Niektóre wydarzenia z historii jednego małego basenu k publiczznzwu kąpieli5 zdjęć

#### Several Episodes from the History of One Bathhouse This bathhouse, named after the street where it was located – Korsakovsky Bathhouse (later known as Bathhouse No. 3) – was built in the mid-1920s according to the graduation project of V.I. Bogomolov, a graduate of the Kharkiv Art Institute (with the participation of G.D. Tolokonnikov). The role and contributions of this modest public facility in the development of sports in Kharkiv, especially swimming, are impossible to overestimate. For many years, its unique swimming pool was the only place in the city where swimmers, divers, and even water polo players could train during winter months. In fact, two photographs from the 1927 issue of the “Vsesvit” magazine prove that even ordinary enthusiasts could make use of this pool. During the war, although the building suffered some minor damage, the swimming pool resumed operations as early as 1945. It is hard to believe today, but at that time it was merely the sixth closed swimming pool in the entire USSR. The Kharkiv Regional Council’s “Dinamo” swimming club operated there, and due to time constraints, swimmers and divers practiced simultaneously – swimmers would swim along the edges of the pool while the divers performed their exercises. After training, the lanes would be cleared, the gates closed, and water polo players could use the pool for 15–20 minutes; most of them were also swimmers. The winter city championships were held in this very pool. The ceremonial opening ceremony of one such championship in the 1950s is depicted in a photograph. Other times came, and the ownership of the bathhouse changed, along with its appearance and interior layout. Today, it is called the “Coliseum” recreation center. It is hard to imagine that events once depicted in those photographs could ever take place there again. But, as the saying goes, “once the head is cut off, one cannot cry over lost hair…” the-past.ho.ua #Kharkov #History #Ukraine