Uzbekistan State Institute of Arts and Culture (UzSIAC), based on the original Ostrovsky Institute and created by merging the Uzbekistan Institute of Arts and Tashkent State Institute of Culture in 2012, is a state-run higher education institution in

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

. It is

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’s major training school in the fields of

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, television, theatre and design.

History

The institute was founded in June 1945 as theatre and artistic art institute named after

Alexander Ostrovsky Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Остро́вский; ) was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 origina ...

, with the aim of creating a training centre for theatre for the

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, which included the former

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states of Uzbekistan,

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

and

Karakalpakstan Karakalpakstan, / officially the Republic of Karakalpakstan, / is an autonomous republic of Uzbekistan. It occupies the whole northwestern part of Uzbekistan. The capital is Nukus (' / ). The Republic of Karakalpakstan has an area of , and ...

. The Uzbekistan State institute of Arts and Culture was established on 4 June 2012 by the

presidential decree A decree is a legal proclamation, usually issued by a head of state (such as the president of a republic or a monarch), according to certain procedures (usually established in a constitution). It has the force of law. The particular term used for ...

, merging the Uzbekistan Institute of Arts and the Tashkent State Institute of Culture, which was named after Abdullah Kadiri (Kadiri Institute?).

Description

There are more than 1600 students enrolled at both

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and master level; and 225 teaching staff providing tuition in both

visual arts The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts al ...

and

performing arts The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. They are different from the visual arts, which are the use of paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects. Perform ...

(including cinema). The institute consists of 3 faculties: * Dramatic art * Art of film, television and radio * Folk art

Notable alumni

Timur Bekmambetov Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov (, ; ; born June 25, 1961) is a Russian-Kazakhstan, Kazakh film Film director, director, Film producer, producer, screenwriter, and tech entrepreneur. He is best known for the fantasy epic ''Night Watch (2004 fi ...

, (born 1961), Russian-Kazakh filmmaker *

Andrei Boltnev Andrei Nikolayevich Boltnev (russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Бо́лтнев; January 5, 1946, Ufa — May 12, 1995, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian actor. Biography Andrei Boltnev was born January 5, 1946, in Ufa. Andrei Bol ...

, (1946–1995), Russian actor *

Leonid Bronevoy Leonid Sergeyevich Bronevoy (russian: Леони́д Серге́евич Бронево́й; December 17, 1928 – December 9, 2017) was a Soviet and Russian actor. Though primarily a stage actor in the Lenkom Theatre, Bronevoy also made occasion ...

, (1928–2017), Russian actor * Sitora Farmonova, (born 1984), Uzbek film actress * Galiya Izmaylova, (1923–2010), Uzbek ballerina * Oydin Norboyeva, (born 1944), Uzbek actress *

Alvina Shpady Alvina Andreevna Shpady (January 31, 1935 – June 22, 2019; ) was an artist and art restorer in Uzbekistan. As a longtime restorer at the Nukus Museum of Art, she worked to preserve the museum's holdings as well as to promote traditional Karaka ...

, (1935–2019), Uzbek artist and restorer *

Yalkin Tuychiev Yalkin Tuychiev (born 1977), also written Elkin Tuychiev, Yolqin Tuychiev, Yolkin Tuychiev, Yolqin Toʻychiyev, is a filmmaker from Uzbekistan. He is known for the award-winning films ''2000 Songs of Farida'' (2020) and ''P.S.'' (2010), and both f ...

, (born 1977), Uzbek film director

References

External links

* Educational institutions established in 1945 Universities in Uzbekistan Education in Tashkent Buildings and structures in Tashkent 1945 establishments in Uzbekistan Universities and institutes established in the Soviet Union {{Uzbekistan-university-stub