Architectural landmarks of Kharkiv's historic heart — each with its own fate.
The Cossack outpost from which the city grew.
A memorial chapel commemorating the imperial family.
The administrative seat of the Kharkov Governorate.
The city's first shopping centre.
The most fashionable hotel of pre-revolutionary Kharkiv.
A trading row on Sergiivska Square.
An expansion of the Sergiivskyy market.
The fur market — heart of the city's mercantile life.
A trading row along the Moscow line.
A Nativity spectacle — the Hill's pilgrim tradition.
One of the busiest crossings over the Lopan.
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.
