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On the site where the hotel was built, in 1912-1944 there was located “Ginsburg skyscraper” – a multi-storey apartment building of Lev Ginzburg , which until 1928 was the tallest building on the territory of the Ukrainian SSR. Lev Borisovich was a Kyiv merchant of the 1st guild, a construction contractor, and a millionaire. He … Read more
Until the 10th century, the area in the area of the current Maidan was called Perevesishche or Goat Swamp and was a swamp. Where Sofievskaya Street now begins, the Lyadsky Gate was located (mentioned in the chronicle of 1151 as the gate leading to the “land of the Pechenegs”; also through the Lyadsky Gate there … Read more
The House with Chimeras (the house got its name thanks to the sculptural decorations located both on the facade of the house and inside it, the themes of which are terrestrial and underwater fauna, hunting attributes, fairy-tale creatures) was built according to the design of the architect Vladislav Gorodetsky in 1901-1902 using innovative solutions for … Read more
Kenassa (a house of prayer for the Karaites in Eastern Europe) was built on the initiative of Solomon Cohen (Karaite philanthropist, tobacco manufacturer, head of the Kiev Karaite community) and with the blessing of the Kiev gazzan (Karaite clergyman who serves in the kenassa) Joseph Sultansky, is located next to baron’s castle and golden gate. … Read more
The Kiev funicular allows you to quickly and inexpensively get from Podol to the Upper Town. It is one of the first funiculars in the former Russian Empire, opened in 1905 after the Kremlin and Pokhvalinsky elevators in Nizhny Novgorod (1896) and the Odessa funicular (1902). Mikhailovsky mechanical lift Until the beginning of the 20th … Read more
After the fire in Podol, which occurred in 1811, the building of the first contract house, which was built in 1801, completely burned down. It was decided to restore the building using modern building materials in 1815-1817 according to the design of the English architect William Geste (who also participated in drawing up the master … Read more