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ДК was formed in 1982 in Moscow. It's name is and was by many, if not most, people believed to be taken from the abbreviation 'DK' for Soviet 'Palaces of Culture' or 'Houses of Culture'. Though this may not be true, it seems probable that the group very well understood that, using simply the abbreviation and not full words, it would often be read as that, and at least for many people associated with these places: (from wikipedia - -click here to read more): Palace of Culture (Russian: dvorets kultury) or House of Culture (dom kultury) was the name for major club-houses in the former Soviet Union and the rest of the Eastern bloc. The Soviet meaning for the term club was an establishment for all kinds of recreational activities and hobbies: sports, collecting, arts, etc., and the Palace of Culture was designed to have room for all kinds of them. A typical Palace contained one or several cinema halls, concert hall(s), dance studios (folk dance, ballet, ballroom dance), various do-it-yourself hobby groups, amateur radio groups, amateur theatre studios, amateur musical studios and bands, lectoriums (lecture halls), and many more. Groups were also subdivided by age of participants, from children to retirees. A public library may sometimes have been housed in the Palace of Culture as well. All these were supposed to aid cultural leisure of Soviet workers and children and to fight cultureless leisure, such as drinking and hooliganism. All hobby groups were free of charge until mo...

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