Kyiv half a century ago (51 photos)

Category: Nostalgia, PEGI 0+
29 April 2009
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Shevchenko Boulevard, autumn 1941
(the boulevard has had its current name since 1919)


The post-war population of Darnitsa lived in such dugouts, 1950.


Supreme Council, 1941


Rusanovka during the flood in April 1970


Vladimirsky descent, late 1950s


Post-war restoration of Khreshchatyk, 1950


In the background is a circus under construction (Victory Square), 1959.


Dnieper embankment. In the place where the supports of the old chain bridge are visible in the photo, there is now a Metro Bridge (early 1960s).


Leninsky Komsomol Square (now European Square), 1950s


Same square, 1970


Behind the photographer is the Chernigovskaya metro station, December 1970


Development of Bereznyakov, view from Entuziastov Street, November 1967


Cinema Kyiv, early 1960s


German column on the corner of Krasnoarmeyskaya (now Bolshaya Vasilkovskaya) and Zhilyanskaya streets


Khreshchatyk, 1944


Leningradskaya Square, November 1958


Metro Plant Bolshevik (now Shulyavskaya), 1962


Paton Bridge, 1959


Dnieper embankment (now Naberezhnoe Highway), 1959


Some kind of park, I can’t say more. This is how our ancestors rested 50 years ago.


Crossroads of Kharkov highway and Hasheka street, August 1962


Leninsky Komsomol Square (now European Square), view of the Intourist Hotel (the modern name of the hotel is Dnepr), 1962


October Revolution Square (now - Maidan Nezalezhnosti - Independence Square), May 1985


Victory Square, 1960s


Stalin Square, May 1947. In 1961 it will be renamed Lenin Komsomol Square, and in 1991, already in independent Ukraine, the square will return one of its historical names - European (as it was called from 1851 to 1869)


Victory Square, 1961



Mira Avenue, 1963


Mira Avenue in front of Leningradskaya Square, 1959. On the left behind the fence these days there is a department store (or already a shopping complex) "Darnitsa"


Ruins of the Chain Bridge, 1943-44.


Near Shevchenko University, intersection of Vladimirskaya and Tolstoy streets, 1978


Fireworks over the Pedestrian Bridge, 1960s


Svyatoshino, 1959


Social advertising, 1970s


Dnepr metro station, 1965



Komsomolskaya metro station (now Chernigovskaya)


Dnepr metro station, 1960


University metro station, 1960


Construction of the Kievan Rus cinema, 1981

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Construction of the Dnepr metro station, late 1950s


This is what the Dnieper Embankment looked like in 1942. In the distance is the destroyed Chain Bridge


Darnitsa, 1967


This was the Dnepr metro station in the first 5 years of its operation, June 1961


Kalinin Square, 1960s. That’s what Maidan Nezalezhnosti was called in those years.


This is what Pobeda Avenue looked like in the 1960s


Vladimirskaya Street, spring 1944


The same Vladimirskaya already in the summer of 1959


Comintern Street, 1959. In the distance - Central Railway Station


Uritsky Street, 1959


Shevchenko University and student youth, 1957


Dnieper Embankment, 1955


Dnieper Embankment and Trukhanov Island, 1957

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17 comments
4obotok
29 April 2009
155 comments
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red_heart red_heart red_heart Люблю Київ
нота беня
29 April 2009
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что-то слезы навернулись...
а вы заметили, как мало машин на дорогах?? baffle
Grabak112
29 April 2009
74 comments
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и много трамваев.... surrender
tean
29 April 2009
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класс still_dreaming
Rhodes
29 April 2009
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Супер!! red_heart
rom4ik89
29 April 2009
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И все машини советские.
Люблю Киев.
Brainfucker
30 April 2009
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И рекламы нету! Ни одного долбанного щита, ни одного объявления на столбах, ни мусора под ногами crying2 red_heart хочу туда, хоть на пол дня...
Marklar
30 April 2009
68 comments
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red_heart тошо нада!)
andrulik
30 April 2009
38 comments
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я ЛЮБЛЮ этот Город! red_heart
kattie
30 April 2009
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супер. так красиво. интересно сохранилась ли булыжная мостовая на
Крещатике. она ещё вроде под уклоном была.
Brigante
30 April 2009
7 comments
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И рекламы нету! Ни одного долбанного щита, ни одного объявления на столбах, ни мусора под ногами хочу туда, хоть на пол дня.

Поедь в село...
Brainfucker
2 May 2009
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Brigante поедь в жопу!
Brainfucker
2 May 2009
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нефиг гадить на мои светлые чувства doubt
Serhio
2 May 2009
462 comments
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Круто !!!
Спасибо большое за такую подборку surrender
Киев red_heart
Да Пох
16 November 2009
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мост метро видно платформу поворотную спс за фото Киев папа респект !!!
Mardoc
17 December 2012
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GTI2, ну да, тебе в твоем сраном казахстане только говно козлов с гор собирать))) Скачай фильм "Борат" и посмотри всей семьей
teplo1996
17 December 2012
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строили люди, которые получают сейчас нищую пенсию..
Спасибо, страна!
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