Kharkiv

Area poetry

Areas

Description

  • This area - one of the smallest, but the most famous, it is named after one of the types of verbal art - poetry Square
  • In the second half of the XVIII century, this area was a peculiar feature of the city, after it was located the ditch, and then - the shaft to form the protection of the Kharkiv fortress and its inhabitants from attack by the north-west

Kharkiv - almost the only city in Ukraine, where the square names are in honor of abstract categories. This area - one of the smallest, but the most famous, it is named after one of the types of verbal art - the area of poetry. In the second half of the XVIII century, this area was a peculiar feature of the city, after it was located the ditch, and then - the shaft to form the protection of the Kharkiv fortress and its inhabitants from attack by the north-west.

Kharkiv - almost the only city in Ukraine, where the square names are in honor of abstract categories. This area - one of the smallest, but the most famous, it is named after one of the types of verbal art - the area of poetry. In the second half of the XVIII century, this area was a peculiar feature of the city, after it was located the ditch, and then - the shaft to form the protection of the Kharkiv fortress and its inhabitants from attack by the north-west.

How to get there?

A 5-minute walk from the metro stations "Constitution Square" and the "Historical Museum". At the stop "Constitution Square" can be reached using the taxi number 78, 88, 89, 118, 217, 218, 219, 241, 249, 269, 272.

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HISTORY

  • This area is closely related to another small area - Theatre Square
  • Area Poetry has an unusual trapezoidal shape, since it was formed spontaneously as a result of the demolition of fortifications
  • The square Poetry converted gaze sculpture by Alexander Pushkin, famous Russian poet

This territory is in close contact with another small territory - the Theater Square. The square of Poetry has an unusual trapezoidal shape, since it was formed spontaneously, due to the demolition of a fortification.

At the end of the 18th century, one of the first, therefore, the most famous, grocery stores was erected on the square. Already at the beginning of the 19th century, trading activity was expanded, the square became a traditional place for selling firewood, therefore it received an unofficial name - Wood Square.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the first theater in Kharkiv was erected nearby. Grigory Kvitka-Osnovyanenko writes about the functioning of the theater in his memoirs. He mentions that the orchestra at the theater was the best among the neighboring provinces, and the troupe consisted of 40 actors and 20 masters of ballet art. In the middle of the XIX century the building of a new stone building of the theater was erected on the Sumskaya street, and the old, wooden, burned down in a fire. The new theater could accommodate over a thousand people. Here such luminaries of the Ukrainian theater as Sadovsky, Saksagansky, Kropivnitsky and Zankovetskaya performed. Sara Bernard, Eleonora Duse and even the famous troupe of director Meyerhold came here from abroad.

This territory is in close contact with another small territory - the Theater Square. The square of Poetry has an unusual trapezoidal shape, since it was formed spontaneously, due to the demolition of a fortification.

At the end of the 18th century, one of the first, therefore, the most famous, grocery stores was erected on the square. Already at the beginning of the 19th century, trading activity was expanded, the square became a traditional place for selling firewood, therefore it received an unofficial name - Wood Square.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the first theater in Kharkiv was erected nearby. Grigory Kvitka-Osnovyanenko writes about the functioning of the theater in his memoirs. He mentions that the orchestra at the theater was the best among the neighboring provinces, and the troupe consisted of 40 actors and 20 masters of ballet art. In the middle of the XIX century the building of a new stone building of the theater was erected on the Sumskaya street, and the old, wooden, burned down in a fire. The new theater could accommodate over a thousand people. Here such luminaries of the Ukrainian theater as Sadovsky, Saksagansky, Kropivnitsky and Zankovetskaya performed. Sara Bernard, Eleonora Duse and even the famous troupe of director Meyerhold came here from abroad.

INTERESTING FACTS

  • Area Poetry (often even Kharkiv) is confused with the Theatre area, located next to the first.
  • At the intersection of the areas located Apartment house, a building with a semicircular bay window corner.
  • second informal name of the area common among the intelligentsia of the Kharkov - Area Mnemosyne. Mnemosyne - Titanides ancient Greek, goddess of memory, poetry and art. Some critics have gone further, and argue what would be the second name space: Calliope (muse of poetry epicheskoy) Euterpa (muse of lyric poetry) and Erato (muse of love poetry).
  • Kharkiv have long appropriated the status of this area of the smallest in the city, although the evidence for this yet.
  • Area Poetry (often even Kharkiv) is confused with the Theatre area, located next to the first.
  • At the intersection of the areas located Apartment house, a building with a semicircular bay window corner.
  • second informal name of the area common among the intelligentsia of the Kharkov - Area Mnemosyne. Mnemosyne - Titanides ancient Greek, goddess of memory, poetry and art. Some critics have gone further, and argue what would be the second name space: Calliope (muse of poetry epicheskoy) Euterpa (muse of lyric poetry) and Erato (muse of love poetry).
  • Kharkiv have long appropriated the status of this area of the smallest in the city, although the evidence for this yet.