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A view of the Nova Budova area in the

second half of the nineteenth century. With the emergence of the

train station and the St. Volodymyr university main building (1843)

an active building up of Kyiv’s outskirts, located along the Lybid

river, was started. The photo is taken from Shuliavska (now Lva

Tolstoho) street. We can see private mansions on this street, as well

as on Zhylianska and Mariinsko-Blahovishchenska streets situated

farther. Till the end of the nineteenth century multistoried

buildings – rented apartment houses for the most part – were

built on their place. Farther, behind private houses, one can see the

train station with its tracks, storehouses and workshops. Behind the

train station, there are several public buildings of the so-called

Railway Colony, as well as the hill of the Solomianka area, which was

settled later. The Kyiv St. Volodymyr Military School can be seen at

a distance on the left.</p><p><i>Olga Martyniuk</i></p>