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The original Cordillion Room opened in the 1950s with 1500 seats, along with the Constellation Room, with its distinctive undulating bar. Winarick felt that more was needed, and the Lapidus-designed Imperial Room seated three thousand in a nearly-circular space: perhaps the largest in the Catskills, and a popular venue for major entertainers. [3]
During the times of the USSR, due to the concentration of industries related to defense, most of the Ural region was closed to foreigners for decades during the Cold War, limiting the contact of the Siberian population with Western ideas.
The 500-seat Imperial Room is a major events venue at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The hall is located on the lobby level of the hotel and has hosted major events, such as addresses to the Empire Club of Canada , but was more important historically a famous nightclub-dinner club.
Yekaterinburg (jɪˈkætərɪnbɜːrɡ/ yih-KAT-ər-in-burg; Russian: Екатеринбург IPA: [jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk] ⓘ), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk (Russian: Свердловск IPA: [[svʲɪrˈdlofsk]] ⓘ; 1924–1991), is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia.
1845 - Ekaterinburg Drama Theatre founded. [4] 1853 - Natural history museum opens. [2] 1860 - Population: 19,830. [2] 1876 - Bolshoi Zlatoust (church belltower) built. 1878 - Perm-Ekaterinburg railway begins operating. [3] 1883 - Population: 25,133. [5] 1885 - Russian Orthodox Diocese of Yekaterinburg established.
The Alexander Palace (Russian: Александровский дворец, Alexandrovskiy dvorets, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəfskʲɪj dvɐˈrʲets]) is a former imperial residence near the town of Tsarskoye Selo in Russia, on a plateau about 30 miles (48 km) south of Saint Petersburg.
In 1907 Dolgorukov became an adjutant, in 1910 a General, and in 1914 a commander of the Imperial Guard cavalry regiment, the Life-Guard Horse Artillery unit. During World War I, he was appointed Marshal of the Imperial Court. In this position, he assisted his stepfather, Count Pavel Benckendorff (1853-1921), in giving military advice to the Tsar.
Gino Emperatore (1925 - 2006), commonly known as Gino Empry, was a Canadian entertainment impresario and promoter, who was a longtime president of his own public relations firm to publicize and promote Canadian entertainment.