Derzhprom | |
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General information | |
Type | office, conference |
Architectural style | Constructivism |
Address | Maidan Svobody, 5, Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, 61022 |
Country | Ukraine |
Coordinates | 50°0′24″N 36°13′37.5″E / 50.00667°N 36.227083°E |
Construction started | 1925 |
Inaugurated | 7 November 1928 |
Cost | 14,176,000 UAK |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 108 m (354 ft) |
Roof | 63 m (207 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 13 |
Floor area | 60,000 m2 (650,000 sq ft) |
Lifts/elevators | 12 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Sergei Serafimov, Samuel Kravets and Mark Felger |
Developer | Economic Council of the USSR |
Engineer | Pavlo Rottert |
Website | |
https://www.derzhprom.kh.ua/ |
The Derzhprom (Ukrainian: Держпром) or Gosprom (Russian: Госпром) building is an office building located on Freedom Square in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Built in the Constructivist style, it was the first modern skyscraper building in the Soviet Union upon its completion in 1928.[1] Its name is an abbreviation of two words that, taken together, mean State Industry. In English the structure is known as the State Industry Building or the Palace of Industry.
Derzhprom takes its place as a unique phenomenon of world architecture among the various structures that represent the modernist architecture of the first half of the 20th century, which are already on the UNESCO World Heritage List or the Tentative List.[2]
On 28 October 2024, Derzhprom was bombed by Russia, sustaining significant damage.