The Machine Builders’ Settlement. Early buildings

The building at Morozova Street, 4 is a listed architectural landmark and forms part of the residential complex in the Settlement of Artema (now known as Mashinobudivnykiv or Machine Builders).

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2020

The complex was built between 1926 and 1929 to a design by I. Taranov-Belozerov, V. Bogomolov and M. Zelenin.

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2020

Stylistically, these early buildings lean towards Art Deco and Constructivist architecture.

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2020

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2020

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2020

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2020

The tram turning loop runs right through the building’s courtyards.

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2020

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2020

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2020

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2020

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2020

We also invite you to view photos of the settlement’s later buildings and its educational institutions.

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2020

You can learn more about the detailed history of the district from a video by researcher Mykhailo Kornilov: