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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Petrovsky Park
An atmospheric photo of the Petrovsky (now Mariinsky) park. This park was meant for relaxing walks and was closed for peasants and for the poor.…
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A view of the Volodymyrska hill and Podil
A view of the Volodymyrska hill and Podil. In the foreground, there is a Dnieper precipice and the Magdeburg Rights column (below) with an earth path; on the…
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The arrival of the first train at the Kyiv train station
One of the earliest photos of Kyiv depicts the arrival of the first train at the Kyiv train station. Only one track was built at that time. Tricoloured flags…
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Tsarska square
A retouched photo of the Tsarska square in the early twentieth century. On the right one can see the three-storied building of the Yevropeiska hotel, built in…
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Fundukleivska (now Bohdana Khmelnytskoho) street
Fundukleivska (now Bohdana Khmelnytskoho) street in the early twentieth century. The photo depicts a certain stage of the urban development of Kyiv, in…
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Fundukleivska (now Bohdana Khmelnytskoho) street
Fundukleivska (now Bohdana Khmelnytskoho) street at the turn of the twentieth century. The first version of the crisscross tram line can be seen. The…
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Oleksandrivsky (now Volodymyrsky) Uzviz street
Oleksandrivsky (now Volodymyrsky) Uzviz street in 1913. A tram (presumably a steam one) is running along it. The street is distinctly divided into a…
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