Lysychansk_Hogwarts
This work is done for a documentary film
Director A. Stoyanov works in France
In memory and remembrance:
2017. The city of Lysychansk in Luhansk region makes it to the top five finalists of a competition held annually with the support of the King of Belgium's fund, and receives the "Belgian Heritage Abroad Award 2017."
Let's travel back in time 150 years. It was then, in the second half of the 19th century, that the lands of eastern modern Ukraine, with their countless natural resources, cheap labor, and high-profit potential, became extremely attractive to European free capital. In particular — German, French, British, and Belgian. The representative of the latter was engineer and entrepreneur Ernest Solvay. In 1889, he decided to build a soda factory, and along with it — a settlement for employees and workers, designed by architects invited from Belgium.
The settlement included an administrative building for the factory, a director's house, a hospital and a chapel, a school for the workers' children, and a cafeteria that periodically served as a theater. 300 apartments were arranged for workers with families and 3 barracks for unmarried men, one of which soon became the building of the Lysychansk Gymnasium.
In fact, it was hardly ever a barrack. The building was constructed in 1895, and by the early 20th century, a women's gymnasium of the "Prosvita" society for the children of the management staff of the soda factory was opened here. Three stories high, made of stone, the walls were built of local sandstone, while the corners, cornices, and window and door frames were made of red ceramic bricks.
During the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-1921, it served as a military hospital, from 1923 the building was used for educational purposes of the factory, and from 1977, the Lysychansk Multidisciplinary Gymnasium began operating here.
It became one of the exemplary educational institutions in Luhansk region and was included in the top 100 best Ukrainian schools, providing its students with quality education for admission to the most prestigious higher education institutions in Ukraine.
The gymnasium building withstood two world wars, the battle for the city during the armed aggression of Russia in eastern Ukraine in 2014, but was destroyed during the full-scale invasion of Russians in 2022. On May 1, as a result of targeted shelling, a fire broke out in the gymnasium, and the flames completely destroyed the century-old architectural monument. This place was filled with memories of the rapid development of the industrial society of Europe at the end of the 19th — beginning of the 20th century, along with the dreams and hopes of Ukrainian students, their parents, and teachers in the 21st century.
What preserved the memory is now merely a recollection.
Director A. Stoyanov works in France
In memory and remembrance:
2017. The city of Lysychansk in Luhansk region makes it to the top five finalists of a competition held annually with the support of the King of Belgium's fund, and receives the "Belgian Heritage Abroad Award 2017."
Let's travel back in time 150 years. It was then, in the second half of the 19th century, that the lands of eastern modern Ukraine, with their countless natural resources, cheap labor, and high-profit potential, became extremely attractive to European free capital. In particular — German, French, British, and Belgian. The representative of the latter was engineer and entrepreneur Ernest Solvay. In 1889, he decided to build a soda factory, and along with it — a settlement for employees and workers, designed by architects invited from Belgium.
The settlement included an administrative building for the factory, a director's house, a hospital and a chapel, a school for the workers' children, and a cafeteria that periodically served as a theater. 300 apartments were arranged for workers with families and 3 barracks for unmarried men, one of which soon became the building of the Lysychansk Gymnasium.
In fact, it was hardly ever a barrack. The building was constructed in 1895, and by the early 20th century, a women's gymnasium of the "Prosvita" society for the children of the management staff of the soda factory was opened here. Three stories high, made of stone, the walls were built of local sandstone, while the corners, cornices, and window and door frames were made of red ceramic bricks.
During the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-1921, it served as a military hospital, from 1923 the building was used for educational purposes of the factory, and from 1977, the Lysychansk Multidisciplinary Gymnasium began operating here.
It became one of the exemplary educational institutions in Luhansk region and was included in the top 100 best Ukrainian schools, providing its students with quality education for admission to the most prestigious higher education institutions in Ukraine.
The gymnasium building withstood two world wars, the battle for the city during the armed aggression of Russia in eastern Ukraine in 2014, but was destroyed during the full-scale invasion of Russians in 2022. On May 1, as a result of targeted shelling, a fire broke out in the gymnasium, and the flames completely destroyed the century-old architectural monument. This place was filled with memories of the rapid development of the industrial society of Europe at the end of the 19th — beginning of the 20th century, along with the dreams and hopes of Ukrainian students, their parents, and teachers in the 21st century.
What preserved the memory is now merely a recollection.
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