, and a kitchen with a buffet; glazed partitions have been preserved in the interiors, and a monolithic reinforced concrete staircase is located in the tower, although the clock was never installed there. From 1960 to 1979, the regional philharmonic was located here, and now it houses the Kuzbass College of Culture and Arts named after I. D. Kobzon. The construction was declared a people's project, and in different years, a drama theater, a museum, and a regional library also operated in the building.
Rutgers House
Kemerovo, Krasnaya Gorka Street, 17
The Rutgers House in Kemerovo at 17 Krasnaya Gorka Street was the first stone structure at the mine and the only building with running water, sewage, and electricity. Its first resident was the mine manager V. N. Velikoretsky, and during the Great Patriotic War, it housed the headquarters of the military unit guarding prisoners of war. Due to its walls being faced with rough sandstone, the building received the folk name "Stone House," and its northwest facade is adorned with a double portico on stone pillars and an asymmetrical main entrance with a triangular pediment. Currently, the house, whose original layout was lost due to reconstructions, houses the AIK "Krasnaya Gorka" museum.
Kopikuz Head Office Building
Kemerovo, Graviynaya Street, 40/1
The building of the Main Office of Kopikuz in Kemerovo was constructed on the high right bank of the Tom River near Gorelaya Mountain in 1916–1918. Inside, there are two multimedia exhibitions — "The Birth of Kuzbass" and "The Discovery of Kuzbass", and memorial plaques about the first Komsomol cell of the mine and about the management of AIK "Kuzbass" are placed on the main facade. The historical building of the Kemerovo mine became accessible for visitors with limited mobility in August 2026.
Znamensky Cathedral
Kemerovo, Sobornaya Street, 24
Znamensky Cathedral in Kemerovo was built on the site of the wooden Znamenskaya Church, which was demolished in 1961. Because of this, before its construction, residents had to travel to the only St. Nicholas Church on the right bank of the Tom River for services. The Museum of Orthodox History at the cathedral houses about seventy icons from the 16th to the 20th centuries, including works by the 19th-century icon painter Grigory Zhuravlev. In 1993–1994, a group of artists led by A. S. Rabotnov, a graduate of the Stroganov School, participated in the painting of St. George's Church. Rabotnov supervised the decoration of the cathedral until 2004.
Kopikuz Aerial Tramway
Kemerovo, Tom River, near the left bank, surviving cableway pylon
The Kopikuz cable car in Kemerovo was a source of pride for the townspeople in the pre-war years, along with the "Moscow" sound cinema and a two-story department store. The total length of the road was 2.91 km, including a 405-meter span over the Tom River, and its supports on the banks were built of larch with concrete foundations. According to memories, due to the construction of the "Centralnaya" mine, the miners' settlement stretched in a chain of houses along the road, and workers sometimes crossed the river in carts, in which overturns happened. After a young engineer froze to death in a cart during the ice drift due to a power outage at night, a strict ban on such crossings was introduced.
Kemerovo Children's Railway
Kemerovo, Pritomsky Avenue, 1, Pionerskaya Station
The Kemerovo Children's Railway is a structural subdivision of the West Siberian Railway, a branch of JSC Russian Railways. The railway project was completed in February 2007, and the author of the project was Novosibirsk engineer Olga Basharina. In the summer season of 2026, which opened on June 1, trains run from Wednesday to Sunday from 11:00 to 18:00, and the Pionerskaya station is located near the management of the Kuzbass region. As part of the educational process, students are provided with special railway uniforms that are sewn specifically, free meals in the canteen, and a summer internship lasting 10 working days of three hours each.
Kemerovo Regional Scientific Library
Kemerovo, Dzerzhinskogo Street, 19
The Kemerovo Regional Scientific Library is located in a building in the Stalinist Empire style, designed by architect Vladimir Surikov. The third floor of the institution houses a conference hall, a Virtual Concert Hall, a multimedia hall, as well as the Museum of the History of Libraries and Library Science of Kuzbass. The first floor hosts the Regional Center of the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library. While working on the panel for the library, artist Alexander Suslov was guided by Stanislaw Lem's book "Summa Technologiae".
Kemerovo Philharmonic
Kemerovo, Sovetsky Avenue, 68
The Kemerovo Philharmonic named after Boris Timofeevich Shkolov is located in Kemerovo at Sovetsky Prospekt, 68. Its concert hall has housed an organ by the German company "Sauer" since 1983, which musicians call the "King of Sauer." This instrument with three keyboards controls separate sets of pipe registers, each possessing a unique timbre. The institution's museum features an interactive tour of the exhibition project by architect N. N. Petrishchin, and a 20 percent discount on tickets is provided for people with disabilities.
