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News07.02.2025 11:50

Rare photos reveal the best-loved pastime of Kyiv citizens 120 years ago

Fortunately, this place, where the residents of the capital spent a lot of time, has survived to this day

News04.02.2025 19:55

The web shows what St. Michael's Square looked like in 1918. A unique photo

In particular, there was a public electric transport line that has not survived to this day

News01.02.2025 15:47

Old Kyiv in the pictures of Franz Mezer: unique photos taken more than 100 years ago

An album with his works is still kept at the Vernadsky National Scientific Library

News30.01.2025 15:45

The network showed how people used to take photos in the center of Kyiv in the 1980s. Photo

Now, to capture a moment in your life, you only need a phone with a camera

News28.01.2025 18:17

The web shows what one of the oldest monuments in Kyiv looked like in the 1880s. A unique photo

Nowadays, the area around the monument has changed a lot

News26.01.2025 12:16

What a highway bridge over Kyiv's Lybid River looked like in the 1950s. Unique photo

Unfortunately, nowadays the river has turned into a garbage dump

News25.01.2025 18:59

The Ferris wheel in the center of Kyiv in the 1950s offered incredible views. Archival photos

Unfortunately, the amusement ride has not survived to this day

News25.01.2025 11:46

A river instead of a road: here is what flooding near Darnytska Square in Kyiv, caused by heavy downpour, looked like in 1971. Rare photo

You can see the consequences of the disaster from 54 years ago

News16.01.2025 13:38

The web shows how the Zhuliany airport in Kyiv looked like in 1961. Photo

You can see what this air gate of the capital looked like almost 65 years ago

News15.01.2025 15:55

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

You can see what the capital was like about 70 years ago

News11.01.2025 10:19

Here is what Kyiv's Khreshchatyk looked like in winter in the 1970s. Archival photos

Unfortunately, such weather is rare nowadays

News08.01.2025 19:33

More like a palace: the first building of the Kyiv railway station was shown online. Photo

Unfortunately, it has not survived to this day

News05.01.2025 12:47

Only two lines: here is how Kyiv Metro may have developed in 1962. Unique map

The subway started its operation on November 6, 1960

News02.01.2025 21:38

The web shows how Khreshchatyk and Horodetskyi Street in Kyiv looked like in the 1900s. Archival photos

Unfortunately, the center of Ukraine's capital has changed a lot in more than a century

News26.12.2024 20:39

The web shows what Podil looked like in Kyiv in 1942. A unique panoramic photo

Today, this area looks completely different

News21.12.2024 18:27

Without a tunnel and with an open crossing: how Sevastopolska Square in Kyiv looked like in the 1980s. Archive photo

It received its modern name in 1967

News19.12.2024 19:06

The web shows what Kyiv was like during the Ukrainian state in 1918. Colorized photos

You can see what the capital was like more than a century ago

News15.12.2024 15:00

Roger Fenton's Kyiv: the first photos of the capital of Ukraine, taken by the British in 1852, have been published online

You can see what the city was like more than 170 years ago

News08.12.2024 13:50

"There is an element of poetry in reality": how one of Sweden's most prominent photographers saw Kyiv in 1966. Photo

You can see what the city was like 57 years ago

News27.11.2024 17:30

What Kyiv looked like in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Unique photos that have never been published before

Back then, the city was striking in its abundance of greenery

News19.11.2024 21:34

The network showed how the descent from the Metro bridge and the Hydropark station were built in 1964. Rare photos

You can see how the Metrobudiv workers worked 60 years ago

News14.11.2024 15:13

The network showed what one of the first cyclists in Kyiv looked like in 1910. Archive photo

Social media users appreciated the "comfort" of the clothes in which the Kyiv woman went for a walk

News07.11.2024 17:29

The remains of the pillars can still be seen: what the unique Chain Bridge looked like in Kyiv. Archival photos

Unfortunately, it was destroyed more than 100 years ago

News31.10.2024 18:01

The Internet shows how VDNKh in Kyiv looked like in the 1960s. Archival photos

The photos show the place as it was more than half a century ago

News27.10.2024 12:25

What Independence Square in Kyiv looked like from 1910 to 1984. Rare photos

Previously, vagrants and domestic animals used to spend the night here