OLEXANDER KOSHYTS STREET

Olexandr Koshyts
(1875 – 1944)
A famous conductor, a great talented composer, he was born on August 30th in the village of Romashka, Kanivskyi district, the land of T. Shevchenko and Nechyi-Levytskyi.
From 1909 O. Koshyts conducted the Choir of Kyiv University. From 1919 he is the conductor of Kyiv Opera. In 1919 he organized the Ukrainian State Choir.
He moved to New-York City in 1912 where he collected liturgical music, arranged and popularized Ukrainian folk music. He also documented the choir’s travels in the memoirs “With Song Round the World”. In 1941 he spent his summer months teaching in Winnipeg, Canada, since that time he had been living there. He died in 1944 at the age of 69.
The personal archive of O. Koshyts remains in the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRAVEL ALONG THIS STREET?
The perfect combination of dwelling houses and official institutions, greenery and entertainment centres, shops and trading centres, public services, markets and traffic make this street unusually beautiful and comfortable. It looks great in all seasons.
At the beginning of the street there is a huge car garage where you can park your own car. Not very far from it the State Police Station and the State Tax Inspection are situated. Both of them have modern design.
Specialized school #296 and the Gymnasium “Dialogue” are situated on the opposite side.
Some metres ahead the State Administration is working and ruling, solving all life important questions of Darnytskyi District.
A very comfortable café- bar opens heartily its doors to the visitors, offering dishes of different national cuisines.
Some banks are ready to serve the clients, among them are “Prominvest Bank”, “UkrSim Bank”, “Pro Credit Bank”.
While walking along the street you come to “Aquarium” where different kinds of fishes are offered to the customers.
The salon of beauty “Faberlic – Ukraine” is a aplace where women like to spend time in order to keep fit.
The shop “Rexwood” orders trendy and fashionable furniture for the interiors of your flats.
The inhabitants are very friendly and they love their native street very much. The street is very compact and comfortable.
Come and see all sights of the street with your own eyes. It’s really worth seeing and visiting! You will be really greatly impreesed1.

Derugina Anastasia, 10-B Form, 16 years old
Grinash Volodymyr, 10-A Form, 16 years old

Mykola Bazhan Street

Would you like to know some facts or information about Mykola Bazhan Street? It is situated between ‘Kharkivska’ Metro station and Metro station ‘Posniaky’. This new residential district was built not so long ago. All buildings are new and some of them are being built now. There are no private houses or cottages. Most of them are dwelling houses with some stores on the ground floor, also there are schools and some kindergartens. A big supermarket ‘Piramida’ is situated in this street. Near the road there are young trees and bushes. In spring and summer they create a beautiful park, but not so big. Across the road there is a beautiful lake, much greenery nearby makes it especially admirable in spring and summer. One of the most attractive places is a wooden church near the lake. All kinds of vehicles run up and down the prospect: lorries, taxis, buses, private cars. You may walk along the street to do window shopping and ‘see what’s going on’. Many inhabitants living in this street have a dog; they like to spend their free time in the park. There are no industrial enterprises here. To sum up, I would like to say that there are a lot of things to see here.
Казімко Антон, 10-Б клас, 16 років

WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?

Mykola Bashan was born on October 9th, 1904 in Kamianets-Podilsky, died on November 23 1983 in Kyiv. He is a poet, a writer, a translator, a political and culture figure, a full member of the Academy of Sciences. One of the most prominent representatives of the literary renaissance of the 1920s, he wrote screenplays, edited the journal ‘Cinema”.
With the outbreak of war in 1941 Bazhan emerged as a leading political figure. He was the editor of the newspaper “Za Radiansky Ukrainu” and the head of the Writers’ Union of Ukraine. From 1958 he headed the editorial board of the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia publishing house and served as the editor-in-chief of many of its publications.

Let’s walk!

There are some interesting facts about Bazan Street. The first name of this street was New Street. You know famous Ukrainian a poet Mykola Bazan, so now the street is called after his name.
There are many wonderful cafes, restaurants, some
places where you can have a meal! One of the most famous and favourite places to have a meal is a fast food restaurant McDonald’s. All
inhabitants like this place where they can taste
very delicious food.

If you have a date and need
flowers for your girlfriend, you may visit a flower shop “ Flora” where you can buy different kinds of flowers from all over the world.
The community service system is developed. You can go along the street by buses and mini-buses №407,45(long),220 and others.
The underground stations Vyrlytsia, Kharkivska, Pozniaky, Osokorky and Slavutych are also in Bazan Street.
A new church was built in the street not so long ago. Here you can think about your problems.
Bazan Street is situated in a new residential district.
You can see many new high-storeyed buildings with a lot of inhabitants in them! As a rule new houses are built of glass and concrete. They give the street an attractive and picturesque appearance.
The traffic in the street is very heavy.
All kinds of vehicles ride up and down Bazan Street: lorries, taxes, private cars. Finally, speaking about this street I would like to mention if you are looking for a silent place Bazan Street isn’t for you.
Inhabitants living in this street are proud
of it and
YOU ARE WELCOME
TO
BAZAN STREET!

