Category: Books and press

25.07.2025 / Іvan Ponomarenko

Kharkiv and Sloboda Ukraine in 1807: As Recalled by Julius von Klaproth

Travel notes by foreigners about Kharkiv have always been valuable because they allowed us to…

17.06.2020 / Іvan Ponomarenko

In the online archives of old American newspapers, one can sometimes come across interesting stories…

06.12.2019 / Іvan Ponomarenko

This photo collection features Kharkiv from the magazine *The USSR Under Construction*, Nos. 7–8, 1930.…

31.10.2019 / Іvan Ponomarenko

This house is a rare example of a relatively successful (by Kharkiv standards) renovation of…

02.09.2018 / Anton Bondarev

News of all kinds of traffic accidents appears regularly in Kharkiv’s modern media. One moment…

19.04.2018 / Іvan Ponomarenko

Perhaps the most beautiful building on Donets’-Zakharzhevs’koho Street is the magnificent Art Nouveau house at…

01.03.2018 / Іvan Ponomarenko

As is well known, one of the distinctive features of Odesa as a tourist destination…

30.11.2016 / Anton Bondarev

In the mid-19th and early 20th centuries, a considerable number of magazines and newspapers were…

22.09.2016 / Anton Bondarev

Recently, one of the largest international online ride-sharing services, called “BlaBlaCar,” has become very popular…

05.12.2015 / Anton Bondarev

Many of our readers will recall our discovery of the First Vegetarian Cafeteria. As we…