Revenue house of the merchant Ivan Kurzhupov was built according to the project of the district technician Aleseev during 1906-1908. The two-story building was made of dark red bricks.
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In 1913, a two-story wing was built in the courtyard, which housed classrooms, a carpentry workshop, an office, a museum, and a library of the Teacher seminary. It was precisely for this purpose that the city rented most of the premises from Kurzhupov from the moment of the building's completion.
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In addition, the cinema "Coliseum" - one of the most popular in the city - was also located in the building.
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During World War I, in 1915, 600 soldiers were accommodated on the second floor of the wing, and in the spring of 1917 - 300 Serbian lower-ranking officers and captured Austrian soldiers.
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