Description of the attraction
The main building of the Kazan State Financial and Economic Institute is located on Tukay Square, in the very center of Kazan.
Kazan State Financial and Economic Institute was founded in 1931. In the same year, according to the project of the Moscow architect Y. Yu. Savitsky, construction of the main building of the Kazan State Financial and Economic Institute began. The institute building was erected on a hill between Butlerova Street and Shcherbakovsky Lane. For that time, it was a daring engineering project. The design engineers questioned the stability of the hill. Architect Yu. Yu. Savitsky did not share this doubt and was right. The construction of the building of the Kazan Financial and Economic Institute was the beginning of the implementation of the first five-year project called "Big Kazan". This project was to modernize the central part of the city. The monumental building of the institute was to become the facade of the second city terrace.
In 1941, the construction of the building was suspended (the Great Patriotic War began). In 1945, the main building of the Kazan Financial and Economic Institute began its work. The construction work was not over yet. The construction of many premises and an assembly hall, designed for 800 seats, continued until the end of the 40s.
Two side walls of the building stand at an acute angle, which is formed by Butlerova Street and Shcherbakovsky Lane. The walls converge towards the concave portico of the façade. The four imposing columns of the façade hold the cornice. The last floor of the wings of the building is separated by a cornice and three-story Ionic pilasters. A staircase of 80 steps leads to the building. It enhances the grandeur of the structure.
The main building of the Kazan State Financial and Economic Institute has become a landmark of Kazan. Today it is an example of architecture from the 1930-1940s.
