BERDICHEV / BERDYCHIV

THE TOWN WE HAVE LOST-2HISTORICAL COLORFUL HOUSES

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SAMPLES OF HISTORICAL HOUSES

CLUMSILY PAINTED FACADE, WHICH CLEARLY SHOWS THE YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION - 1890

ANOTHER HANDSOME MANSION IN THE SAME BLUE AND WHITE COLOR SCHEME IN THE CITY CENTER. BUILT IN 1900. UNTIL 1972 THIS HOUSE WAS THE

CITY'S MUSIC SCHOOL. TODAY THERE IS AN TRAVEL AND TOURS OFFICE.

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING OF THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY. INITIALLY IT WAS THE HOUSE OF THE PHYSICIAN A.L. CHUDNOVSKY, AFTERWARDS IT WAS A RENTED SPACE FOR A PHARMACY OWNED BY ALEXANDER DOMANSKI, WHICH IN 1913 WAS LISTED AMONG THE

DEPUTIES OF THE BERDICHEV STATE CITY COUNCIL. IN THE EARLY 1900’S. ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE MANSION THERE WAS A TOBACCO FACTORY OWNED BY A.M.KONDERA. TODAY,

THERE IS THE CITY PHARMACY (NUMBER 86.)

ONE OF THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS OF THE CITY – THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. BARBARA WAS BUILT IN 1826 ON THE SITE OF AN OLD WOODEN CHURCH. THE TEMPLE IS FAMOUS FOR THE FACT THAT IN

1850 MARRIED THE FAMOUS FRENCH WRITER HONORE DE BALZAC WITH THE POLISH COUNTESS EVELINA HANSKA. IN SOVIET TIMES, THE BUILDING WAS USED AS A GYM.

THIS SPACE BELONGED TO THE CHURCH, PAINTED IN THE SAME COLOR SCHEME - PINK AND WHITE. PREVIOUSLY, THERE

WAS PLACED THE POLISH LIBRARY.

OBSERVE THAT THE CANOPY AND THE RAILINGS WERE VERY WELL BUILT! TRIVIAL DETAILS, CHANGE THE FACE OF THE BUILDING!

IN THE SAME COLOR ARE PAINTED SEVERAL IMPORTANT SIGHTS. ONE OF THEM - THE DISTRICT HOUSE OF CULTURE. THIS BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1908 AND WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AS A PRIVATE AREA FOR ROLLER SKATING. LATER IN 1912, A

LOCAL PHYSICIAN AND BUSINESSMAN D. SHERENTSIS AT HIS OWN EXPENSE REBUILT THE HOUSE AS A LOCAL THEATER FOR PERFORMANCES OF VISITING GUEST ARTISTS. THE THEATER WAS CALLED "EXPRESS". IN 1917, THIS BUILDING WAS A MEETING

IN WHICH PROCLAIMED SOVIET POWER. IN 1919 THE THEATER "EXPRESS" WAS NATIONALIZED AND BECAME KNOWN AS THE 1ST SOVIET THEATER. IN 1959, THE DECISION OF THE ZHYTOMYR OBLAST COUNCIL WAS ABOLISHED AND THEATER AT ITS BASE

OPEN URBAN CULTURAL CENTER, RENAMED IN 1996. THE DISTRICT HOUSE OF CULTURE.

ANOTHER BUILDING PINK AND WHITE. NOWADAYS A KNITTING FACTORY AND A FORMER CHORAL SYNAGOGUE (HEBREW NAME - BEIT MENACHEM). BUILT IN 1850 AT THE EXPENSE OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. THE SYNAGOGUE SERVED AS A HOUSE OF

PRAYER, A CENTER FOR JEWISH STUDIES AND THE MEETING PLACE OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. WITH THE ADVENT OF SOVIET POWER IN THE SYNAGOGUE WAS ORGANIZED THE "CLUB OF THE MILITANT ATHEISTS." ALSO, THERE WAS ORGANIZED A

THEATER FOR WORKERS CALLED "THEATRE ILYICH." AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR, THE BUILDING OF THE SYNAGOGUE WALLS WERE LEFT ALONE, AND IT WAS RESTORED BUT IN A MUCH SIMPLIFIED FORM.

BEFORE THE WAR THE SYNAGOGUE LOOKED LIKE THIS

VERY CLOSE TO THE BUILDING OF THE FORMER SYNAGOGUE THERE IS A SYNAGOGUE SERVING TODAY, BUILT IN 1895. THE SYNAGOGUE

HAS BECOME UNSTABLE BECAUSE OF THE SMALL NUMBER OF CONGREGANTS. JEWS IN THE CITY ARE ALMOST GONE.

AGAIN, WHITE AND BLUE COLORS. THE BUILDING, BUILT IN 1920, IS AN ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENT OF LOCAL IMPORTANCE. TODAY IT IS ONE OF THE BUILDINGS OF THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF BERDICHEV.

ANOTHER LOCAL ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENT IN WHITE AND BLUE SHADES. THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1901 AND THE CITY GOVERNMENT WAS PLACED HERE BEFORE THE

REVOLUTION. AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE SOVIET AUTHORITIES IMMEDIATELY HERE WAS PLACED THE WORKERS' CLUB (SINCE 1923) AND THE MUSICAL CIRCLE (SINCE 1929). SINCE 1934, IT

IS THE HOUSE OF PIONEERS, WHICH OPERATED 14 CIRCLES. IN 1993, PIONEER HOUSE WAS RENAMED THE HOUSE OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

OPPOSITE THE HOUSES OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS IN THE CITY, AN ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENT OF LOCAL IMPORTANCE, WHICH NOW HOUSES THE STATE MONOPOLY "UKRTELECOM". BUILT IN 1904, THE

BUILDING HOUSED AN OUTPATIENT CLINIC OF THE RED CROSS, WHO WORKED THERE UNTIL 1938, AFTER WHICH THE BUILDING WAS HANDED OVER TO THE NKVD.

