Piotrowski: Yekaterinburg branch of the Hermitage will be opened in 2018 – RIA Novosti

YEKATERINBURG, April 5 – RIA Novosti . Ekaterinburg branch of the Hermitage is scheduled to open in 2018, told reporters on Tuesday the general director of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky

“Open in 2018, if everything is normal,” -. Said the Hermitage chapter

Culture Department. Ekaterinburg administration Tatiana Yaroshevskaya noted that in early June it is planned to complete the state examination of the project. Thus, it will be ready for implementation. In 2016 it is planned to begin construction of the center, which will continue in 2017.

According to her, the cost of construction of the center will be about 600 million rubles

The Minister of Culture of the Sverdlovsk region Krekov Paul said that branch of the Hermitage will be a multi-faceted center -. Museum, educational and methodical. “Our challenge now – in difficult conditions to raise funds for its construction”, – said the minister

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