Darvina Street
Darvina Street (Дарвiна in Ukrainian, Дарвина in Russia) - the street is named after Charles Darwin.
In the first decade of the 19th century near Kaplunovskaya Church was the estate of the artist Kulikovsky. Later, when a street arose here, it was named Sadovo-Kulikovskaya.
Today's Darvina street, which received this name in 1917 (very influential Kharkiv anarchists at the beginning of 1918 called Sadovo-Kulikovskaya Anarchy street. - see Darvina, 11 and 25 )
On this street, for many years lived the famous Ukrainian poet P.P. Gulak-Artemovsky (professor, from 1841 - rector of Kharkiv University). Intensive construction began at the end of the 19th century due to opening of the Technological Institute - the current Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute in 1885, and the Commercial School in 1891.