Recently constructed housing in Kharkiv for Soviet military officers

Description

Creator

Wienerberger, Alexander, 1891-1955, Photographer

Media Type

Image

Text

Item Types

Photographs

Photograph albums

Description

Wienerberger shows here the modern, relatively well-constructed housing that has been built for the Soviet military. This stands in stark contrast to what ordinary workers had to endure at that time, as presented in several other of his photographs in this Directory.

For further information on: The situation for Urban Residents and Industrial Workers, 1932-1933, see "Context Note" under Related Features at right.

Notes

Photo source: Wienerberger, Alexander. Das Arbeiterparadies. U.d.S.S.R. (also known as the Red Album). Unpublished and undated album in the private collection of Samara Pearce. p.4a.

For further details and a listing of originals and versions published through 1939 with their captions, see Related Features at right.

Inscriptions

Handwritten caption on photo: “Offizierskaserne in Charkov” [Officers barracks in Kharkiv]

Date of Original

spring-summer 1933

Image Dimensions

Image Width: 23cm
Image Height: 17cm

Subject(s)

City and town life
Housing
Officers' quarters
Famine (Ukraine : 1932-1933)
Holodomor

Local identifier

PD139

Collection

Alexander Wienerberger: Beyond the Innitzer album

Language of Item

German

Geographic Coverage

Kharkiv

Kharkiv, Ukraine

Latitude: 49.98081 Longitude: 36.25272

Copyright Statement

Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.

Copyright Holder

Samara Pearce https://www.samarapearce.com/

Recommended Citation

Wienerberger, Alexander. 1933. “Offizierekaserne in Charkov.” Das Arbeiterparadies. U.d.S.S.R. (also known as the Red Album). Private collection of Samara Pearce, n.d. p.4a. Retrieved from: http://vitacollections.ca/HREC-holodomorphotodirectory/3636335/data

Location of Original