A photo report from our first field trip to the village of Rokytne in the Kharkiv Oblast, which we took in May 2015.

Rokytne is home to one of the best-preserved examples of late 18th-century architecture in the Kharkiv region—the Kulikovsky family manor house.

As early as the second half of the 19th century, the estate was transferred to state ownership, and an agricultural school has been operating there ever since.

Originally, the estate was a two-story building, but the second floor was demolished back in the 19th century. The second floor was reconstructed in the 1950s, and the work was done very skillfully—without compromising the overall style.

Photos of the estate as of 1914 can be found in G. Lukomsky’s book *Ancient Estates of the Kharkiv Governorate*, published in 1917.

This surviving structure dates back to the second half of the 19th century.

Antique brick bearing the factory’s markings.

In the courtyard of the Archangel Michael Church, you can find a fragment of the tombstone of Mikhail Matveyevich Kulikovsky (1756–1832)…

…as well as the tombstone of Court Counselor Papinsky (1846–1911):

The Archangel Michael Church itself was built in 1805 in the Neoclassical style.

The bell tower has not survived.

On a pedestal in Rokytne, you can also find a T-74 tractor, which was manufactured at the Kharkiv Tractor Plant from 1962 to 1983.