The building at Shota Rustaveli Street, 16/18 isn’t particularly memorable from the front facade, but its yard facade is much more striking

It is extremely difficult to identify the owners of this section of former Mikhailovskaya Street due to the street’s reconstruction during the Soviet era and the resulting confusion regarding addresses. Shota Rustaveli Street was named as Mikhailovskaya until 1922 after the Mikhailovskaya Church, which was completely demolished in the 1960s as part of a campaign against religion.

The house, built in an eclectic style, was most likely constructed in the 1880s or 1890s.

Equally interesting is the Art Nouveau building in the courtyard (Shota Rustaveli Street, 14/1), which was built around the early 1910s.

The Bacteriology Department of the Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory at Kharkiv City Polyclinic No. 25 is currently located here

You can also find old outbuildings in the courtyard, most likely intended for horses and carriages—or, to put it in modern terms, garages.