KIEV, Ukraine                                                                                                              Boris Feldblyum Photography / Collection

                              (also Kiew, Kyiv, Київ, Kyyiv, Ки́ев, Kiyev)

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Panoramas        

BFC-03150

BFC-03151

Photo ca. 1917.

All-Russia Exhibition. 1913.

Dnepr, Rusanovka (Русановка) and Paton Bridge Мост Патона. Photo 1971.

 

View at Podol (Подол) during Nazi occupation in World War II. Photo 1941-1943.

BFC-00511

Sent as postcard to S. Nevodnichansky in Vilna.

View at Podol. Ca. 1910.

Publisher: A. Rikhter in Kiev.

Dnepr river embankment. Ca. 1910.

Steamer Pinsk is on the right.

View at the city from the Dnepr river. Andreevsky (i.e. St. Andrew) Church is in the center. Ca. 1911.

Dnepr river embankment. Ca. 1910.

Kupecheskoe Sobranie (Купеческое собрание) is on the hill.



Panorama of Denpr near Nicholas Bridge. Photo 1917.



Dnepr near Podol. Photo ca. 1917.
   

View toward Podol (Подол) area during Nazi occupation in World War II. Photo 1941-1943.

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View of the city during Nazi occupation in World War II. Clay-pit, also known as the Glinka Lake (озеро Глинка) and a brick factory.  On the background is Darnitsa (Дарница) district, burning.  Current location  - near metro station Lybid' . Photo 1941-1943.                           [Kiev_149]

View of the city during Nazi occupation in World War II. View at the Dnepr (Днепр) river and destroyed Evgeniya Bosh (Евгения Бош) chain bridge, built in 1925 after destroyed Nicholas (Николаевский) chain bridge. Photo 1941-1943.[Kiev_151]

View of the city during Nazi occupation in World War II. View at the Dnepr (Днепр) river and Trukhanov (Труханов) Island . Photo 1941-1943.[Kiev_162]

       
Streets, Buildings, Monuments        

Aleksandrovskaya Street, St. Vladimir Hill, and Podol. Ca. 1903.

Sent as postcard to W. Panitz in Strassburg

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Askold's Grave. Ca. 1917.

BFC-00356

 

BFC-00508

Sent as postcard to P. Weltner in Riga

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Alekseevskij park and Mariinskij Palace (Мариинский дворец). Photo ca. 1918.

Architect: Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (Франчееско Бартоломео Растрелли), 1744-1752. Architect restoration: Karl  Maevskij (Карл Маевский), 1870.

Andreeevsky Descent. 1956.

Photographer: A. Levchenko.

BFC-00496

Emperor Alexander II Monument (Памятник Александру II).
Sculptor: Ettore Ximenes, 1911.
Destroyed in the 1920's.

Publisher: Khromotsvet in Kiev.

Emperor Alexander II Monument. Photo ca. 1914.

 

Bankovskaya, i.e. Bank (Банковская) Street. "House with Chimaeras" (Дом с химерами) is on the right, at No. 10. 1912. Architect: Vladislav Gorodetsky, 1901-1902.

Sent as postcard to E. Forsyth in Cedar Rapids, IA, USA.

State Bank. Photo 1950's.

Institutskaya (Институтская) Street No. 9.
Architect: Alexander Kobelev (Александр Кобелев), 1902.
Architect (renovation): Kobelev, Rykov (Рыков), 1934.

BFC-00497

Bibikov Boulevard.

BFC-00498

 

BFC-00355

Bolshaya Vasilkovskaya Street

BFC-00354

City Hall

Architect: Alexander Shille (А. Шилле), 1876.

BFC-00502

Hotel Continental

BFC-00505

Cable Car.

Communist Party Central Committee building during Nazi occupation in World War II. Photo 1941-1943.

 

Ivan Franko Theatre (Solovtsov Theatre in 1898-1919) and the Supreme Soviet. 1956.

Photographer: O. Sheksna.

Ivan Franko monument. 1956.

Photographer: Ya. Pavolotsky

     

Golden Gates. 1931.

Golden Gates. 1920's.

Golden Gates. 1956.

Photographer: O. Sheksna

   

Kalinin Square and the Post Office. 1955.

 

BFC-00503

Krasnoarmejskaya Street.

     

Kreshchatik (Крещатик, Хрещатик). 1910.

Business signs: Notary S. B. Shenfel'd (variants: Shenfeld, Szenfeld, Schenfeld); A. Martsinchik's Pharmacy;  N. Uzemsky's Photography; Kievskie Otkliki newspaper.

 

BFC-00357

Kreshchatik

Kreshchatik. 1918.

Business signs: Farzhakos' (?) Pharmacy; Moscow Merchant Bank; Yan Ulitskij (variants: Ulitzky, Ulitsky); A. Kruglikov; Metsenskij (?) & Yagodzin; Military Uniforms; Solomon Kogen (variants: Kogan, Cohen); Barrister Viktorov; Tobacco; Rotte.. (?)

Nazis in Kiev. World War II. Kreshchatik , at the corner of [ ? ] Street, looking North. Store signs read: Gastronom (Гастроном); Muzika-Foto (Musik-Photo) - the site of the post-war Main Post Office (Главпочтампт)  Photo 1941.

Kalinin Square, view toward Kreshchatik. Left to right: State Conservatory (Консерватория), Karl Marx Street, Main Post Office. Photo 1971.

Nazis in Kiev. World War II. Kreshchatik , at the corner of Lenin Street, looking North. Photo 1941.

Kreshchatik, looking North. Photo 1960s.

Kiev burning. World War II. Kreshchatik, looking from Evropejskaya Square (Европейская площадь). Photo 1941.

Kreshchatik near Luteranskaya (Лютеранская), later Engels (Энгельса) Street in ruins. Photo 1941.

