School No. 119

At Biblyka Street, 4, you can see a building in the Constructivist style—School No. 119.

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2020

Its history dates back to 1931, when a factory-and-plant apprenticeship school was opened in barracks on the grounds of the KhTZ socialist city, which was then under construction.

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2020

In 1933, the vocational school was converted into General Education School No. 80.

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2020

By 1935, a new building had been constructed on the first section of the KhTZ settlement; it housed two schools—Russian-language School No. 119 and Ukrainian-language School No. 80. The latter also had “international classes” for foreign students.

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2020

During WWII, the school building sustained significant damage—traces of shrapnel can still be seen on its walls.

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2020

Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2020

The full-scale Russian invasion in 2022 left fresh scars on the school walls.