Kharkiv through the lens of Vsevolod Tarasevich in 1958
For the most part, these are classic “street photos”, without formality, pathos, or embellishments, where people don’t know they’re being photographed. Although this photojournalist could hunt for hours for a good angle.
Tynyakov’s Sewing Factory (“Tynyakovka”) near the Annunciation Cathedral
Zhanna Gatsko, who worked as a stonemason on construction sites
Kharkiv Art Institute
A Mark V tank, which was located in the courtyard of the Bishop’s House on the territory of the Pokrovsky Monastery. It was there that the Historical Museum operated during Soviet times
Kharkiv Railway Station
Merchant’s Bridge
Kharkiv Turbine Plant
Cycling track
Kharkiv Tractor Plant
construction
Terraced Square
Il-14M at Kharkiv Airport
Kharkiv Airport
Kharkiv Railway Station
KhTZ tractors at the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy
Korolenko Library
Hirschmann Hospital
“watering car”
bus station
bus station
monument to Gogol
photo exhibition in the theater
Hotel “Kharkiv”
Shevchenko Garden (possibly Gorky Park)
“Strelka” park, the trees haven’t grown yet
Shevchenko garden, in the background Sumska Street, 36/38
photo from the roof of the airport
Lopan embankment near Klochkivska Street, 3
descent from the University Hill
Exhibition of achievements of the national economy, held in Pomirky
airport
“Shoeing” of the DT-54 tractor at KhTZ
“school mini bazaar” on the sidewalk in front of the Central Department Store
car racing on Dzerzhinsky Square (now Svobody Square)
Restaurant at the hotel “Kharkiv”
“Ponies cab” for children at the zoo
“Brekhalovka” in Shevchenko Garden
Historical Museum
Central Market
installation of a radio telescope at the Kharkiv University Observatory
Kharkiv University
courtyard, between the KhPI Palace of culture and the Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist
Terraced (Cathedral) Square
A square on the current Hryhoriia Skovorody Street, where the Skrypnyk monument is located
Telephone station at the intersection of Myronosytska and Svobody streets
restaurant at the airport
Kharkiv Railway Station
TV studio
entrance from the side of Pisochyn, view towards Kholodna Hora
bus station
Mechnikov Institute, beginning of Pushkinskaya St. (now Hryhoria Skovorody St.)
ambulance on GAZ-M-12 ZiM
Kotsiubynskyi monument. The trees have not yet grown
School No. 116
ZIS-110, entering Kharkiv from the Zhykhor side
Turbine details of the Kharkiv Turbine Plant at the exhibition of achievements of the national economy
washing machine
Second from the right among the spectators in a white shirt is Oleksandr Grigorovich Matskevich, who led a chess club in the Palace of Pioneers.
concert at the KhTZ plant
intersection of modern Svobody and Chernyshevska streets
Kharkiv Railway Station
Motor car of the X series with a trailer car M, the beginning of Moskovsky Ave. (now Heroiv Kharkov Ave.)
Rotunda near Shevchenko Garden (now it is the square in front of Opera Theatre)
Parachute Tower near Gorky Park
first aid to an athlete during a race on the Dynamo cycling track
Rai-Olenivka
Tracked mini-tractor DT-16. Did not go into mass production
children with a dog near the Shevchenko monument
theater
dog competitions
hairdresser’s
trade near the Annunciation market
in the background – Otakar Jarosz Street
telephone operators
Model of “Sputnik-3” at the exhibition in Pomirky
Motorcycle tourist on IZH-49, Dzerzhinsky Square (now Freedom Square)