TOMSK, May 6 – RIA Tomsk. Yekaterinburg
resident Mikhail Krasnogorstsev recreated in the popular game Minecraft
architectural monuments related to the history of Russian Germans, in
particular the Mining Building of Tomsk Polytechnic University, the
building of the Bacteriological Institute and People's University (now –
Skomorokh theater), he told RIA Tomsk about this.
Minecraft
is a computer game released by the Swedish company engaged in the
development of games. Gameplay is tied to survival and construction. At
the moment, Minecraft is one of the most popular games in the world.
According
to Krasnogorstsev, the idea to recreate the monuments of the cultural
heritage of the Russian Germans through Minecraft came to him and his
comrades in the youth club Glück Auf! in order to raise interest in this
architecture and the topic: "We have created an open server, where
anyone can both evaluate the scale of work done, and try to build
something of their own."
"For the start, I chose 10 most,
in my opinion, the most preserved and unique structures, three of which
are the universities of Tomsk. Buildings of Polytechnic, Bacteriological
and People's universities. We even made brief historical references
that can be read on the server if approaching the buildings", – the
architect told, noting that Tomsk is very rich in the Russian-German
heritage.
He added that the first 10 monuments posted on
the game server, he "built" himself. It took four hours of real time for
one building. At the moment, construction on the server continues,
architects consider the overall infrastructure of a single city. You can
watch the "construction" through the Discord (messenger with a video
conferencing function), you need to write Glück auf! activists in
VKontakte social network to get an access.
The project is
being implemented with the support of the Association of Public
Organizations "International Union of German Culture" within the
framework of the Russian German Support Program in accordance with the
decision of the Russian-German Intergovernmental Commission on the
Issues of Russian Germans.
The TPU Mining building was
built in 1902 – 1905 by the architect of Fortunat Gut on the project of
Peter Fedorovsky. The building of the Bacteriological Institute was
built in 1906 on the project of Fortunat Gut. The "House of Science" was
built in 1912 by the architects Tovius Fishel and Andrei Langer on the
project of Andrei Kryachkov.
The building of the TPU
Mining Building was built in 1902 – 1905 by the architect Fortunat Gut
according to the project of Peter Fedorovsky. The building of the
Bacteriological Institute was built in 1906 according to the project of
Fortunat Gut. The House of Science was built in 1912 by architects Toviy
Fishel and Andrei Langer according to the project of Andrei Kryachkov.
© предоставил Михаил Красногорцев
Tomsk House of Science (Skomorokh Theater) in the game Minecraft
© предоставил Михаил Красногорцев
Tomsk Bacteriological Institute (Virion) in the game Minecraft