page_title: Syktyvkar
section_title: Culture and education
hierarchical_section_title: Syktyvkar / Culture and education
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Улица Первомайская
context_page_description: Syktyvkar is the capital city of the Komi Republic, Russia.
  It was previously known as Ust-Sysolsk.
context_section_description: Syktyvkar is the center of the cultural life in the republic. The oldest museum of the Republic of Komi, the National Museum, was founded in 1911. Nowadays, the National Museum is the Literature Memorial Museum of Ivan Kuratov and the museum of Viktor Savin.
  The National Gallery was founded in Syktyvkar in 1943. It welcomes exhibitions from different museums of the country.
  In 1930 Victor Savin, a poet, playwright, stage manager and actor, founded the Drama theater of the Republic of Komi and the theater still carries his name. Nowadays this theater is one of centers of spiritual and artistic culture of all people who live in the republic. Plays by Nicolai Diakonov, Vasili Lecanov, Alexandre Larev and others are familiar to everybody who knows the history of Komi culture. In 1966 the Drama theater was given the status of Academic theater.
  The Theater of Opera and Ballet began its history in 1958.
  The National Library numbers 2.5 million volumes, including books in the Russian language, foreign languages and in the Komi language.
  Syktyvkar State University was founded in 1972 and has over 3,500 full-time students and 250 faculty members.
  The city's folk ensemble "Asya Kya" has been representing Komi Republic on national and international festivals.
  One of the oldest Russian progressive rock bands "The Gourishankar" was founded in Syktyvkar in 2001.
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