The famous master of microminiatures Nikolai Sergeevich Syadristy was born on September 1, 1937 in the Kharkov region. After graduating from the Kharkov Art School, he entered the Kharkov Dokuchaev Agricultural Institute. Syadristy is a comprehensively gifted personality: a master of sports of the USSR, as well as the absolute champion of Ukraine in scuba … Read more
Passage is a commercial and residential building in Kyiv in the form of a street-corridor formed by two parallel buildings (the current address is Khreshchatyk Street, 15). At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Stifner estate, located on the site of the current Passage, was purchased by the Rossiya Insurance Company for … Read more
The house at 25 Khreshchatyk Street (popular names: house with a star, friendship) is a three-section (2 sections of 9 floors and one of 15 floors) brick residential building, built in 1954. The architecture of the house is designed in the style of Stalinist high-rise buildings. On the ground floor of the house until 2010, … Read more
Nikolai Fedorovich Vatutin was a Soviet military leader, army general and hero of the Soviet Union (title received on April 15, 1965, posthumously). On February 29, 1944, Vatutin, together with his escort, went in two vehicles to the location of the 60th Army to check the progress of preparations for the next operation. When entering … Read more
The Pedagogical Museum was founded in 1901, and a year later it began its activities. During the first decade of its existence, it was kept in the premises of various educational institutions and in private homes, in particular in the premises of the Trinity People’s House (now here operetta theater). The basis of the collection … Read more
The Ginzburg skyscraper, or as it was also called the Ginzburg House, is a 12-story building of the early 20th century. It went down in history as the first skyscraper in Ukraine and the tallest building in Russia. It was built in 2 years in 1912 and was blown up on September 24, 1941. Completely … Read more