In 2020, renovation of the facade of the Oschadbank building at Constitution Square, 22 was completed.

It was originally built for the St. Petersburg International Commercial Bank in 1913, designed by architect Viktor Velichko in the Neoclassical style.

To this day, the upper part of the building’s facade bears reminders of the original bank—its name, written using pre-reform spelling, as well as the coat of arms of Saint Petersburg.

The operating room has also been preserved.

It should be noted that the recent work consists of repairs; the building’s facade had previously been restored according to a design developed by specialists from the Kharkiv branch of the UkrNIIproektrestavratsiya Institute.

In this photo from 2015, you can see that Oschadbank’s sign has since been redesigned to match the building’s facade. I’d like to believe that the same approach will eventually be taken toward the jumble of other signs in Kharkiv’s historic center, bringing chaos in line with a unified design code.

The building lost its windows due to a Russian missile strike in March 2022.