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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. 

</p><p><i>Olga Martyniuk</i></p>