A street without any houses.8 photos

A Street Without Buildings.

Over the course of several centuries, this central avenue in Kharkiv underwent a series of name changes: Kupechesky, Pashchenko-Tryapkinsky, Halturnina, and others. Over time, not a single building remained on this once-thriving street.


In the 1850s, the ambitious entrepreneur V.I. Pashchenko-Tryapkin purchased the land plots and buildings located near the Prisutstvennye Mestya and Uspensky Cathedral from their previous owners—including the Karposvys, Pavlovskys, Rastorguevys, and others. He then began constructing new buildings and renovating old ones, converting them into various commercial spaces that he rented out. His business thrived until nearly the end of the century.

Before his death in 1894 in Moscow, Pashchenko-Tryapkin donated all his assets to the city of Kharkiv, bringing considerable benefits to the local community.

Among his properties was what was known as the “Large Complex.” Part of this complex included a shopping arcade. This complex occupied a stretch of land along the avenue, between University Street and Klokovskaya Street. To the north, it bordered the Holy Protection Monastery; to the south lay the former Cathedral Square. The area was densely populated with buildings ranging in height from two to five stories. The renovation of old buildings, including one of the oldest and finest shops in the city—the Rastorguev shop—was carried out according to designs by architect I.F. Kolodiazhnyy. Construction was conducted in a pragmatic and cost-effective manner, without excessive artistic demands, but with attention to durability and strength.
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In the 1870s, Pashchenko-Tryapkin planned to further develop this “Large Complex” and build a shopping arcade on it. Architect D.S. Chernenko was commissioned to design this new arcade, and it was located in the southeastern corner of the complex. The arcade consisted of two sections connected at a right angle. One entrance faced University Street and was at ground level; the other was situated near the slope of the street, at the height of the third floor. To access this second entrance, a pedestrian bridge was built over the street, connecting it to a path on University Hill. This bridge is the only remaining relic of the original shopping arcade: after the war, it was reinstalled in a garden near the Shchekhontsev Fountain.
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Source material: “Kharkov: New Insights into Familiar Places”
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