A dynamic and rich picture of Khreshchatyk in winter. On the left, there is a typical Khreshchatyk house, entirely occupied by trading offices and shops. The whole façade is completely, from top to bottom, covered with billboards reading “The Illusion Theatre”, “Photographer Kozlovsky”, “Galoshes”, “Furniture”, “Clothes”, “Glasses”. Over the “Galoshes” billboard one can see the star of David; it often appeared in newspaper advertisements and on signboards to indicate that a certain company was owned by a Jewish merchant. On the right, one can see tram tracks and an electric tram with a rod between the tracks (a current collector). The carriageway is in the middle; the sidewalk is not separated by a kerb or a kind of limiter and seems to be lower than the carriageway.

Olga Martyniuk