Category: Personalities

01.02.2018 / Іvan Ponomarenko

"The Future Ukrainian Chicago" — Theodore Dreiser in Kharkiv, Part 2

In the first part of the article about Theodore Dreiser’s trip to Kharkiv, we described…

29.01.2018 / Іvan Ponomarenko

The House of Scientists, located at Zhon Myronosyts Street, 10, is a unique building that…

21.01.2018 / Іvan Ponomarenko

In 1927, the Soviet Union invited American writer Theodore Dreiser to Moscow to celebrate the…

07.01.2018 / Іvan Ponomarenko

We have already written about the forgotten Kharkiv writer Mikhail Artsybashev and his once world-famous…

14.12.2017 / Anton Bondarev

It has always been the case that everything secret and mysterious has fascinated humanity since…

30.11.2017 / Anton Bondarev

This man was destined to become a student of such renowned artists as Roberto Bompiani…

22.11.2017 / Іvan Ponomarenko

A monument to Petro Hulak‑Artemovsky, writer and rector of Kharkiv University (1841–1849), was unveiled on…

26.09.2017 / Anton Bondarev

After Mykola Lysenko’s death on November 1, 1912, a simple cross was placed on his…

13.09.2017 / Іvan Ponomarenko

Magnificent examples of the work of sculptor Evgeny Lansere, one of the most prominent figures…

26.07.2017 / Іvan Ponomarenko

The Shcherbinin Estate is located in the central part of the village of Babai, across…