Top of page

Photo, Print, Drawing View of the Podil Area of Kiev.

About this Item

Title

  • View of the Podil Area of Kiev.

Summary

  • This view of Podil (also known as Podol) is from Souvenir of Kiev, an early 20th-century album showing the main sites of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine and at that time one of the most important cities of the Russian Empire. The name Podil derives from an old Slavic word meaning "lowlands." Established before the city expanded into the surrounding hills, Podil stretches along the Dnieper River. It was where Kiev's trade, commerce, and industry originated and where craftsmen, merchants, and fishermen sold their wares. This image shows the area with its factories, churches, and homes and the busy quay with a paddle steamer, barges, and smaller boats along the river. Podil was gutted by a great fire in June 1811, which burned for three days destroying all the old wooden structures. Shown here is the reconstructed Podil, built according to the plan drawn up in 1812 by architects Geste and Melensky, as seen from Saint Alexander's Church. Some of the buildings Geste and Melensky designed are visible, as is their grid plan, which has both gracious thoroughfares and narrower streets. The 25 views in Souvenir of Kiev are collotypes, made using a chemically-based printing process widely employed before the invention of offset lithography.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1900 to 1920]

Headings

  • -  Ukraine--Kiev
  • -  1900 to 1920
  • -  Boats and boating
  • -  Churches
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Dnieper River
  • -  Factories
  • -  Street scenes

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 photomechanical print : collotype.
  • -  Original resource at: Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine.
  • -  Content in German and French and Russian.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Souvenir of Kiev

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021669049

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The Library of Congress is unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection. Absent any such restrictions, these materials are free to use and reuse. Researchers are encouraged to review the source information attached to each item. For information on contacting WDL partner organizations, see this archived list of partners

The Library asks that researchers approach the materials in this collection with respect for the culture and sensibilities of the people whose lives, ideas, and creativity are documented here.

Credit Line: [Original Source citation], World Digital Library

More about Copyright and other Restrictions

For additional information and contact information for many of the partner organizations, see this archived capture of the World Digital Library site from 2021.

For guidance about compiling full citations consult Citing Primary Sources.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

View of the Podil Area of Kiev. Ukraine Kiev, 1900. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1920] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669049/.

APA citation style:

(1900) View of the Podil Area of Kiev. Ukraine Kiev, 1900. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1920] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669049/.

MLA citation style:

View of the Podil Area of Kiev. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1920] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669049/>.