People
Khrystyna Alchevska
1841–1920 · Educator
Khrystyna Alchevska organized a women’s Sunday school in Kharkiv that became a model across the empire.
Tales
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байкаXIX век · Харьков
FROM THE UNDERGROUND
From time to time well-wishers warned Kh. D. Alchevskaya that a search was coming, and classes paused. By order from the capital, Sunday schools in the country had been banned…
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топонимначало XX века · Харьков
UNDER THE CITY HEAD'S PATRONAGE
Do any Kharkiv residents today remember crowds breaking down doors for concerts? Not pop—symphonic. Yet at the century's start it happened, for instance when S. Rachmanin… visited.…
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топонимXIX век · Харьков
CIRCUMVENTING THE AUTHORITIES
Despite the government's strict ban on erecting monuments to T. Shevchenko, one appeared in Kharkiv in 1899—in the very center of the city! The authorities could do nothing, since it stood on…
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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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топонимбез даты · Центр
CAFÉ “GRAVE”
Showing up one morning at a construction site with crowbars and shovels, students found a hand-written poster: “Please leave us here! Cemetery old-timers.” The history of any city is its burials…”
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