Kiev XIX century in the selection of photos

The cultural and educational life of Kiev became complicated after the signing of the first Valuev Circular in 1863, and later - the Ems decree in 1876.

But unlike the past centuries, for the first time Kievites had the opportunity to develop their city in peaceful conditions. The local authorities paid attention not only to the development of the historic Podil and Starokievskaya mountains, but also the development of the infrastructure of the outskirts of the city - Bessarabka, Khreshchatyk, Pechersk and others.

The main street of Kiev was Vladimirskaya, and the center of business life - contract fairs on Kontraktova Square.

In the 19th century, the first university and the opera house appeared in Kiev, telephone and telegraph will be carried out, the Kiev tram movement started. But despite the liberal socio-economic policy, the imperial government carried out a hard Russification of the local Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish population.