Vladislav Gorodetsky — the builder of modern Kyiv

Vladislav Gorodetsky — the builder of modern Kyiv

1993, 19 min

Ukrainian Television Film Studio, 1993.

The film is dedicated to the biography of the Ukrainian architect Vladislav Gorodetsky and his legacy.

On the video: photo archive of Gorodetsky, photos from African expeditions; landscapes of Kyiv, architectural creations of Gorodetsky, House with Chimeras and Church of St. Nicholas from close angles.

Reference: Vladislav Vladislavovich Gorodetsky — Ukrainian architect of Polish origin, representative of the modern style in the architecture of Kyiv of the late 19th — early 20th centuries. The author of more than 30 buildings in Ukraine, among which — House with Chimeras, Church of St. Nicholas, Karaite Kenasa. In the 1920s he worked in Poland, and since 1928 — the chief architect of the Persian Railway in Iran.