Masterpieces of Dmytrivs’ka

There are many interesting architectural landmarks on Dmytrivs’ka Street, but two in particular, located across from each other, are worth mentioning.

Dmytrivs’ka Street, 22. An apartment building owned by V. A. Sbitneva, designed by architect B. S. Pokrovsky.

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2017

The building was constructed approximately at the end of the 19th century (some sources cite 1881, but this date is somewhat questionable).

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2015

Dmytrivs’ka Street, 19/2. An apartment building constructed in 1908 for the merchant Pyotr Gavrilov. The music teacher and pianist Alexander Horowitz, uncle of the famous pianist Vladimir Horowitz, lived in this building.

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2017

From 1903 to 1913, A. Gorovitz served as the music correspondent for the newspaper *Yuzhny Krai*.

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2015

The list of architectural monuments in Kharkiv credits B.N. Kornienko as the architect. However, as architect and researcher E. Solovyov has established, this attribution is incorrect.

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2015

It is V. V. Velichko who is listed as the author in the addendum to Decision No. 334 of the Kharkiv Regional Executive Committee, dated April 30, 1980, regarding the approval of the list of architectural monuments.