Table 1. Dynamics of cultural infrastructure in Ukraine, Russia, Poland

 

 

Ukraine*

Russia**

Poland***

1990

1993

2000

1990

1996

2000

1990

1995

1999

2000

  Theaters#

total attendance (mln)

attend. per 100 inhab.

125

17,6

34

131

12,5

24

131

5,7

12

382

53,9

48,0

530

29

19

547

30,8

20

 

144

6.66

17.5

149

6.95

18.3

146

6.96

18.4

Cinemas: (thous) ##

total attendance (mln)

attend. per 100 inhab.

26,8

552

1100

20,2

122

200

6,9

6,0

12

77

2220

1500

21,4

37

25

-

-

30

1.435

32.8

90

0.721

22.6

59.5

0.695

27.5

72.4

0.687

20.9

55

Concerts:   attendance (mln)

 Attend. per 100 inhab.

15

29

10

-

4

8

66,8

61

55

36

18,9

-

 

4.68

5.14

13.5

5.62

14.8

Museums:

total attendance (mln)

attend. per 100 inhab.

214

31,8

29

295

18,0

19

378

16

32

1315

144

97

1750

69

46

-

73,7

-

563

19.3

589

17.06

45

623

16.02

42

632

16.6

43.7

Libraries: (thous)

total attendance (mln)

attend. per 100 inhab.

Total book deposits (mln)

22,1

n/d

-

419

21,8

n/d

-

380

20,7

n/d

-

350

62

62,7

42

54,4

59,5

40

51,2

59,6

40

10.3

7.4

-

136.6

9.5

7

9.0

7.3

19.2

135.4

8.9

7.4

19.5

135.8

 

*) Source: Ministry of Culture of Ukraine

**) National Report, www.cultura.org

***) www.stat.gov.pl/serwis/polska/2001

#) including musical and operatic theaters

##)  including ‘film projections units’; in fact, the number of cinemas in Ukraine in 2002 was somewhere between 1000 and 1500; including 62 ‘modernized’ cinemas.