<p><br />

A dynamic and rich picture of<br />

Khreshchatyk in winter. On the left, there is a typical Khreshchatyk<br />

house, entirely occupied by trading offices and shops. The whole<br />

façade is completely, from top to bottom, covered with billboards<br />

reading “The Illusion Theatre”, “Photographer Kozlovsky”,<br />

“Galoshes”, “Furniture”, “Clothes”, “Glasses”. Over<br />

the “Galoshes” billboard one can see the star of David; it often<br />

appeared in newspaper advertisements and on signboards to indicate<br />

that a certain company was owned by a Jewish merchant. On the right,<br />

one can see tram tracks and an electric tram with a rod between the<br />

tracks (a current collector). The carriageway is in the middle; the<br />

sidewalk is not separated by a kerb or a kind of limiter and seems to<br />

be lower than the carriageway. <br />

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