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Dormition Cathedral
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The Dormition Cathedral and its tall Alexandrovskaya bell tower are a spiritual and architectural landmark of Kharkiv. In Tsypin’s tales the church appears as a backdrop of memory.
Tales
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байкадо XVIII века · Центр
WE BOW LOW
"To the Tsar and Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of All Russia, Autocrat. Your poor pilgrims of the sovereign Ukrainian far city of Kharkiv, the Cherkasy priest Yere, bow their foreheads…
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легендаXVIII век · Центр
THE SWEDES NEAR... KHARKIV
The saying "broken like a Swede at Poltava" might as well have been "broken like a Swede near Kharkiv." For legend has it that Peter the Great planned the decisive battle with Charles XII and his allies…
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байкаXVIII век · Центр
A PALACE FOR ONE NIGHT
After conquering Crimea, Field Marshal Potemkin—made Prince of Taurida for it—decided to show the Empress Russia's new lands and arranged for her a journey there…
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легендаXIX век · Центр
THE LONG ROAD
The Decembrist uprising in St. Petersburg on December 14, 1825, failed through the conspirators' hesitation. The government opened an inquiry that for those involved…
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топонимXIX век · Центр
NO HIGHER THAN IVAN
Approach Kharkiv from any side and you see the gilded dome of the Dormition bell tower. It stands on the high ground of University Hill. Some…
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топонимбез даты · Центр
WHAT PRICE A BOW?
In the early nineteenth century the Sloboda-Ukrainian province was briefly led by Muratov, protégé of the all-powerful Count Arakcheyev. He patronized the muses and was a man of humane bent…
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байкабез даты · Центр
EMBEZZLER
Of Kharkiv Governor Nikolai Dolgorukov (of an ancient princely line) a contemporary left these memories: "A grandee in the full sense and a sybarite, yet a kind man who wished harm to no one…
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слухначало XX века · Центр
UNDER A TRAIN
On the platform of Warsaw Station in St. Petersburg stood a solid gentleman of advanced years. When the train approached, he threw himself under the wheels. The incident, which became known throughout Russia, occurred…
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топонимсоветский Харьков · Центр
HELLO, THIS IS KHARK1V SPEAKING!
During one of his trips to Moscow, Chairman of the Ukrainian Council of People's Commissars V. Chubar met specially with V. I. Lenin to report on the development of radio engineering in Kharkiv. The leader was very interested in this issue…
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