Kharkiv

The article explores the history of the Jewish community in Kharkiv and the role that synagogues played in its life. Focusing on the significance of synagogues as centers of spiritual and cultural life, the article emphasizes their importance in shaping the city's cultural landscape. Through the analysis of historical sources and documents, the article unfolds the process of the Jewish community's development in Kharkiv and the challenges it faced over the years.

The concept of architecture as Gesamtkunstwerk exemplifies a model for creating an artistic building’s  character.  This  article  explores  how  it  is  reflected  in  non-ecclesiastical  edifices  of  Volodymyr Pokrovsky (1863–1924) during the cultural Renaissance of the early twentieth century in Ukraine within the context of the fin de siècle’s architecture.