Tag: Kharkiv

11.07.2015 / Іvan Ponomarenko

Little-Known Shevchenko Monuments in Kharkiv — Part 2

More stories about the first Shevchenko monuments in Kharkiv. In 1912, an apartment building designed…

10.07.2015 / Іvan Ponomarenko

The building of the Kharkiv National Academic Lysenko Opera and Ballet Theatre (KHATOB) at Sumskaya…

10.07.2015 / Іvan Ponomarenko

Many people know that what is probably the first monument to great Ukrainian poet Taras…

01.07.2015 / Anton Bondarev

In the 1915 book *Kharkiv: A Guide for Tourists and Sightseers*, we find the following…

01.07.2015 / Іvan Ponomarenko

Where could you buy bicycles in Kharkiv in the early 20th century? Of course, in…

04.04.2015 / Іvan Ponomarenko

According to a 1915 guidebook, there were about 3,500 horse-drawn cab drivers in pre-revolutionary Kharkiv.…