Volodymyr Pokrovskyi

Volodymyr Pokrovskyi studied at Imperial Academy of Arts. Places of work recorded in the authority are Kharkiv, Warsaw and Moscow. Employment is recorded with Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute and Kharkiv Institute of Arts. Works named in the authority record are House with Chimeras, Church of the Holy Trinity, Kharkiv, Chernyshevska St. Distinctions recorded are Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class.

• Name — Volodymyr Mykolayovych Pokrovskyi • Birth Name — Покровський Володимир Миколайович • Born — 1864 • Birthplace — Kamianets-Podilskyi, Russian Empire • Place of death — Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR • Practice — architect, educator, professor • Education — Imperial Academy of Arts

• Illustration — Sculpture of architect Pokrovskyi on the House with Chimaeras, Kharkiv in Kharkiv Volodymyr Mykolayovych Pokrovskyi was born in 1864 in the city of Kamianets-Podilskyi. He graduated from the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg in 1888, receiving a gold medal. For his work "Embassy House," he was awarded the title of Class I Artist in 1890. After completing his studies, he worked for some time in Warsaw. Initially, he held the position of architect for the Warsaw-Chełm Eparchy, but left it following the revolutionary events of 1905 due to threats to his family's safety. He then worked for a time at the Moscow Land Survey Office. In 1906, he appealed to Arsenius (Bryantsev) with a request to be appointed diocesan architect. After the prolonged illness and subsequent death of his predecessor, architect Volodymyr Niemkin, he was appointed to the position in 1907. From the beginning of his activity in Kharkiv, Pokrovskyi became an active participant in the city's urban development. His first project was the Three Holy Hierarchs Church (Holberg Church). Later, he designed the bell tower of the Myronosytska Church, as well as the buildings of the Diocesan Museum, a library, a hotel, a House with Chimaeras, Kharkiv, and a number of mansions and apartment buildings. Pokrovskyi gained a reputation as an active and demanding architect: he purchased an automobile for travel throughout the governorate and became a member of the South Russian Automobile Club. He was one of the first Kharkiv residents to be fined for violating traffic regulations. In 1909, Pokrovskyi decided to construct an income-generating Pokrovskyi's apartment building in which he and his family would reside. Construction was completed in 1911, but due to financial difficulties, he sold the building to Heorhii Pitre in 1913, retaining one of the apartments as a tenant. From 1917, Pokrovskyi left his position as diocesan architect and began working alongside Academician Oleksiy Mykolayovych Beketov in the Consumer Society of Southern Russia. During the rule of the Volunteer Army, he served as a member of the Kharkiv City Duma, representing the Progressive Party. In the autumn of 1919, he delivered lectures (“Fundamentals of Masonry Construction”) at the Free Faculty of Arts, chaired by Professor F. Schmitt. In 1921, Pokrovskyi was accused of collaboration with the Volunteer Army, but all charges were later dropped. With his involvement, the architectural faculty of the Kharkiv Art Institute was established, and he was appointed professor there in 1922. From 1917 until his death, he also taught at the Kharkiv Technological Institute. • Illustration — Grave of V. Pokrovskyi at the 13th City Cemetery Volodymyr Pokrovskyi died on 4 April 1924. He was originally buried at the Ivano-Usiknenskyi Cemetery, but after its demolition, his grave was relocated to the 13th City Cemetery. His grave is designated a Historical monuments of Kharkiv (protection number 3267-KhA).

• 1889 – Store of the Żyrardów Manufactory (now part of the Pokrovskyi Monastery), 10 Universytetska Street, Kharkiv, heritage site No. 7454-KhA. Reconstruction in collaboration with Volodymyr Niemkin. • 1912 – Hotel, 7 Rizdvyana Street, heritage site No. 7361-KhA. • 1912 – Diocesan Museum of Antiquities (now the Radio Astronomy Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), 4 Mystetstv Street, heritage site No. 7227-KhA. • 1913 – Diocesan Girls' School, 79 Hryhorii Skovoroda Street, Kharkiv. • 1914 – Private Girls' Gymnasium, also known as the House with Chimaeras, Kharkiv (currently the educational building of the Kharkiv Academy of Arts), 79 Chernyshevska Street, heritage site No. 7491-KhA.

• 1911–1913 – Residential buildings, 8/1 and 8/2 Gareth Jones Street, heritage site No. 7388-KhA. Co-author: L. T. Lenevych. • 1913 – Residential building, 7 Kontorska Street, heritage site No. 7131-KhA. • 1913 – Pokrovskyi's apartment building, 66 Chernyshevska Street, heritage site No. 7490-KhA. • Illustration — link=Файл:Україна,_Харків,_вул._Університетська,_10_фото_1.JPG Żyrardów Manufactory store (1889), 10 Universytetska Street • Illustration — link=Файл:Готель_1912_р._02.jpg Hotel (1912), 7 Rizdvyana Street • Illustration — link=Файл:Будинок_(вул._Мистецтв,_4)_03.jpg Diocesan Museum of Antiquities (1912), 4 Mystetstv Street • Illustration — link=Файл:House_with_Chimeras_Kharkiv_1.jpg House with Chimeras (1914), 79 Chernyshevska Street • Illustration — link=Файл:66,_Chernyshevska_Street_-_Kharkiv.jpg Residential building (1913), 66 Chernyshevska Street

• 1912 – Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, 78 Kurylivska Street, heritage site No. 7181-KhA. Design by Volodymyr Niemkin. • 1914 – Three Holy Hierarchs Church, 101 Holbergivska Street, heritage site No. 7052-KhA. Design by Mykhailo Lovtsov. • Illustration — link=Файл:Церква_Казанской_Божьей_Матері_1912р,_вул.Ленінградська,78,_м.Харків,_м.Харків.JPG Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God (1912) • Illustration — link=Файл:Трьохсвятительська_церква1914_р.,вул.Першої_Кінної_Армії,101,_м.Харків.JPG Church of the Three Holy Hierarchs (1914), 101 Holbergivska Street