Derzhprom

Derzhprom
Держпром (Ukrainian)
Госпром (Russian)
Aerial view in 2020
Map
General information
Typeoffice, conference
Architectural styleConstructivism
AddressMaidan Svobody, 5, Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, 61022
Country Ukraine
Coordinates50°0′24″N 36°13′37.5″E / 50.00667°N 36.227083°E / 50.00667; 36.227083
Construction started1925
Inaugurated7 November 1928
Cost14,176,000 UAK
Height
Antenna spire108 m (354 ft)
Roof63 m (207 ft)
Technical details
Floor count13
Floor area60,000 m2 (650,000 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators12
Design and construction
Architect(s)Sergei Serafimov, Samuel Kravets and Mark Felger
DeveloperEconomic Council of the USSR
EngineerPavlo 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.

  1. ^ "The First Soviet Skyscraper". Archived from the original on 7 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Derzhprom (The State Industry Building)".