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The origin of the street that will be partially discussed in this article dates back to the second half of the 17th century. In those distant days, it was merely a narrow alley. However, the city itself was not particularly large at that time; in terms of size, it more closely resembled today’s modest district center. This alley crossed the streets of the Zalopanskaia suburban settlement (part of the Leninsky District near the Blagoveshchensky Cathedral) and led to the Christmas Church (which no longer exists), located on the street of the same name, now known as Krasnooktjabrskaya Street. For this reason, the locals named it Christmas Alley. During the 17th and first half of the 18th centuries, Christmas Alley extended east of the current location of the street and did not move to its present position until 1787. In the late 1830s and early 1840s, when Christmas Street was renamed Kontorskaya Street, the alley also acquired the status of a full-fledged street. Starting in the 1880s, substantial stone buildings began to be constructed along it. The street became an important freight route leading to the Blagoveshchensky Market, and in 1911, its surface was paved with polished granite. In the early 20th century, small commercial shops and stores replaced the relatively large industrial buildings that had initially appeared there. These buildings were the first to be constructed on Kontorskaya Street; they differed significantly in style but contributed to giving the area a completely new look, shaped by the emerging economic and architectural trends of the early 20th century. The street thus became a sort of commercial extension of the city’s banking district located on Nikolaevskaya Square. During the Great Patriotic War, most of the buildings here were destroyed. What is being discussed here is Engels Street, which was renamed after one of the founders of scientific communism following the 1917 revolution. One building that deserves special attention is the former factory site at Engels Street 13. It represents one of the most prominent examples of the “Chicago School” of Constructivist Modernism. Built in 1910 by architect A. Rzepishevsky, its structure is based on a monolithic reinforced concrete frame, and its facades are almost entirely glazed with windows. Today, this building is semi-abandoned. Source: vk.cc/23iQWZ #Kharkov #Har Kiev #1stolica_history