Architectural landmarks of Kharkiv's historic heart — each with its own fate.
The Cossack outpost from which the city grew.
Pokrovsky's chapel on Sergievska Square — memorial to the murdered Alexander II.
The administrative seat of governorate Kharkov — from Yaroslavskyy to the House of the Red Army.
The city's first shopping centre.
Merchant Pavlov's hotel on Pavlovska Square — from French vice-consulate to Volunteer Army HQ.
Kokoshkin's first row on the burned-out Lopansky Bazaar — from Danilov through Pokrovsky to Shpigel.
A trading row whose second floor held the first public museum in Ukraine.
The fur market — heart of the city's mercantile life.
Pokrovsky's block of 26 shops on the western side of Sergievska Square.
Three lives of one rotunda: a Golgotha panorama, a skating rink, the Mayak cinema.
Mikhailovsky's 'hunchback' bridge, scene of the 1918 'Battle for the Kontorskyy Bridge'.
The mercantile heart of the Hill — the square framed by the Sergiivskyy Row.
An old lane from the Hill down to the Lopan, lined with merchants' townhouses.
A cast-iron pedestrian bridge next to the Old Passage.
The stone crossing from the Hill to the left bank of the Lopan.
A modest working market on the Hill's northern slope.
A walking strip along the crest of the Hill — the city from central Kharkiv's highest point.