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December 21, 2023. The 666th day diabolical war in Ukraine. Hotel Leipzig (1900) is a legendary building located in the center of Kyiv.
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September 14, 2023. The 568th day of war in Ukraine. Statues of winged demons holding up the bay window above the front entrance. The "house with a spire" on the Golden Gate street.
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October 21, 2023. The 605th day of war in Ukraine. The bas-relief “Industry” is an arbitrary (?) copy of the high relief by Constantin Meunier, decorating the Brussels “Monument to Labor”. Kyiv.
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March 1, 2022. The 6 th day of war in Ukraine. "The enemy pretends with his lips, but in his heart he plots deceit. If he speaks in a gentle voice, do not believe him, because there are seven abominations in his heart." pr. 26:11
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November 18, 2023. The 633rd day of war in Ukraine. Previously, if the building was decorated with a lion's mouth, it meant that the owner of the house was a military man. However, over time, the function of mascarons became decorative. Kyiv.
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November 15, 2023. The 630th day of war in Ukraine. Two of six large female mascarons in the fourth-floor window jambs in the design of the building facade. In 1906, the poetess Anna Akhmatova lived in this house. Kyiv.
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October 17, 2023. The 601st day of war in Ukraine. Caryatids were widespread in ancient architecture and European architecture of the 17th-19th centuries. Kyiv.
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November 2, 2023. The 617th day of war in Ukraine. Yaroslaviv val 14 - an example of the architecture of profitable houses in the Art Nouveau style. The facade of the house is decorated with many decorative details on the theme of "Femme fatale". Kyiv.
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July 7, 2023. The 499th day of war in Ukraine. Prometheus on horseback carries fire to people. Figurative composition in the form of a relief insert on the wall of the Passage. Kyiv.
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July 8, 2023. The 500th day of war in Ukraine. Figurative composition in the form of a relief insert on the wall of the Passage. Kyiv.
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August 21, 2023. The 544th day of war in Ukraine. Dionysus. Figurative composition in the form of a relief insert on the wall of the Passage. Kyiv.
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September 15, 2023. The 569th day of war in Ukraine. Caryatids were widespread in ancient architecture and European architecture of the 17th-19th centuries. There are buildings in Kyiv in which bay windows or balconies support caryatids.
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January 26, 2024. The 702nd day of war in Ukraine. Caryatids were widespread in ancient architecture and European architecture of the 17th-19th centuries. There are buildings in Kyiv in which bay windows or balconies support caryatids.
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January 30, 2024. The 706th day of war in Ukraine. Neptune and Amphitrite. Figurative composition in the form of a relief insert on the wall of the Passage. Kyiv.
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February 8, 2024. The 715th day of war in Ukraine. Yaroslaviv val 14 - an example of the architecture of profitable houses in the Art Nouveau style. Kyiv.
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March 20, 2024. The 756th day of war in Ukraine. Columns and pilasters of the Corinthian order in the decorated façade of the building date back to the 20th century. Kyiv.