The National Public Radio Company of Ukraine is housed in a legendary building in the heart of Kyiv, whose address "Khreschatyk 26" was once the name for all Ukrainian television and radio. The four-storey building in the depth of the quarter was built in 1913-14 as a telephone exchange on the site of the post office. After the transfer of the capital of Ukraine from Kharkiv to Kyiv in 1934, a radio committee was located here. In 1941, the building was blown up by the retreating Red Army. In 1949-51, the reconstruction was carried out according to the project of architect V. Elizarov (author of the monument "Motherland", the building of the metro "Khreschatyk", the airport "Zhulyany", hotels "Kyiv" and "Dnipro"), a radio and te ...
Last update
11/28/2021
Categories | Museum / gallery |
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Address |
Khreshchatyk Street, 26
Kyiv |
Coordinates |
50.44882° N, 30.5216° E
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Phone | +380 44 239 6333, |
Official site |
http://nrcu.gov.ua/Museum |
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