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…

12.11.2024 / Іvan Ponomarenko

Mass psychosis over doomsday predictions from various pseudoscientists and charlatans is quite common. People’s fears…

01.01.2021 / Anton Bondarev

During the New Year’s and Christmas holidays, many residents of our city will have festive…

17.06.2020 / Anton Bondarev

It hasn’t been long since the publication of “What to Read in the Archives.” During…

17.06.2020 / Іvan Ponomarenko

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

14.05.2020 / Anton Bondarev

Paradoxical as it may seem, during the pandemic, some of the most-read online content (apart…

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…

29.09.2019 / Anton Bondarev

Among the many pre-revolutionary researchers of our region, one of my favorites is the ethnographer…

19.05.2019 / Anton Bondarev

Not long ago, on May 4, marked exactly 207 years since the publication of the…