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 co ...

. It is

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’s major training school in the fields of cinema, 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 original ...

, with the aim of creating a training centre for theatre for the Central Asian Republics, 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 Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental coun ...

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 ea ...

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 s ...

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

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, 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

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and performing arts (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-Kazakh film director, producer, screenwriter, and tech entrepreneur. He is best known for the fantasy epic ''Night Watch'' (2004) and action thriller '' Wanted'' (2008), ...

, (born 1961), Russian-Kazakh filmmaker * Andrei Boltnev, (1946–1995), Russian actor * Leonid Bronevoy, (1928–2017), Russian actor *

Sitora Farmonova Sitora Farmonova ( uz, Sitora Farmonova, Ситора Фармонова; russian: link=no, Ситора Фарманова) is an Uzbek film actress, singer, and comedian. She rose to prominence within the Uzbek film industry with her roles in ...

, (born 1984), Uzbek film actress *

Galiya Izmaylova Galiya Bayazit gizi Izmaylova (12 February 1923, Tomsk – 2 October 2010, Tashkent) was an Uzbek and Soviet ballerina of Tatar origin, ballet master, choreographer, teacher, People's Artist of the USSR (1962), laureate of the Stalin Prize II degr ...

, (1923–2010), Uzbek ballerina *

Oydin Norboyeva Oydin Norboyeva, also known as Svetlana Norbaeva (b. 5 March 1944, Tashkent) is an Uzbek actress of theater and cinema, People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1979), Laureate of the State Prize of Uzbekistan (1989). She is best known for starring in � ...

, (born 1944), Uzbek actress * Alvina Shpady, (1935–2019), Uzbek artist and restorer * Yalkin Tuychiev, (born 1977), Uzbek film director

References

External links

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