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梓涵体验者:“The Yeltsin Center is a comprehensive center built to commemorate the first president of Russia, Yeltsin. Here is an introduction to it:
Basic Information
- Establishment time: Established in accordance with the 2008 "Law on the Historical Heritage Center of the Former Presidents of Russia", it was unveiled by President Putin and Yeltsin's widow Naina Yeltsin on November 25, 2015.
- Geographical location: Located in Yekaterinburg, Russia, this is the most important residence of Yeltsin in his life and the place where his political career began.
Architecture and Space Design
- Exterior Design: The museum has a large area of glass curtain wall, which enables interaction with the urban landscape. The existing circular floor plan of the building is conceived as a metaphorical flywheel. The design makes bold architectural insertions to interrupt the existing floor plan and strengthen the concept.
- Interior Space: Designed by Ralph Appelbaum Associates (RAA), the interior space is equipped with exhibition areas, education centers, libraries, conference rooms, event areas and children's spaces, etc., with rich functions.
Exhibition Content
- Cultural Relics Display: More than 1,500 cultural relics are on display, many of which can be touched, including items belonging to Yeltsin or his contemporaries, such as Moscow trolleybuses, so that visitors can feel that era more intuitively.
- Multimedia Presentation: There are 800 hours of media production, including interviews with world and national leaders, as well as more than 9 meters of curved LED screens, immersive video projection systems, etc., which vividly show the historical events and figures of the Yeltsin era through multimedia means.
Function and Significance
- Cultural Education: As a cultural and educational center, it teaches the public, especially young people, about Russian history, politics, culture and other aspects through exhibitions, lectures, activities and other forms, and promotes cultural inheritance and educational development.
- Academic Research: It provides scholars, historians and others with rich research materials and communication platforms to promote in-depth research on the Yeltsin era and related historical periods.
- Commemoration and Symbolism: It is a commemoration of Yeltsin, carrying the memory of that special period of Russian history, and also symbolizes Russia's political transformation and development process.”