Kemerovo State Institute of Culture
Kemerovo, Voroshilova Street, 17
Kemerovo State Institute of Culture, founded on July 14, 1969, is located in the building at 17 Voroshilov Street, which is a cultural heritage site of Russia under number 4200000131. The university has created a barrier-free architectural environment for disabled people and persons with limited health capabilities, and the creative association of photographers "PhotoKult" is also active there. In 1982, during the production of the play "Sashka", freshmen deepened the floor of a low basement with shovels, and used cartridge cases with kerosene for lighting.
Kemerovo Regional Museum of Local Lore
Kemerovo, Sovetsky Avenue, 55
The Kemerovo Regional Museum of Local Lore was opened on October 6, 1929, in the city of Shcheglovsk, and after its renaming in 1932, it received its current name. For the 30th anniversary of Victory in 1975, the institution received additional premises on the Prityomskaya Embankment, where the department of military history was placed with a 2005 exposition about the contribution of Kuzbass residents to the Great Patriotic War. This department features an anti-tank gun, a reactive projectile for the "Katyusha," a Shpagin submachine gun, and a lathe evacuated to Kemerovo in 1942. Since 1997, the collection "With Love for Kuzbass" has been formed here, and an excursion through the nature department covers 4.5 billion years of the region's history, including findings of armored dinosaur remains.
Kemerovo Regional Puppet Theatre named after Arkady Gaidar
Kemerovo, Vesennyaya Street, 18
The Kemerovo Regional Puppet Theater named after Arkady Gaidar is a state autonomous cultural institution located in Kemerovo at 18 Vesennyaya Street. Throughout its history, the company has been directed by directors Valentin Tkachenko and Alexander Gilshtein, and in 2010 the theater won the "Brand of Kuzbass-2009" competition in the "Culture and Art" category. In addition to children's repertoire, plays for adults have been staged here, and in 2023 the halls of the institution were undergoing major renovations. The theater actively participates in exchange tours, including with companies from Kaluga, Novokuznetsk, and Tatarstan.
Krasnaya Gorka
Kemerovo, Krasnaya Gorka Street, 17
The historical district of Krasnaya Gorka in Kemerovo received the status of a place of interest in 2011, and the main task of the museum is to preserve monuments and restore the architectural environment of 1912–1927. The territory of the district contains a bathhouse of the Kemerovo mine, which, according to the museum's version, could have been designed by the American engineer Albert Cotter. At the site of the original Volkov Obelisk, the monument "Memory of the Miners of Kuzbass" is now installed, which Ernst Neizvestny defined as a monument to heroic labor, and the exact location of the coal discovered by Volkov is known thanks to Gorelaya Gora.
Memorial to the Liberator Warrior
Kemerovo, Pritomsky Avenue, Siberian Heroes Memorial Complex
The Warrior-Liberator Memorial in Kemerovo, located in the memorial complex to the Heroes of Siberia on Pritomsky Avenue, is a copy of the monument from Berlin's Treptower Park and is dedicated to those who fell in the Great Patriotic War. The main sculpture of the memorial was installed in August 2022, and its opening with the participation of high-ranking guests took place on November 3. The transfer of the capsule with the sacred soil from Mamaev Kurgan took place at the "Battle of Stalingrad" panorama museum on October 28, 2022. Along the 300-meter alley, pylons are installed, on which, according to the "Znanie" society data for 2025, the names of 1917 Siberian heroes are inscribed, and visitors can use QR codes to search for information about their relatives.
Munir Mosque
Kemerovo, Lenina Avenue, 147
The Munira Cathedral Mosque in Kemerovo was laid on October 27, 1999, with the participation of Governor Aman Tuleyev, and in 2009, the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Kemerovo Region was established on its basis. The mosque operates a madrasah, a library, Sunday schools, and a hall for the naming ceremony for boys, while Arabic calligraphy and Quran reading classes are held on weekends, attended by up to 100 people. The Muslim Youth Forum takes place at the mosque annually, and Open Days are organized, where Imam-Khatyb Rubin Munirov talks about the history and architecture of the building. One of the mosque's priorities is educational programs for youth and lectures on Islamic and social topics.
Kuzbass Musical Theatre named after A. Bobrov
Kemerovo, Sovetsky Avenue, 52
The Kuzbass Musical Theater named after A. Bobrov in Kemerovo resumed its work in the renovated building in early April 2012. At different times, Alexander Bobrov, Nina Konosevich, Rufina Ozerova, Vladimir Nestyurin, Olga Belova, and Petr Karpov shone on its stage in the operetta "The Circus Princess", and in November 2023, a gala concert of the "Musical Heart of the Theater" festival took place here. The theater successfully toured in Crimea, visiting Simferopol, Yalta, and Yevpatoria, and its musical "Alexander Nevsky" is presented in five nominations of the 2025 national "Musical Heart of the Theater" award.
