Here and There in the Soviet Union. Kiev, the capital of the Ukrainian SSR, is among the cities of the USSR which suffered the greatest damage from the invasion of the Hitlerite hordes. The invaders reduced whole blocks of the city to ruins, demolished factories and mills, cultural institutions and ancient monuments. The Soviet Army liberated Kiev in November, 1943, and restoration of the Ukrainian capital got under way immediately. Many damaged buildings have already been repaired and traces of enemy rule have disappeared from most of the city districts. This photograph shows a restored apartment house on Shevchenko Boulevard in Kiev.
