The first buildings appeared in the settlement of Mashinobudivnykiv (formerly Artema) in the mid-1920s. Construction continued until the late 1930s. The architectural styles of the buildings changed accordingly: the eclectic style of the mid-1920s was replaced by Constructivism and soon after by eclecticism again, this time in the form of early Socialist classicism style. The settlement was built to house workers at the Kharkiv Locomotive Plant, KhPZ (Malyshev Plant now).

There are many interesting buildings here—the huge house at Morozova Street, 1 is particularly memorable.

It may not quite measure up to the giants of Mira Street, 20 and Biblyka Street, 19 in terms of length, but it still spans an entire block.

On some buildings, you can see windows of different sizes lined up in a row, and not all of the balconies were enclosed.

The most authentic-looking of the two zigzag-shaped constructivist houses is the one that houses the library (Chornomors’ka Street, 3).

Buildings occupied by government agencies in Kharkiv are undergoing a form of natural preservation—they lack the grand balconies, garish signs, and additions that residents and business owners typically use to ruin buildings.

You can learn more about the history of the village in Mikhail Kornilov’s video: