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St. Alexander’s Roman Catholic Church

The Kyiv Roman Catholic Church of St. Alexander was conceived as a monumental temple commemorating Russia’s victory in the 1812 war against Napoleon and honoring the visit of Emperor Alexander I to Kyiv. The emperor ordered that the site for the church be allocated between Old Kyiv, Podil, and Pechersk.

Construction of the church, founded in 1817, proceeded in several stages and was completed only in 1849. The original design was prepared by architect Ludwig Piller, but for various reasons his project was not executed. The main construction work took place between 1824 and 1833, after which it was suspended until 1836. That year, architect Franciszek Miechołowicz developed two new design variants, one of which was implemented.

The church was designed in the Classical style. In plan, it forms a square structure crowned with a central dome and two towers. The main entrance is accentuated by a portico. Among the church’s most treasured relics are a crucifix brought from Italy and an exquisite copy of Raphael’s Madonna of Foligno.

The final construction phase lasted from 1836 to 1842. The works were initially supervised by architect Vincenzo Beretti, later by city architect Ludwik Stanzani. The project was largely funded by landowner A. Sovetsky, and the church was consecrated in 1842.

In 1937, the church was closed as a place of worship. In 1952, part of the building was converted into a planetarium, while other sections were assigned to the Historical Library of the Ministry of Culture of the Ukrainian SSR. In 1991, the church was returned to the Catholic community, regaining its status as a functioning parish and one of the key historical and architectural landmarks of Kyiv.

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Building of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR. Memorial Building Where Academician Mykola M. Krylov Worked (1929–1951)

The building was constructed in several stages, gradually acquiring its present complex plan configuration. Despite the different construction periods, the building presents a cohesive architectural appearance, as all stages were executed under the direction of the same architect, who adhered to a consistent Classical stylistic approach. It was originally designed to house the Women’s Ministerial Gymnasium (Olha Gymnasium), which since 1894 had been located at 4 Tereshchenkivska Street.

The architect was Pavlo Alyoshyn. Construction proceeded in multiple phases and was completed in 1927–1928, when the building was transferred to the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (later the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR). In 1936, a fourth storey was added above part of the volume along Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Street.

Due to the slope of the terrain, the building is three to four storeys high. It has a complex plan layout with an internal corridor system. The base (plinth) is faced with reddish-brown granite, and the walls are brick, plastered. The compositional structure is asymmetrical, enriched with a monumental corner volume at the intersection of Volodymyrska and Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Streets, a risalit with a tower along Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Street, and a cour d’honneur with a central arched passage on the Tereshchenkivska Street side.

From 1929 to 1951, the building housed the office of Academician Mykola Mykolaiovych Krylov, a prominent mathematician and mechanic, making it not only an architectural landmark but also a memorial site of Ukraine’s scientific history.