Memory to Miners of Kuzbass
Kemerovo, Krasnaya Gorka Street, 17
The monument "Memory to the Miners of Kuzbass" in Kemerovo was created by sculptor Ernst Neizvestny and architects Oleg Razhev and Tahir Kuliev. A bronze figure of a miner, 7 meters high and weighing 5 tons, stands on a pedestal made of black granite, 4.5 meters high. In his right hand, the miner holds a jackhammer, he has a helmet with a lamp on his head, and neon tubes flicker with red light in his open chest. Neizvestny himself called his work the "Miner's Angel" and wished health to those who stood at the origins of the monument's creation.
Park of Angels
Kemerovo, Lenina Avenue, memorial square on the site of the Zimnyaya Vishnya mall
Angel Park in Kemerovo was officially opened on September 15, 2019, on the site of the burnt-down Winter Cherry shopping and entertainment center. The territory was designed by American landscape designer John Waidman, and Kuzbass Governor Sergey Tsivilev noted that the goal was to create a place of power, where plants characteristic of the region are planted, and lakes and rivers are represented by fountains. The park has 60 pine trees protected by 22 kilometers of rope on metal fences, as well as a light and music tower, a rotunda, a playground, and a fog-imitating fountain.
Soviet Square
Kemerovo, Sovetov Square
Sovetskaya Square in Kemerovo was developed according to the design of architect Leonid Moiseenko, who envisioned the Main Post Office and the city administration buildings as a single architectural ensemble. For a long time, the issue of a Lenin monument on the square had no prospects until Afanasy Eshtokin began to govern the region, although in 1992 attempts were made to dismantle the monument. The main New Year's spruce of the city is traditionally installed on this same central territory; it is assembled on a steel frame with two thousand branches and 200,000 LEDs, designed for 15 years of service.
Kopikuz Pier
Kemerovo, Rudnichny District, right bank of the Tom near Krasnaya Gorka Museum-Reserve
The Kopikuz pier on the right bank of the Tom River in Kemerovo is a monument of regional architectural and urban planning significance. This pier-dam, built by the Kopikuz joint-stock company in 1915–1916, is made of monolithic reinforced concrete and faced with sandstone. The structure was intended for loading coal onto barges through a special tunnel and at the same time protected the adits opening to the shore from flooding. Currently, the area around the pier is not landscaped, and the pedestrian path and dirt road do not provide convenient access for viewing the monument.
Theater for Children and Youth
Kemerovo, Arochnaya Street, 37
The Theater for Children and Youth in Kemerovo is located in a fundamentally reconstructed building of the former House of Culture of the Coke and Chemical Plant on Arochnaya Street, 37, where it moved in 2005. In November 2016, the institution celebrated its 25th anniversary, and it is run by Director Grigory Zabavin and Chief Director Irina Latynnikova. The theater's repertoire includes the play "About Love and Unlove," first performed in October 2018, and the production "Boys Don't Cry," intended for viewers over 12 years old. In front of the building there is a square where, in September 2022, the artists held a master class on stage combat and fencing for the townspeople.
Kuzbass Drama Theatre named after A. V. Lunacharsky
Kemerovo, Vesennyaya Street, 11
The A.V. Lunacharsky Kuzbass Drama Theater in Kemerovo returned to the fully restored Palace of Labor building on October 30, 1948. Since 1952, the theater's chief director has been Honored Artist of the RSFSR Abo Volgin, and at different times, People's Artists of the RSFSR Valentina Litvinova, Boris Surov, and Vyacheslav Akashkin worked on its stage. In 2009–2011, director Dmitry Petrun staged the plays "Caligula," "Three Sisters," and "Boeing-Boeing" here. Since September 2025, the theater has been implementing the "Theater Comes to School" project, showing performances at schools on Wednesdays.
Church of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Kemerovo, Chernyakhovskogo Street, 2b
The Church of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kemerovo was built according to the design of architect A. I. Klimov after a ten-year wait for construction permission. The dream of the church appeared with the arrival of the first Redemptorists, and its construction was overseen by Father Zenon Genets. The church regularly hosts organ and vocal concerts featuring performers from Poland, Saint Petersburg, and Tomsk. The parish operates a social store called "Sari" for low-income people, and the MAGIS choir has 80 members.
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