Kharkiv

Gogol street

Streets

Description

  • One of the few quiet areas in the city center, featuring a variety of cultural phenomena, it contains
  • Its length - less than 1 km
  • It is named after Nikolai Gogol - Ukrainian writer, playwright, poet, critic and journalist

A small street is parallel with respect to the central streets of the city - Sumy. One of the few quiet areas in the city center, featuring a variety of cultural events, which it contains. Its length - less than 1 km. It is named after Nikolai Gogol - Ukrainian writer, playwright, poet, critic and journalist, and, in combination, one of the most mystical and mysterious representatives of the literary process of the first half of the XIX century.

A small street is parallel with respect to the central streets of the city - Sumy. One of the few quiet areas in the city center, featuring a variety of cultural events, which it contains. Its length - less than 1 km. It is named after Nikolai Gogol - Ukrainian writer, playwright, poet, critic and journalist, and, in combination, one of the most mystical and mysterious representatives of the literary process of the first half of the XIX century.

How to get there?

The 10-15 minute walk from Gogol located metro station "Historical Museum", "Constitution Square" and "University". More quickly reachable by taxi stops and trolley "House Salamander" and "Opera Theatre. Lysenko. "

And also nearby

HISTORY

  • Roman Catholic Church - the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary - was opened on Gogol Street in the late XIX century, the author of the project was BG Mikhailovsky
  • On the street there was also formerly Garden printers
  • His last name street received in 1909 to the centenary of the birth of Nikolai Gogol

For some time the street was called Malosumskaya (or Malo-Sumy), Kokoshkinsky Lane. Lutheran church stood on it until the 50s of the 20th century, since it was in this region, adjacent to the Mironositsky cemetery, that many foreigners lived.

The Soviet government decided to demolish the church due to its external “bourgeois excess”, and in its place built a typical residential building, popularly referred to as the “Stalin”. The Roman Catholic Church - the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary - was opened on Gogol Street at the end of the 19th century, and B. G. Mikhailovsky became the author of the project. In 1938, the rector of the temple was shot, and the church turned into a film distribution base for many years. The third male and female Ascension schools were built on this street at the end of the 19th century. On the street previously there was also a Garden of Printers.

For some time the street was called Malosumskaya (or Malo-Sumy), Kokoshkinsky Lane. Lutheran church stood on it until the 50s of the 20th century, since it was in this region, adjacent to the Mironositsky cemetery, that many foreigners lived.

The Soviet government decided to demolish the church due to its external “bourgeois excess”, and in its place built a typical residential building, popularly referred to as the “Stalin”. The Roman Catholic Church - the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary - was opened on Gogol Street at the end of the 19th century, and B. G. Mikhailovsky became the author of the project. In 1938, the rector of the temple was shot, and the church turned into a film distribution base for many years. The third male and female Ascension schools were built on this street at the end of the 19th century. On the street previously there was also a Garden of Printers.

INTERESTING FACTS

  • Quiet street, named after the mystical writer, loved by local graffiti artists, so abandoned the walls are constantly replenished with new unusual image
  • Home plate with the number 2 is decorated with portraits of Gogol and Gogol .... Thus, surely, building owners would like to emphasize the symbolic and mystical essence of the writer's works. It is because of this "visualized joke" is a very popular place for photos
  • In the Garden of printers, which opened in 1927, it was built clubhouse. Now it is used Russian Drama Theatre. AS Pushkin
  • Quiet street, named after the mystical writer, loved by local graffiti artists, so abandoned the walls are constantly replenished with new unusual image
  • Home plate with the number 2 is decorated with portraits of Gogol and Gogol .... Thus, surely, building owners would like to emphasize the symbolic and mystical essence of the writer's works. It is because of this "visualized joke" is a very popular place for photos
  • In the Garden of printers, which opened in 1927, it was built clubhouse. Now it is used Russian Drama Theatre. AS Pushkin