 

BFC-01603

Karaite Synagogue (Kinassa).

Architect: Vladislav Gorodetsky, 1898-1902. 

Photographer: D. Markov

     

Kievo-Pechersk Lavra Monastery. Ca. 1901.

View of the city toward Uspensky Cathedral. Ca. 1917.

Kievo-Pechersk Lavra Monastery. Holy gates. Ca. 1910.

Kievo-Pechersk Lavra (Киево-Печерская Лавра) during Nazi occupation in World War II. Uspensky Cathedral (Успенский собор). Photo 1941-1943.

Kievo-Pechersk Lavra (Киево-Печерская Лавра) during Nazi occupation in World War II. Uspensky Cathedral (Успенский собор). Photo 1941-1943.

German troops resting in a field near Kievo-Pechersk Lavra during World War II.. View of the Lavra belfry (Лаврская колокольня), Mystetsky Arsenal (Мыстецький Арсенал), Feodosy Church (Fеодосьевская церковь), Pechersk fortress warehouses (склады печерской крепости). Photo 1941-1943.

Ruins of the Uspensky Cathedral. 1971.

     

Lenin Street. Academy of Science. 1956.

Photographer: M. Kozlovskij.

Lenin Street. Central department store.. 1956.

Photographer: A. Levchenko.

 

Lvov Square (Львовская площадь). View at the corner of Rejterskaya (Рейтерская) and B. Zhitomirskaya (Б.Житомирская) Streets. Photo 1971.

 

BFC-02842

Malo-Vasilkovskaya Street. Synagogue.

BFC-00495

Publisher: D. Markov in Kiev.

Sent as postcard to S. Nevodnichansky in Vilna.

Kiev City Museum of Antiquities and Arts. Photo early 1900's.

Architect: Vladislav Gorodetsky, 1898.

Currently National Art Museum of Ukraine.

Public Library and City Museum. Ca. 1910.

 



Mikhajlovsky Monastery (Киево-Михайловский монастырь). Early 1900's.

BFC-00506

 

BFC-00510

Nicholas Bridge (Николаевский мост) a.k.a. Chain Bridge (Цепной мост)

Ca. 1917.

 

   

Philharmonic Concert Hall (Филармония). 1954.

Photographer: A. Levchenko.

 

BFC-00504

Polytechnic Institute (Политехнический институт) .

Sent as postcard to S. Nevodnichansky in Vilna.

Proreznaya (Прорезная) Street, also Sverdlov (Свердлова) during World War II.  On the left, are house numbers 24, 22, 18.  Photo 1941.

   

 

Repin Street. 1971.

Royal Garden. Ca. 1912.

 

     

BFC-00509

Samson's Fountain.

 

Stalin Square and the Philharmonic Concert Hall. 1956.

Photographer: Ya. Bosin.

 

 

St. Nicolas Catholic Cathedral (Костел Св. Николая). Built 1899-1909. Photo early 1900's.

Architects: V. Gorodetsky (Vladislav Gorodetsky) and E. Salya (Е. Салия).

St. Sophie Cathedral. 1971.

St. Sophie Cathedral. Archbishop's Throne. Photo early 1900's.

St. Sophie Cathedral. Stairs and frescoes from the 10th Century. Photo early 1900's.

 

BFC-00500

St. Sophie Square and the Courts.

BFC-00499

Bogdan Khmel'nisky Monument. 1941.

Bogdan Khmel'nisky Monument. Ca. 1909.

Publisher: D. Markov in Kiev.

Sent as postcard to I. Nedzelnitsky in Odessa.

 

Gryshevsky (Грушевського), formerly Kirov (Кирова) Street No. 12/2. Sovnarkom (Supreme Soviet) of Ukraine (Совнарком УССР), built ca. 1937 on the site of destroyed Trekhsvyatitel'skaya (Трехсвятительская) Church. Architect: Fomin (Фомин). Photo ca. 1941.                                   [159]

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BFC-01601

University.

   

BFC-00507

St. Vladimir Monument.

View towards Vydubetsky Monstery (Выдубецкий монастырь) during Nazi occupation in World War II. Photo 1941-1943.

Vladimirskaya Street and the Opera Theatre.  Ca. 1910.

Photographer: D. Markov.

Kiev City Opera. Photo 1917.

Architect: Victor Shreter ((Виктор Шрётер), 1897.

BFC-00501

Opera Theatre.

Opera Theatre. 1956.

Photographer: O. Sheksna.

 


BFC-00094

Apartment house on Yurkovskaya (Юрковская) Street where Mendel Beilis (Мендель Бейлис) lived in 1912. Photo 1974.
       
         

Kiev during Nazi occupation in World War II. Unidentified building. Photo 1941-1943.  [154]

Kiev during Nazi occupation in World War II. Unidentified buildings. Photo 1941-1943.                                     [156]

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People      

 

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BFC-01969

Ilya Ehrenburg (Илья Эренбург). Born in Kiev, 1891, died in Moscow, 1967. Photo ca. 1967.



Group of friends. 1. Ostashinskij (Осташинский); 2. (?) 3. Ilya Feldblyum (Илья Фельдблюм); 4. (?); 5. (?); 6. (?); 7. Arkadij Ostashinskij (Аркадий Осташинский). Kiev. 1948.
 
         
         


More un-catalogued images and documents:

- Newspaper articles on the murder of cashier Saksonov. 1913.
- Newspaper clippings on the Mendel Beilis trial. 1913.
- Newspaper advertisements. 1913. Names listed: Yurenev, Arendt, Orlenev, Turzhansky, Vakhovsky, Greben, Gerenshtejn, Zejdel, Koman, Vasekin
- Laevsky family New Year greeting cards. 1910s.