In memory of Saveliy Tsypin · for all Kharkiv locals
Kharkiv Legends
City tales, rumors and lore — from Tsypin’s book and from Kharkiv voices. What courtyards whisper and generations remember.
Random tales
Random tales
слухXIX век · Харьков
A TERRIBLE MINUTE
The audience gathered in Kharkiv Drama Theater on 4 November 1881 watched Ostrovsky and Gedeonov's Vasilisa Melentieva. The hall was full—the lead, a bold, clever young woman…
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байкасоветский Харьков · Харьков
POPANDOPULO — ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
“Theatrical operators had long turned this play into a peculiar operetta divertissement whose central figure is the fixer Popandopulo with his dubious jargon of vulgar words…”
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слухначало XX века · Харьков
KING OF LAUGHTER
"Having written four stories in two years, I decided I had done enough for native literature and meant to rest properly—but 1905 rolled in and, picking me up, spun me like a chip. I st…
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байкабез даты · Харьков
AH, MY THOROUGHBRED TEAM!..
Kharkiv had a dashing coachman, Akim Bazhenov. Unlike his fellows he was neat, well dressed, and owned his troikas. The horses were always groomed, harness hung with silvered plaques…
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