Urals Academy of Architecture (Ural State Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture; russian: Уральская государственная архитектурно-художественная академия, often abbreviated USAAA or in Russian УрГАХА) is situated in

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...

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. It was founded in 1947 as a department of architecture at the

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. Later, in 1967, it was reorganized and became a branch of the Moscow Institute of Architecture which later became an independent school of architecture originally named Sverdlovsk Institute of Architecture. It is one of the most prestigious schools of

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and

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. The Academy has twenty chairs, six departments and two institutes (Institute of Visual Arts and Institute of Urbanism). Since 1992 the Academy publishes a science journal ''Archiecton: izvestiya vuzov'' ("Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education").

Overview

The Academy is known for the role it played in forming the rock subculture (subculture of resistance, in fact) in the

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. The Sverdlovsk Rock Club founded at the Academy in 1986 was a birthplace for a considerable number of famous Russian rock bands such as Urfin Dzhyus,

Chaif Chaif (Чайф) is a Russian rock band formed in 1984 in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg), Russia, by Vladimir Shakhrin and Vladimir Begunov. Their name is derived from the word ''chai'', meaning tea, and ''kaif'' (slang word), meaning pleasure. ...

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, Nastya, Trek,

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Alumni

Alyona Azyornaya – Russian Naive Art artist

Vyacheslav Butusov Vyacheslav Gennadievich Butusov (russian: link=no, Вячеслав Геннадьевич Бутусов; born 15 October 1961) is a Russian singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer of Nautilus Pompilius and U-Piter. Since 2019, he has been ...

– Soviet and Russian singer and songwriter, one from the founfers of

Sergej Gladkix – Soviet and Russian architect and artist Sergej Denisov – Moscow architect, International Academy of Modern Arts vice-president Aleksandr Dolgov – Soviet and Russian scientist-architect Oleg Elovoj – Russian artist and the organizer of non-traditional jewelry competition Ildar Ziganshin – Soviet and Russian designer and photographer Elena Ignatova – Russian poetress, singer and song writer Aleksej Karaev – Russian cartoonist Olga Karapetyan – Russian architect Yurij Kataev – Soviet and Russian photographer Viktor Komarov – Soviet and Russian singer and songwriter, one from the partners of

Aleksandr Korotich – Soviet and Russian artist and designer of The Channel One Sergej Makarov – Soviet and Russian architect Oleg Mikheev – Russian and British photographer Vladimir Pirozhkov – Russian designer, who was designed the Sochi Olympic Games torch Yurij Rysin – Soviet and Russian architect Larisa Selyanina – Russian fashion designer and a founder her own fashion brend Aleksandr Starikov – Russian architect, the rector of USAAA in 1999-2011 Dmitrij Umeczkij – Soviet and Russian musician and songwriter, one from the founfers of

Kharitidi Aleksej – Russian artist-cartoonist

Vladimir Khotinenko Vladimir Ivanovich Khotinenko (russian: Владимир Иванович Хотиненко; born 20 January 1952 in Slavgorod, Altai Krai, Soviet Union) is a Russian actor, film director and designer. Biography Born in the Altai Krai, Russian S ...

– Soviet and Russian actor, film director and designer

Oksana Cherkasova Oksana Cherkasova (Russian: Черкасова Оксана Леонтьевна) - Soviet and Russian director of animation films and animator. She received the State Prize of Russian Federation in 1996. She is Member of the Union of Cinematogr ...

– Soviet and Russian director of animation films and animator Salavat Shabiev – Soviet and Russian scientist, the doctor of architecture Georgij Shishkin – Soviet and Russian artist, designer, the author of some Russian and Monaco postage stamps Olga Yakubova – Soviet and Russian artist, designer, the author of KAMAZ auto company and sport team style

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''Archiecton: izvestiya vuzov''
Buildings and structures in Yekaterinburg Universities and institutes established in the Soviet Union Universities in Sverdlovsk Oblast {{Russia-university-stub