Zaporizhzhia - Mykhailo Mordovskoi, Pavlo Kravchuk

Situated on an ancient trading route on the banks of the River Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia was a small provincial town until the construction of its railway station in 1873 put it on the map as an industrial centre. The Dnipro Hydroelectric Station (1932) turned it into an important hub for the metallurgical industry and eventually into one of the largest cities in Ukraine. This guide, written by two local architectural historians and preservation activists, focuses on Sobornyi Avenue, the 11-kilometre-long... Zobrazit více