Sometimes our city can resemble both Prague and Lviv… In one of his letters, sent from Nice in 1891, Anton Chekhov wrote:
Rome is, generally speaking, similar to Kharkiv
Perhaps Chekhov intended this phrase to bring the Eternal City down to earth… Nevertheless, it’s a pleasant comparison. But in any case, Kharkiv is, first and foremost, reminiscent of itself.
Researcher of Kharkiv's history, photographer
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