Олекса Сергій, 16 років, 10 - А клас

WHAT’S IN YOUR NAME?

You are welcome to Lev Revutskyi Street!

Lev Mykolayovych Revutskyi (1889 – 1997), born in the village of Irzhavets, (Chernigiv region) on February 20, 1889.
The music of this composer is an original world of national music. It is original by its unique harmonic beauty. We can see unsurpassed melodious examples in his works.
The creative work of Lev Revutskyi is one of the meaningful achievements of Ukrainian culture. He went into history as an outstanding composer, teacher, scientist, music and public figure. High professionalism, brightly expressed national character of the creative work, honesty, devotion to the favourite target made him original and unique in Ukrainian culture. His important contribution is clearly seen in the genre of processing of folk songs. In his creative heritage there are nearly 120 original works. The life and his activity can truly be an example hearted devotion to his Motherland, to his nation for many generation ahead.

If you want to visit Kyiv which is a picturesque set of parks , streets , sights , places for rest , then ‘You are Welcome !’ Revytskyi street is named after a well-known Ukrainian composer.
The street has many modern constructions. For example , a big supermarket, the entertaining centre ,a net of restaurants, the centres of consumer services. In this street the regional tax inspection and police station are located . Fine restaurants in which cuisine of different countries of the world is presented , meet the clients. The restaurant ‘ Fisherman’ is one of them . it is located on the shore of the lake ‘ Sunny’. The lake occupies a lot of place with the picturesque scenery around . this is a popular place to rest either in winter or in summer . there are a lot of road crosses, underground passages . on one crossroad there is the underground station ‘ Kharkivska’.
Speaking about this street I would like to mention the beauty of nature in the street . I recommend you to travel on foot as the traffic is very heavy . the inhabitants are proud of their street. So, I invite you to visit this street and I think that it will not disappoint you.

Galyna Sotnichenko, 10-B Form

Ludmyla Vydyborets, 10-A Form

WHAT’S IN YOUR NAME?

I invite you to travel around the street which is named after the greatest person of Ukraine

Olexandr Verbytskyi
Coordinator: Kyznetsova Galyna Ivanivna,
English Language Teacher
Gymnasium #267


Olexander Verbytskyi
(1875-1958)

Olexander Verbytskyi is an outstanding Ukrainian architect, engineer, teacher.
National Bank of UkraineHe was born in Sevastopol into the family of a technical builder. O.Verbytskyi got his primary education in a non-classical secondary school. In 1898 he graduated from the Institute of Civil Engineers in St.Petersburg and he was a very talented student. He got two golden and one silver medals during the study at the institute. Also his name was put down on the honourable marble table as one of the most prominent students.

Verbytskyi moved to Kyiv after the graduation of the institute. He took part in the building of the complex of the Polytechnical institute and Kyiv Opera and Ballet House.

In 1901 he designed the principal front of the National Bank of Ukraine. A lot of multistoried buildings, hospitals and other buildings were erected by the design of Olexander Verbytskyi.
Verbytskyi took part in the creation of Architectural Institute, which was later reorganized into Kyiv National Institute of Arts, where he taught architectural design. From 1937 till 1953 he governed the studio of architectural design. In 1937 he got the academic title of Professor.
But the most remarkable building, which was designed by Verbytskyi, is a railway station in Kyiv, the biggest transport building in the Soviet Union.

Olexander Verbytskyi taught famous architects, such as Shteynberg, Zabolotny, Yurchenko, Grabosky and others. Olexander Verbytskyi was a well-educated, creative, indefatigable personality.
He felt new and got inspiration from it.
Olexander Verbytskyi was buried at the Luk’yanivsky cemetery.

Olexander Verbytskyi Street

I would like to tell you about the street, which is named after the
great architect Olexander Verbytskyi. It is not a long street. It is a
common street in the dormitory area,
but there are a lot of trees, flower-beds there, so it is very
beautiful and admirable in spring and summer. Inhabitants living in this street like to spend their free time in the Park of Soldiers-Internationalists, where there is a monument to the soldiers (dead & alive) who served in Afghanistan. Speaking about this street I would like to mention beautiful green paths with chestnut trees along the roads. If you are interested in shopping,
you can visit numerous shops, supermarkets. For example "Velyka kyshenia"or "Furshet", where you can buy everything you want or visit
many other shops, for example "Smachna khatka", where beautiful clothes and things are sold or if you like markets, there are two markets, where you can find everything from socks to apples. Near "Furshet" there is another supermarket, a book supermarket, which is called "Bukva". If you'd like to spend your free time in the cafe or a bar, you are welcome to the cafe "Teremok" or "Grot", which are near the shop of household goods "Kopilka". Also there is a small Christian church near the local polyclinic for adults and a lot of schools are situated in this street. There are a lot of nine/sixteen-storeyed dwelling houses, where a lot of people live.

Also there are a lot of hairdresser's, some small dentist
cabinets.
So, I advise you to take a walking tour of
this street and you won't be disappointed.

Leader: Zayanchykovska Anastasia, 10-A Form
Helpers: Lysak Kateryna, 10-B Form
Kulish Natalia, 10-V Form