Without skyscrapers and traffic jams: how Kyiv looked like in the 1950s in the paintings of the Ukrainian artist. Photo

There are many ways to look into the history of Kyiv and see its beauty. In particular, through the paintings of Ukrainian artist Oleksandr Khvostenko-Khvostov, in which he preserved views of the city in the 1950s.

The old photographs were published on the Telegram channel of the City of Kyi community. You can see what the capital was like about 70 years ago.

"Take a look at Kyiv without skyscrapers and crazy traffic - only chestnut blossoms and peace of the 1950s. These are the landscapes that Oleksandr Khvostenko-Khvostov reproduced in his works," the statement reads.

Oleksandr Khvostenko-Khvostov was a Ukrainian and Soviet artist, theater decorator, and one of the founders of Ukrainian scenography. People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR.

Thanks to the brush of Serhiy Svitloslavsky, a famous Ukrainian landscape painter and one of the founders of the Society of Kyiv Artists, we can see how Obolon looked like in Kyiv in the late nineteenth century before the construction of the harbor, which greatly changed this location.

As reported by OBOZ.UA, among the lost monuments of Kyiv is a building that was created specifically for the Golgotha panorama. It was a depiction of the biblical story of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The work of art by Viennese masters could be seen in a special building located on St. Volodymyr's Hill.

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