Urban Media Archive

A view of Hlybochytska street in the early twentieth century

ID: 5119
Date: 1910-1920
Place: Kyiv
Collection: H.S. Pshenychnyi Central State Cinema, Photo and Phono Archive of Ukraine

A view of Hlybochytska street in the early twentieth century. The street was laid along the Hlybochytsia river and connected the road leading to Zhytomyr and…

Oleksandrivsky (now Volodymyrsky) Uzviz in winter

ID: 5118
Date: 1900-1917
Place: Kyiv
Collection: H.S. Pshenychnyi Central State Cinema, Photo and Phono Archive of Ukraine

Heavy traffic on Oleksandrivsky (now Volodymyrsky) Uzviz in winter. Horsed carts are coming up heavily; there are many people on the sidewalk; an electric tram…

The tracks and building of the train station in the early twentieth century

ID: 5117
Date: 1900-1917
Place: Kyiv
Collection: H.S. Pshenychnyi Central State Cinema, Photo and Phono Archive of Ukraine

The tracks and building of the train station in the early twentieth century. Sparsely populated territories of the Solomianka area can be seen in the…

One of the streets of the settlement on the Trukhaniv island

ID: 5116
Date: 1910-1917
Place: Kyiv
Collection: H.S. Pshenychnyi Central State Cinema, Photo and Phono Archive of Ukraine

In 1908 the population of the village of Trukhaniv numbered 6 thousand people, chiefly workers of the shipyard and their families. The photo depicts one of the…

A view of the University main building from Kruhlouniversytetska / Kruty Uzviz street

ID: 5115
Date: 1880-1890
Place: Kyiv
Collection: H.S. Pshenychnyi Central State Cinema, Photo and Phono Archive of Ukraine

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…

The building of the Kyiv City Duma

ID: 5114
Date: 1880-1890
Place: Kyiv
Collection: H.S. Pshenychnyi Central State Cinema, Photo and Phono Archive of Ukraine

The building of the Kyiv City Duma, constructed in 1876, six years later after this institution became an elective body and resumed the nature of…

Students of the first gymnasium in Kyiv

ID: 5113
Date: 1875-1900
Place: Kyiv
Collection: H.S. Pshenychnyi Central State Cinema, Photo and Phono Archive of Ukraine

A series of photos of the Kyiv first gymnasium students shows them at the time of different classes and during recreation; we can see physics, biology and…

The students of the Kyiv gymnasium during a cycle racing competition

ID: 5112
Date: 1870-1880
Place: Kyiv
Collection: H.S. Pshenychnyi Central State Cinema, Photo and Phono Archive of Ukraine

The students of the most prestigious Kyiv gymnasium during a cycle racing competition in the late nineteenth century (now the “Yellow building” of the Kyiv…

The students of the Kyiv gymnasium during the excursion

ID: 5111
Date: 1875-1900
Place: Kyiv
Collection: H.S. Pshenychnyi Central State Cinema, Photo and Phono Archive of Ukraine

In the late nineteenth century excursions became an integral part of the educational process. Students of prestigious gimnasiums used to make both short and…

ID: 5110
Date: 1875-1900
Place: Kyiv
Collection: H.S. Pshenychnyi Central State Cinema, Photo and Phono Archive of Ukraine

This late nineteenth century photo depicts the usage of bicycles during parade drills in the Kyiv Pechersk men’s gymnasium. Apart from the search of different…