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Magazine 9
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House with a Star on Khreshchatyk: A Photo Story
A photo story of Kyiv's House with a Star, the 1954 high-rise at Khreshchatyk 25: early designs, 1950s photos and the landmark crowned with its famous spire.
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What Kyiv Looked Like 100 Years Ago, Part 1
Ten photos of Kyiv from the late 19th and early 20th centuries: Khreshchatyk with its tram, Bessarabska Square, the Polytechnic and other long-vanished city views.
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Kyiv Central Post Office Mystery: The 1989 Collapse and the Number 13
In August 1989 the portico of Kyiv's Central Post Office on Khreshchatyk collapsed onto passersby. The tragedy, the rumors and the legends of the number 13.
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The “NKVD Underground Prison”: Kyiv's Hidden Fortress Vaults
…landmarks: the Motherland Monument, the Golden Gate, Khreshchatyk, the Singing Field, the Landscape Alley. You can find many unique places here, as long as you know where to look…
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History of Sport in Kyiv: From First Clubs to the 1913 Olympiad
…Captain Brouns opened a gymnastics and fencing hall "on Khreshchatyk, in the house of the merchant Bagreev." These foreigners, chasing sensation and publicity, tried to promote…
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Symbols of Kyiv: The Stories Behind the City's Icons
…to us. Images such as the Kyiv boat, the chestnut trees on Khreshchatyk, Chicken Kyiv and others entered the lives of Kyivans and became part of the city's brand. Where did Kyiv…
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Kyiv's Unbuilt Government Center: The 1934 Plan
…Proletarian Garden option (the former Merchants' Garden, or Khreshchatyk Garden; architect V. Zabolotnyi and team) proposed opening Khreshchatyk up to the Dnipro, with Government…
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Bessarabska Square in Kyiv: What Was There Before Lenin
…cemetery here, which was closed in the early 19th century as Khreshchatyk was being built up. The cemetery made itself known again a little later: when the city's Bessarabka sewer…
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Kyiv's First Maidan: The 1905 Storming of the City Duma
…and taken into custody. At the time, the City Duma stood on Khreshchatyk in the middle of Duma Square, today's Maidan Nezalezhnosti. A crowd of many thousands gathered beneath its…