A view of Khreshchatyk street
Khreshchatyk street in 1875. A three-floor building of the Yevropeisky hotel, built in place of the burnt city theatre in 1851, can be seen on the right. This…
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The Bessarabska square
A photo depicting street trade, traffic and beautification at Bessarabka (view from the Palais Royal hotel, now Arena Plaza) toward Bibikovsky (now Tarasa…
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Shops complex belonging to the Provodnik Russian-French company
A 1908 photo depicts a storehouses and shops complex belonging to the Provodnik Russian-French company engaged in the production of rubber and gutta-percha…
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The village of Demiivka (now the Moskovska square)
The village of Demiivka (now the Moskovska square) was a Kyiv working neighbourhood, located between the Lybidska area and Vasylkiv. In the second half of the…
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The housing along the Lybid river
The housing along the Lybid river. One can see the traditional one-floor wooden housing typical of suburbs. The river itself flowed in the so-called trough. A…
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A view of Podil from the observation area of the Volodymyrska hill
A view of Podil from the observation area of the Volodymyrska hill. A classic panorama of Kyiv, with its hills and lowlaands. One can see the St. Andrew church…
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A look of the Dumska square (now Maydan Nezalezhnosti)
A look of the Dumska (now Maydan Nezalezhnosti) square from the garden behind the City Duma building. As it was the case with Bibikovsky boulevard, this garden…
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University of St. Volodymyr and the Bibikovsky boulevard
A classic panorama of late imperial Kyiv with a view of the University main building from Kruhlouniversytetska / Kruty Uzviz street. A big number of similar…
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View of Podil from the Pechersk
A Mykhaylo Sazhyn’s watercolour with a view of Podil representing an idyllic image of Kyiv. It is interesting that in the same year the author also created a…
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The Jewish market on the Halytska (now Peremohy) square
The Jewish market on the Halytska (now Peremohy) square. In the late 1850s Jews were allowed to conduct trade in this place. At the same time they were also…
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А view of Kyiv from the south
A Mykhaylo Sazhyn’s watercolour painted with the participation of Taras Shevchenko (it is known that they made some drawings and pictures together; a T.…
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A view of the Nova Budova area
A view of the Nova Budova area in the second half of the nineteenth century. With the emergence of the train station and the St. Volodymyr university main…
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Sofiyska street
Sofiyska street in the late nineteenth century before the reconstruction of the early twentieth century. For the most part, the street consists of one- and…
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The Volodymyrska hill and the monument to St. Volodymyr
The Volodymyrska hill and the monument to St. Volodymyr. The celebration of the 900th anniversary of the baptism of Rus (1888) must have been recorded. A lot…
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A panorama of Kyiv with a view of the University
A classic panorama of late imperial Kyiv with a view of the University main building from Kruhlouniversytetska / Kruty Uzviz street. A big number of similar…
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