Destroyed and destroyed: which historical buildings Kyiv lost in 2021

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Local historian Anton Korob published a list of destroyed and mutilated architectural objects in Kyiv during 2021.

All buildings are activist divided into two groups: 

1. Buildings that were erected up to and including 1917 (the period of the imperial era and the time of the Provisional Government).

2. Buildings built during the Soviet era.

In the first group, Korob highlights the completely lost buildings:

The former profitable house of the merchant Utkin. Photo: Anton Korob

◉ The former profitable house of the merchant Utkin at 29 Petlyura Street. It was demolished in April 2021.

A sample of the development of the suburban village of Demiivka at the beginning of the XNUMXth century. Photo: Anton Korob

A sample of the development of the suburban village of Demiivka at the beginning of the XNUMXth century. Photo: Anton Korob

◉ Two houses from the beginning of the 11th century are rare examples of construction in the suburban village of Demiivka at XNUMX Kozatskiy Street. One building is wooden, covered with Soviet bricks in the post-war period, the other is made of cinder blocks, with elements of decor in the Art Nouveau style.

The pavilion above the artesian well on Korolenkivska Street. Photo: Anton Korob

◉ The pavilion above the artesian well, built in 1917 on Korolenkivska Street.

The building of the former Shultz brewery on Demiivka. Photo: Anton Korob

The building of the former Shultz brewery on Demiivka. Photo: Anton Korob

◉ The building of the former Shultz brewery on Demiivka, which was built in the late XNUMXth and early XNUMXth centuries. In addition, they began to dismantle the facade of a residential or office building of the plant on Ruslana Luzhevskyi Lane.

The local historian also notes about the partially dismantled buildings:

Malina's former mansion. Photo: Anton Korob

◉ Malina's former mansion at 22 Turgenevska Street. Thanks to the active activities of activists (for example, Dmytro Perov), it was possible to stop the complete destruction of the building, however, the developer continues to destroy the building bit by bit.

The former profitable house of Stanislavska ("House with flies"). Photo: Anton Korob

◉ The former profitable house of Stanislavska ("House with flies"), which was built in the 70s/80s of the XIX century. To crush the construction of the pochada due to the construction of a house in the neighborhood.

Barban estate. Photo: Anton Korob

◉ The Barban estate built in the 1890s at 6, Observatory Street. In 1947, the American writer John Steinbeck stayed in the estate. Thanks to the opposition of the public, the mansion was not completely destroyed, however, they managed to disassemble its rear wing. The facade part has been preserved.

The building (probably a former warehouse) on Turivska Street. Photo: Anton Korob

◉ The industrial building (probably, according to Korob, a former warehouse), which was built in the late 29th and early XNUMXth centuries on Turivska Street, XNUMX-a, was also destroyed.

A burned-out wooden house on Dmitrivska Street. Photo: Dmytro Perov

◉ The fire destroyed a one-story wooden house that was covered with tiles in the Soviet period. The building was built at the end of the 23th century at Dmitrivska Street, XNUMX.

The building of the engineering yard of the Kyiv fortress. Photo: Anton Korob

◉ Goryv and the mid-3th century building of the engineering yard of the Kyiv fortress on Ivan Mazepa street, XNUMX-v.

Regarding the second group, Soviet-era buildings, Korob mentions:

One of the railroad workers' houses on Ivan Ohienko Street. Photo: Dmytro Perov

◉ One of the railway workers' houses on the street Ivan Ohienko, 17 was destroyed in December.

Administration building on R. Luzhevsky Lane. Photo: Semyon Shirochyn

◉ The administration building was also demolished (according to the local historian, it could have been a refrigeration plant) on R. Luzhevskyi Lane, 3. The building was erected in 1938.

A ruined building built according to a typical dormitory project of the early 1950s. Photo: Anton Korob

◉ The building at Olehivska Street, 36, built according to the typical project of a dormitory in the early 1950s, was demolished.

The pool of the Olympic reserve (1970s). Photo: Dmytro Solovyov

◉ In January, a monument of Soviet brutalism of the 1970s was destroyed - the swimming pool of the Olympic reserve at 20 Kurnatovskoye Street.

Stained glass windows in the building of the "Electronmash" plant were destroyed. Photo: Yulia Melnyk

◉ The PC of the "Electronmash" plant with unique stained-glass windows by the artist Elena Hnyedash (1985) was destroyed.

Flowers of Ukraine

"Flowers of Ukraine". Photo: Gena Novikov

"Flowers of Ukraine"

◉ The building of the "Flowers of Ukraine" enterprise, which was built in 1985 according to the project of Mykola Levchuk at 49 Sichovyh Striltsy Street, was mutilated. Thanks to the active resistance of Kyiv residents, the reconstruction was stopped

 

Text from the publication Anton Korob

 

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