Category: Books and press

30.07.2015 / Anton Bondarev

A Unique Kharkiv Advertisement from 1891

In 1894, N. Plisky’s book *Advertising: Its Significance, Origins, and History* was published. It was…

24.07.2015 / Іvan Ponomarenko

In the 1901 Kharkiv Calendar (Yellow pages), we found the first advertisement for a massage…

18.07.2015 / Іvan Ponomarenko

In the Kharkiv Calendar, an advertising and information guide from the turn of the 19th…

16.07.2015 / Anton Bondarev

In the building at Universytets’ka Street, 10—a familiar sight to many Kharkiv residents—a spinning workshop…

16.07.2015 / Іvan Ponomarenko

Today in our book column: Nikolai Leikin’s humorous story “At the Pastry Shop” from the…

15.07.2015 / Anton Bondarev

As many people realize, at the beginning of the last century, there were neither televisions…

15.07.2015 / Anton Bondarev

In the 1874 Kharkiv calendar, we discover a new side to the Alchevsky family. It…

13.07.2015 / Іvan Ponomarenko

Today’s feature in our book section is *The People of Sloboda Ukraine: Stories from Little…

13.07.2015 / Іvan Ponomarenko

Today, in the “Bedtime Stories” section, we feature Ukrainian children’s fairy tales by the outstanding…

13.07.2015 / Іvan Ponomarenko

Back in the day, hotels in Kharkiv prided themselves first and foremost on their libraries,…