In Kharkiv, two apartments in historic buildings have been redeemed. A prominent critic, essayist, and linguist Yurii Sheveliov lived in one of them, and writer Petro Lisovyi lived in the other. These apartments have not been redeemed for the sake of ‘luxury’ refurbishment: but for literary residencies that have already started operating in these apartments today. Writers, literary researchers, and other art activists settle in the historic apartments for a few weeks at a time, to create new cultural works in Kharkiv.
Ukrainer: New life of legendary Kharkiv apartments
An aerial view of the Svobody (Freedom) Square in Kharkiv shows the constructivist ensemble of buildings of the Derzhprom office center and Vasily Karazin Kharkiv National University.
