Category: Eclecticism

20.04.2016 / Іvan Ponomarenko

The ruins of the Olympia Hotel and Kharkiv’s Podil neighborhood

In early 2016, the remains of the “Olympia” Hotel and other abandoned buildings on Lopatins’kyi…

08.04.2016 / Іvan Ponomarenko

Sometimes it’s really worth taking a stroll through the courtyards of Kharkiv. Surrounded by tall…

07.03.2016 / Іvan Ponomarenko

Kharkiv is a blend of styles and eras, evident in countless photographs of the historic…

19.02.2016 / Іvan Ponomarenko

The Oleksandrivska Hospital (Blagovischenska Street, 25) had been operating in Kharkiv since 1869, but due to…

24.12.2015 / Іvan Ponomarenko

We’re continuing our “You Might Not See This Tomorrow” series. Though there’s not much left…

15.12.2015 / Іvan Ponomarenko

In early 2015, we posted a tongue-in-cheek piece about Kharkiv’s beautiful buildings, which are in…

07.11.2015 / Іvan Ponomarenko

On Saturday, November 7, 2015, the second part of the free walking tour “Destroyed Churches”…

24.10.2015 / Іvan Ponomarenko

On Saturday, October 24, 2015, a walking tour organized by “Alluring Kharkiv”—“Destroyed Churches,” Part 1—took…

06.10.2015 / Іvan Ponomarenko

The building housing the Therapeutic Clinics of the Medical Faculty of Kharkiv University was built…

26.09.2015 / Іvan Ponomarenko

What didn’t people call it! In the 17th century, the street was supposedly called Podol—just…