Transcript BERDICHEV / BERDYCHIV THE TOWN WE HAVE LOST-2 HISTORICAL COLORFUL HOUSES Courtesy: Alexander (http://technolirik.livejournal.com/) SAMPLES OF HISTORICAL HOUSES CLUMSILY PAINTED FACADE, WHICH CLEARLY SHOWS THE YEAR.

BERDICHEV / BERDYCHIV
THE TOWN WE HAVE LOST-2
HISTORICAL COLORFUL HOUSES
Courtesy: Alexander
(http://technolirik.livejournal.com/)
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 PREREVOLUTIONARY 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 PREREVOLUTIONARY 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.