Did you know that during the 1920s, a bread-baking plant of the Kyiv Union of Workers' Cooperatives operated in the building Nr. 11 (New Prothesis Building, constructed in 1913 by the architect Yevgeny Ermakov), as well as in some premises of building Nr. 12 (Kovnir’s Building)? The Bakery was named after Comrade Lantsutsky, the Polish communist Stanislav Frantsevych Lantsutsky (1882-1937), deputy of the Sejm.

Due to the neglect of safety rules there were fires in these buildings from time to time. In particular, on the night of May 10-11, 1925, several rooms and the roof of the Kovnir’s Building were destroyed by fire. The “legal stay” of the bread-baking plant on the territory of the State Historical and Cultural Preserve “All-Ukrainian Museum Town” expired on May 1, 1928. However, due to the lack of premises in Kyiv to house the bakery and considering the “great social importance of the continuous supply of bread to citizens” the Preserve was forced to accept the presence of this institution on its territory until May 1, 1929.

Picture captions:

 1. Workers near the porch of the building Nr. 11 – the comrade Lantsutsky bread-baking plant Nr. 1. The 1920s. (Photo from the collection of the National Kyiv-Pechersk Historical and Cultural Preserve)

2. Buildings Nr. 11 (New Prothesis) and 12 (Kovnir’s Building) of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. Modern appearance

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