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Title

  • Kiev.

Summary

  • This album of postcards, published in Stockholm in the early 1900s, shows the major sites of Kiev as they appeared in the late-19th century and early 20th century. This was a time of rapid industrialization in the Russian Empire, when Kiev grew into a major trade and transport center. Many of the city's notable architectural monuments and educational and cultural institutions date from this period. The city's electric tram system, the first in the Russian Empire, began operations in 1892 with the purchase of two electric-powered trams that replaced older, horse-drawn cars. The cable car connecting the aristocratic upper city with the old commercial district of Podil (Podol) in the lower city was completed in 1905. The album includes views of the tram, the cable car, the Dnieper River with its quay and Nicholas Bridge, Saint Vladimir's Cathedral, Saint Sophia Cathedral, the Roman Catholic Saint Alexander's Church, the opera house, the museum, the university, the polytechnic institute, and the main thoroughfare, Kreshchatik (or Khreshchatyk), which appears as a prosperous street of shoppers and commercial buildings. Many of the structures shown in these views were destroyed in World War II, making the album a valuable document for the history of the city.

Created / Published

  • Stockholm : Joint Stock Company Granberg, [1905 to 1940]

Headings

  • -  Ukraine--Kiev
  • -  1905 to 1940
  • -  Bridges
  • -  Cable cars (Streetcars)
  • -  Cathedrals
  • -  Churches
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Dnieper River
  • -  Museums
  • -  Postcards
  • -  Street scenes
  • -  Theaters
  • -  Universities and colleges

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 album, 24 postcards : black and white.
  • -  Original resource at: Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine.
  • -  Content in French and Ukrainian.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Views of Kiev

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021669045

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Kiev. Kiev Ukraine, 1905. [Stockholm: Joint Stock Company Granberg, to 1940] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669045/.

APA citation style:

(1905) Kiev. Kiev Ukraine, 1905. [Stockholm: Joint Stock Company Granberg, to 1940] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669045/.

MLA citation style:

Kiev. [Stockholm: Joint Stock Company Granberg, to 1940] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669045/>.