The Ginsburg skyscraper

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The Ginzburg Skyscraper
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General information
StatusDestroyed
Architectural styleModern
Town or cityKiev
CountryUkraine
Construction started1910
Completed1912
Demolished1941
OwnerLev Borisovich Ginzburg
Height53 m (174 ft) roof, 67.5 m (221 ft) spire
Technical details
Floor count12
Design and construction
Architect(s)Adolf Minkus, Fyodor Troupianskyi

The Ginzburg Skyscraper or Ginzburg House is a 12-story, 67.5-meter, destroyed "skyscraper" of the 20th century in Kyiv. It went down in history as "the first skyscraper of Ukraine." It was finished in 1912 and destroyed in 1941.

History

The house was built between 1910–1912. It was used as an income house. There were 94 apartments in the skyscraper, the largest of which had 11 rooms. There were about 500 rooms in total.[1]

A shopping center was located on the first floors of Ginsburg's building. The building had a tower, from where panoramas of Kyiv opened.

In the autumn of 1913, the artist Oleksandr Murashko opened the "Art Studio of Oleksandr Murashko" on the 12th floor of the "skyscraper", in which almost 100 people studied at the same time. In addition to drawing and painting, lectures were given on the history and philosophy of art. The studio existed until 1917.[2]

In April 1918, the French Military mission of the Ukrainian People's Republic, consisting of 6 officers, was housed in this building.[3]

It was blown up by the retreating Soviet forces in 1941 (following the German invasion of Russia).[4]

The building was blown up by the troops of the NKVD of the USSR on September 24, 1941 and completely destroyed in the early 1950s, when the final dismantling of the foundation of the building was carried out.[5]

In 1954–1961, the Moscow Hotel (since 2001, the Hotel Ukraine) was built on the site of the Ginzburg House.

The building was used in the filming of the experimental Soviet film «Man with a Movie Camera» in 1929, in which the tower and the inner courtyard of the skyscraper were shot.

Gallery

  • A view of the walls

    A view of the walls

  • View from the "skyscraper" window

    View from the "skyscraper" window

  • View from the street (1913)

    View from the street (1913)

  • View from the 12th floor of the "skyscraper" (1914)

    View from the 12th floor of the "skyscraper" (1914)

  • 1910s

    1910s

  • View from a distance

    View from a distance

  • View from Soviet Square (1925 year)

    View from Soviet Square (1925 year)

  • Ginsburg's house can be seen above (1920s)

    Ginsburg's house can be seen above (1920s)

  • The tower of the house (1932)

    The tower of the house (1932)

  • Remains of the house (1941)

    Remains of the house (1941)

  • Exploded building

    Exploded building

  • Photo-description of an exploded skyscraper

    Photo-description of an exploded skyscraper

  • (1 July 1942 year)

    (1 July 1942 year)

  • 1944 year

    1944 year

  • View of the blown-up skyscraper from the plane

    View of the blown-up skyscraper from the plane

References

  1. ^ "Первый небоскреб". www.socmart.com.ua. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  2. ^ "КАРУСЕЛЬ... ОЛЕКСАНДР МУРАШКО — ХУДОЖНИК КОЛЬОРУ". Зеркало недели | Дзеркало тижня | Mirror Weekly. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  3. ^ "Битва за Украину: как Антанта уступила УНР Германии". hvylya.net (in Russian). 2015-01-27. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  4. ^ admin. "Секретный Киев: Небоскреб Гинзбурга | Заметкин" (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  5. ^ "Wayback Machine". web.archive.org. 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2022-10-20.

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