Station Union Station Zhmerynka - one of the biggest and most beautiful in Ukraine. Built in 1899-1904 years . architects and Z. Zhuravskii V. Rykov. The architecture of the majestic building combines modern and Renaissance motifs ( this style is called Ukrainian modernism ). The building is often compared to a ship heading to sea.Was provided a small but ornate Royal Hall with a separate exit to the platform. According to legend, after the station saw the Emperor Nicholas II, the architect Zhuravskii shot , wrongly interpreted the enthusiastic exclamation of the king : Behold, the son of a bitch ! In the 1920's . here temporarily housed the headquarters of the Red commander G. Kotovsky.In Soviet times the building has lost many of the decorative elements are now in need of restoration. On the station square is a monument to O. Bender , whose mouth Ilf and Petrov put catch phrase : Latest real city on earth - it Zhmerynka .
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