Kharkiv

The Land Bank Building

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Description

  • By the 350th anniversary of Kharkiv, two sculptural images of lions were installed in front of the entrance to the building.

The building of the Land Bank according to the project of AN Beketova was built in 1897 in the Neo-Renaissance style, has a large scale of divisions and a wealth of sculptural finishes. The building visually fixes the beginning of the square from the side of Sumskaya Street. The decorative forms of the building, its representativeness and strict symmetry corresponded to the tastes of the commercial elite of that era. The impressive two-storey building with large arched windows is topped by a massive figured parapet. The high rusted plinth, the complicated rhythm of the semi-columns of the second floor are complemented by a wealth of stucco details. Faceted rusts, arched openings, semi-columns of the Ionic order, cartouches, female statues, bas-reliefs, mascarons, a wide frieze decorated with floral ornaments are used in the decoration of the facades. The interiors of the operating room, which was illuminated with natural light, and the shareholders' meeting room, which was located on the second floor, were made in the same style. By the 350th anniversary of Kharkiv, two sculptural images of lions were installed in front of the entrance to the building.

The building of the Land Bank according to the project of AN Beketova was built in 1897 in the Neo-Renaissance style, has a large scale of divisions and a wealth of sculptural finishes. The building visually fixes the beginning of the square from the side of Sumskaya Street. The decorative forms of the building, its representativeness and strict symmetry corresponded to the tastes of the commercial elite of that era. The impressive two-storey building with large arched windows is topped by a massive figured parapet. The high rusted plinth, the complicated rhythm of the semi-columns of the second floor are complemented by a wealth of stucco details. Faceted rusts, arched openings, semi-columns of the Ionic order, cartouches, female statues, bas-reliefs, mascarons, a wide frieze decorated with floral ornaments are used in the decoration of the facades. The interiors of the operating room, which was illuminated with natural light, and the shareholders' meeting room, which was located on the second floor, were made in the same style. By the 350th anniversary of Kharkiv, two sculptural images of lions were installed in front of the entrance to the building.

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HISTORY

  • The bank was built by order of AK Alchevsky - an industrialist and entrepreneur, as well as an educator and philanthropist.

In connection with the economic development of the city of Kharkov in the late XIX - early XX, various financial institutions were actively built here. One of them is the Land Bank, the building of which is located in the city center. The bank was built by order of A.K. Alchevsky - an industrialist and entrepreneur, as well as an educator and philanthropist. It was he who founded the Land Bank with an authorized capital of one million rubles. The bank was built in 1894-1897. To study the experience of building banks in Europe, the author of his project is A.N. Beketov - went abroad, where he carefully examined similar structures in Germany, Austria-Hungary, France and Italy. A.N. Beketov got acquainted in detail with the specifics of the functional organization of the largest bank buildings: with the arrangement and location of operating rooms, work rooms, safes for storing valuables.

In connection with the economic development of the city of Kharkov in the late XIX - early XX, various financial institutions were actively built here. One of them is the Land Bank, the building of which is located in the city center. The bank was built by order of A.K. Alchevsky - an industrialist and entrepreneur, as well as an educator and philanthropist. It was he who founded the Land Bank with an authorized capital of one million rubles. The bank was built in 1894-1897. To study the experience of building banks in Europe, the author of his project is A.N. Beketov - went abroad, where he carefully examined similar structures in Germany, Austria-Hungary, France and Italy. A.N. Beketov got acquainted in detail with the specifics of the functional organization of the largest bank buildings: with the arrangement and location of operating rooms, work rooms, safes for storing valuables.

INTERESTING FACTS

  • Kharkov Land Bank was the first joint stock company in the Russian Empire. Funds from eighteen provinces passed through his accounts. The activity of one of the largest bankers, industrialist and philanthropist of those times - A.K. Alchevsky.
  • One of the bank's co-founders was professor-economist I.V. Vernadsky is the father of the famous scientist Vladimir Vernadsky, the author of the theory of the noosphere.
  • Kharkov Land Bank was the first joint stock company in the Russian Empire. Funds from eighteen provinces passed through his accounts. The activity of one of the largest bankers, industrialist and philanthropist of those times - A.K. Alchevsky.
  • One of the bank's co-founders was professor-economist I.V. Vernadsky is the father of the famous scientist Vladimir Vernadsky, the author of the theory of the noosphere.