What was Khreshchatyk like in the XIX—XX centuries? And where exactly did Mikhail Hrushevsky, Nikolai Lysenko, Taras Shevchenko live? Excerpt from the book of the historian with archival photos

In the spring of 2025, Igor Girich's book “Saksagansky, Vladimirsk, Khreshchatyk...” is published Girych is a Kyiv historian, editor-in-chief of the journal “Sights of Ukraine: History and Culture”. In the book, he describes how Kiev and its streets were several centuries ago, and complements the story with archival photos. Babel, with the permission of the publishing house “Vikhola”, publishes an excerpt about how Khreshchatyk was in the XIX—XX…