Kulykivskyj Descent, 14 – Alluring Kharkiv

The apartment building at Kulykivskyj Descent, 14 is one of the architectural landmarks that suffered the most damage as a result of the Russian missile strike on Kharkiv on February 5, 2023.

^{Photo: Mikhaylo Titarenko, Wikimedia Commons, February 20, 2022}

This Art Nouveau apartment building was constructed in the early 20th century, when the street was called Gubernatorskaya. From 1922 to 2015, it was known as Revolution Street.

^{Photo taken before the facade renovation, 2012, AlexA Top, Wikimedia Commons}

The architect of the project is unknown, but the first owner of the house is known: Voskresenskaya Olimpiada Ivanovna, the wife of a college secretary.

^{Photo: Kharkiv Regional State Administration, Wikimedia Commons, February 5, 2023}

Notable among the residents listed in the “All of Kharkiv” directory (1917) is Alexander Richardovich Günter (1890–1984), a legal scholar and assistant attorney-at-law who served as a professor at Kharkiv University and the Kharkiv Commercial Institute.