A collection of various antique doors from Kharkiv, all of which share one thing in common: they need restoration.

If you look at Google Street View, Kharkiv has lost a significant number of its historic doors over the past 10 years.

Intercom service companies are more likely to rip out the old door entirely and install a metal cover.

This door at Sumska Street, 53 was destroyed in a Russian missile strike in March 2022.

But some doors can still be saved.

A volunteer project called Dveryki. Kharkiv has launched in Kharkiv to raise funds for the restoration of old doors.

The first door from Chychybabina Street, 1 is already being restored in the workshop.

If you would like to have your front door restored, please contact our volunteers.

The restored door transforms the building—it is an integral part of its character, as envisioned by the architect in the original design.

This is something we see every day and touch with our hands.

Similar initiatives have long been underway in Lviv, Odesa, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Mariupol, where volunteers often secure grants and funding from local authorities.

Everything here is funded by donations from the people of Kharkiv themselves.

That is why each of us can donate to the restoration of the doors—that is, to the preservation of our history.

The new life of Kharkiv’s old doors is in our hands.