Kharkiv under German occupation in 1918

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On March 3, 1918, the Brest Peace Treaty was signed between the Bolsheviks and the Germans, according to which the territory, together with Kharkov, was in the zone of German occupation.

Kharkiv under German occupation in 1918

At the beginning of April 1918, German detachments approached Kharkov. On April 7, the Germans entered the city from Yekaterinoslavskaya Street. Together with the Germans, the Zaporozhye Corps under the command of UNR Colonel P. Bolbochan entered Kharkov, who, with the consent of General Zurab Natiev, appointed the commander of the 4th Zaporozhye regiment named after B. as a temporary Kharkov provincial military commandant (with the duties of a provincial commissar). Khmelnitsky Colonel A. Shapoval.

Kharkiv under German occupation in 1918

1. The Annunciation Church. 1918.

Kharkiv under German occupation in 1918

2. Railway station. 1918.

Kharkiv under German occupation in 1918

3. The German Commandant's Office. 1918.

Kharkiv under German occupation in 1918

4. City Theater. 1918.

Kharkiv under German occupation in 1918

5. Ekaterinoslavskaya street. 1918.

Kharkiv under German occupation in 1918

6. Indoor market. 1918.

Kharkiv under German occupation in 1918

7. Moscow Merchant Bank. 1918.

Kharkiv under German occupation in 1918

8. St. Nicholas Church and the hotel "Metropol". 1918.

Kharkiv under German occupation in 1918

9. Pavlovskaya Square. In the background, the Assumption Cathedral. 1918.

Kharkiv under German occupation in 1918

10. University hill. 1918.

Kharkiv under German occupation in 1918

11. Management of the Southern Railway. 1919.

Keywords: 20th century | Archive | Occupation | Kharkiv

     

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