Darwin Street

Darwin Street, also known as Sadovo-Kulikovsky Street, is one of the central streets of Kharkiv. It is located on the so-called Kulikovo Mountain. The prospectus received its name in Soviet times in honor of the British Charles Darwin - the founder of evolutionism. Its distinctive feature is a large number of architectural monuments. The length of the street is 700 meters, it is considered relatively short, but, nevertheless, lively. Darwin Street ends with a turn to Melnikov Street.

On Darwin Street there is the Kharkov House of the Architect, which is a bright representative of the Empire style, the House No. 17, built by Alexey Beketov in the Baroque style, the Building of the City Student Polyclinic, the Kharkov Technological Institute and the Former Mansion of D. Alchevsky. On many buildings of the street there are commemorative tablets with the names of brave soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War.