Library
Everything we have gathered about Kharkiv
Every frame of this film has a paper origin. Here are the editions themselves: photo albums, calendars and the publisher's standalone projects.
Photo albums
The big books this film is made of: archive photographs verified on site, and present-day frames taken from the very same spot.
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Kharkiv. Past and Present
Gabriel Mykhailov, Volodymyr Bysov
Postcards of the 1890s–1910s side by side with today's view. Opens with an address by the mayor and a gallery of the city's coats of arms.
2019 · 224 pages
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Kharkiv. The Capital of Constructivism
Compiled by G. Mykhailov, V. Bysov · text by O. Buriak
Photographs of 1925–1936: the government centre under construction, Derzhprom, the Slovo, Pilots' and Artists' houses.
2019 · 180 pages · Dim Reklamy · ISBN 978-966-2149-71-5
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The City That Survived the War
For the 65th anniversary of Victory
Documents and photographs of 1941–1943, including Bundesarchiv images with page-by-page attributions.
2010 · 103 pages
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Calendars
An annual series: twelve buildings, each with its story — the same research, only for the wall.
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Kharkiv. Facades 2026
Watercolours of buildings
Horokhov's Wedding Palace, the puppet theatre in Beketov's bank, the 1952 railway station — with a note on every building.
2026 · 12 sheets
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Kharkiv 2026. Past and Present
Bilingual
A calendar built on the same device as the albums: archive frame and present-day frame on one spread.
2026 · 13 sheets · bilingual
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Standalone projects
Editions that grew out of the city but live a life of their own.
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Katib Mamedov. Life in Sculpture
Bilingual edition
A sculptor whose works stand in the open air across the city. A standalone project outside the Kharkiv series.
2026 · 112 pages
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Metalist. 100 Years
In preparation
A century of the club the city built for itself in 1926, together with the stadium.
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