The western side of Mykoly Khvylovoho Street is one example of Kharkiv’s dense Constructivist-style development. Two massive buildings in this section of the street occupy an entire city block.

The most memorable building is the residential building located at Sumska Street, 71, known as Voenved No. 2 (Voenved No. 1 would be built later in another part of the city).

It was built between 1928 and 1930 based on a design by I. G. Taranov-Belozerov and V. P. Kostenko. The building is mostly four stories tall, but at the corners facing Khvylovoho Street and Trinklera Street, it rises to five or six stories.

Originally, Mykoly Khvylovoho Street was called Shmatkovska Street; from the late 19th century onward, it was known as Hospital Street. From 1935 to 2023, it bore the name of Mayakovsky.

Bas-reliefs on Constructivist buildings are extremely rare. But one such can be found on the corner of the building on the Trinklera Street side, depicting a Red Army soldier, alluding to the name of the house where the officers lived.

In a photo from 1930, you can see that the small tower on the corner of the building facing Sumska Street was glazed. Now its walls are solid. Its original purpose is unknown. It may have been used as a “local air defense” tower. It was common in 1930s buildings, where residents of the house in case of war were required to watch for enemy bombers from the tower and report them to air defense HQ by telephone. However it may have been purely decorative, although ornamentation is not very characteristic of Constructivist style.