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Existed under the City of Kharkiv still more than 355 years ago. Some source said the underpasses age going back to the pre-Mongolian period, 10th–12th centuries. Which means these are actually of the same age with the Kyivan Rus. In 1913–1914 a special commission of the City Council studied the underpasses found during the construction of the city sewage system. The teodolite survey and photographs of the underground cavities were made. The Commission studied all the underpasses, the existence of which was known then: both those just found and those which had already been used for a long time by enterprising merchants for storing various goods: textiles,wines and food. They explored underground galleries, rooms, passes and made up a preliminary description of what they saw. The NKVD-KGB secret police carefully recorded and placed on the secret list all the documents on the underpasses, especially after 1956 when a secret order on the underground caves, passes, shelters, etc. was issued, as the Soviet Union started to prepare bomb shelters in case of the nuclear war. Now some of these records kept at the Korolenko Scientific Library. In the 1990s it became an object of the study by Kharkiv Speleological Club “Variant-95”. Finally in 2005 on the title The Mysteries of the Underground Kharkiv was published, which provided all the information available at that time. Maybe very soon, not only the researchers and scientists, but all numerous tourists and the Kharkivites themselves will have a chance to experience the mystery of the underpasses.
Церковь Петра и Павла
Opened in 1866, built in Russian-Byzantine style. Stone temple with dome. Restored to 130-year anniversary, in 1996.
Blagoveschensky Church, Кафедральный собор Благовещения Пресвятой Богородицы (1888-1901)
Main Orthodox church of Kharkiv, built and consecrated at the turn of 20th century.
Хоральна синагога
The largest synagogue in Ukraine, today a centre of Jewish culture and life. 1912 building relegated deeper into a site on the grounds that it was necessary to measure the distance of 100 yards (213 meters) from the Orthodox Nicholas Church. It housed the Jewish workers' club named the Third International, 1941 - Children's Theater, later the building was voluntary sports organizations, "Spartacus." Since 1990 transferred to the Jewish community of the city. After a fire in 1998 the building was renovated and opened in 2003.
Церковь Рождества Христова и Сергия Радонежского
1998 was laid and consecrated stone of a new temple in honor of 2000 years of Christmas in the name of St. Sergius Radonez. January 17, 1999 was consecrated
Свято-Покровський монастир
Built in beginning of the 17th to the end of the 19th century, the oldest stone construction in Kharkiv and a monument of architecture of national significance. Ukrainian Baroque combined with Roman and Old-Russian motifs. Founded by the Cossacks, the Cathedral was erected in 1689 as part of the fortifications. The complex include: Ozeryanska church, 1896 designed as a basilica with high, narrow windows and its thick stone walls prove it was part of the city’s defensive fortifications, inside a copy of a miracle-working icon of Our Lady of Ozeriana what found in the Village of Ozeriana not far from Kharkiv in the mid-17th century; the Defense tower-bell tower, 1689; the Protection of the Virgin cathedral, 1689, in Ukrainian baroque style; the Bishop's house, 1820-1826, classicism style; the Seminary, 1912. In the 18th century here was the home for Kharkiv College. Being an educational institution of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy type, it trained students for religious and various secular activities. The Eparch’s House (1826), now the diocesan administration, a complex with monks cells. Part of it:.
Успенський собор
Orthodox church rebuilt several times, first in the 1770s, and later in the baroque style. The bell tower was the tallest building in the city until the 21st century, 1821-1844, in classicism style.