Kharkiv, Constructivism and the Soviet Legacy

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Katarzyna Kotyńska and Joanna Majewska discuss the Soviet roots of Kharkiv's spatial and urban planning, its cultural traditions. They also talk about the traces of the "executed revival"—a group of writers and architects active in the 1920s, the majority of whom were murdered by the NKVD.

What is the importance of natural resources, such as coal, for Kharkiv? Why did the city not share the fate of Donetsk? And what role did contemporary artists, e.g. Serhiy Zhadan, play in it? These are the questions discussed by Kotyńska and Majewska.

The starting point for the conversation is Roman Minin's work, "Cossack Kharko Greets All People".