ONE OF THE OLDEST SURVIVING HOUSES OF BERDICHEV. THE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1846, IT WAS THE MAGISTRATE'S COURT - THE COURT WITH A SUMMARY JUDGMENT TO CONSIDER MINOR CIVIL CASES AND MINOR

CRIMINAL OFFENSES. SINCE 1973, HERE IS THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT OF THE PEDAGOGICAL COLLEGE.

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL BUILDING OF1 896, AND HIDDEN FROM PASSERS-UGLY GRAY FENCE - NOWADAYS THE SBU (SECURITY SERVICE OF UKRAINE). IN THE PAST - THE PROPERTY OF A RICH

PATRON AND BENEFACTOR OF BERDICHEV, G.AKSMAN, A JEW, WHO AFTER THE NATIONALIZATION OF THE HOUSE IN 1919, LEFT TO FRANCE. AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF SOVIET POWER HOUSE BECAME THE PROPERTY OF THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE. DURING THE WAR, THERE WAS PLACED A GERMAN

MILITARY UNIT, AND AFTER THE WAR - THE SPECIAL SECTION

IN THIS PHOTO, THE FORMER HOME OF A WEALTHY JEWISH MERCHANT CHERVONKIS BUILT IN 1905. IN 1917, THERE WAS PLACED THE CITY

ORGANIZATION OF THE BOLSHEVIK PARTY. UNTIL THE MID-1920S THERE WAS A HOTEL NAMED "MOSCOW" AND SINCE 1925 - THE URBAN COMMUNAL HOTEL, WHICH EXISTED UNTIL 1929. TODAY, IT IS A NORMAL HOUSE, ON THE GROUND FLOOR WHICH HOUSED THE CITY COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF

UKRAINE.

THIS PRE-REVOLUTIONARY BUILDING IN THE CITY CENTER WAS BUILT IN 1899 (ACCORDING TO OTHER SOURCES IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY). UNTIL 1917, THE HOUSE BELONGED TO A MERCHANT OLSZEWSKI. AT THIS MOMENT THE

SECOND FLOOR OF THE HOUSE IS NOT USED, THE FIRST FLOOR IS OCCUPIED BY SHOPS

ANOTHER ATMOSPHERIC CORNER OF THE OLD PRE-REVOLUTIONARY BERDICHEV.

OLD HOUSE BUILT IN THE EARLY 1900'S ON THE MAIN STREET OF THE CITY. ON THE WALL YOU WILL NOTICE A SMALL NICHE. IN SOVIET TIMES, IN AN ALCOVE WERE HUNG ALL THE ORDERS OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATION

OF THE UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT. THIS NICHE HOUSE OWES ITS LOCATION IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY.

ANOTHER INTERESTING AND WELL-PRESERVED EXAMPLE OF URBAN PRE-REVOLUTIONARY ARCHITECTURE. THIS MANSION WAS BUILT IN 1902. IN 1912, OPENED

THE CLUB "OFFICERS MEETING" 42TH ARTILLERY BRIGADE. AND AFTER THE WAR LIVED IN THE HOUSE, A GENERAL OF THE SOVIET ARMY, SO THE HOUSE IS STILL POPULARLY

CALLED "GENERALS". LATER, BEFORE THE NINETIES THERE WAS A KINDERGARTEN №25 "STAR" FOR CHILDREN OF MILITARY PERSONNEL. TODAY THERE IS A COMPANY SELLING

FURNITURE. THE HOUSE IS FENCED WITH AN UGLY GRAY FENCE.

SOVIET ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE.

PINK HOUSE IN THE FOREGROUND - THE

FORMER PROPERTY OF THE JEW WITH THE NAME OAK, WHICH

RENTED THE APARTMENT TO A LOCAL

ACCOUNTANT CALLED KATZ, WHO EARNED HIS

LIVING TEACHING CALLIGRAPHY.

WITH THE ADVENT OF SOVIET POWER THE

HOUSE WAS NATIONALIZED AND THERE WAS PLACED

THE MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT.

YELLOW BUILDING - A NEWLY BUILT COMPLEX NAMED "HONORE DE BALZAC", WHICH HOUSES A SHOPPING CENTER, A CINEMA AND

RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS AS WELL AS A SMALL MUSEUM REMINDING HONORE DE BALZAC.

BERDICHEV - A CITY WITH A RICH PAST, WHICH KEPT A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL AND ATMOSPHERIC ARCHITECTURE. EACH OF THESE HOUSES BREATHES HISTORY AND

CREATES A CITY FLAVOR AND A UNIQUE ATMOSPHERE. EVERY YEAR, THESE HOMES ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY DILAPIDATED, AND WHEN THEY COME TO THE

EMERGENCY STATE SIMPLY DEMOLISHED. OVER THE PAST DECADE, THE CITY LOST A LOT OF ITS ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE AND CONTINUES TO LOSE IT EVERY YEAR.

THEREFORE, IN MY VISITS TO MY NATIVE CITY, I ALWAYS WALK THROUGH THE STREETS WITH A CAMERA IN HANDS, TRYING TO MEMORIALIZE THE HISTORIC BEAUTY OF THEIR

HOMES, WHICH EACH YEAR DISAPPEARS.