ZAVOROTNYI’S HOUSE

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Zavorotnyi's two-storey house with a shop on the ground floor was built in 1935.
The architecture and layout of the house is functional, with some elements of
constructivism such as a stepped pediment. The flat facades of the loggia overhanging
slabs on tubular paired supports are brought to life.
In 1980, the shop was converted into a cafe.
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After the events of 1914-1919 and the strengthening of the position of the Romanian
authorities in the region, many residents of the city and its surroundings joined the
political and economic processes that took place. For Ukrainians, the issue of defending
their interests in the region was closely linked to the cooperation process. Consolidation
of financial capital and political benefits for its consolidation.
This is how the financial cooperatives of Romaniuk-Zavorotnyi, a member of the
Cionist Party who is engaged in trade commerce, emerged.
With the funds received, Zavorotny builds a two-storey house with a shop on the ground
floor in 1935. The architecture and layout of the house is functional, with some
elements of constructivism such as a stepped pediment. The flat facades of the loggia
overhanging slabs on tubular paired supports are brought to life. In 1980, the shop was
converted into a cafe.
THE POST OFFICE

Construction of the post office began in the late 1920s. The Romanian authorities tried
to demonstrate their active economic activity. But as was often the case, the result was
quite the opposite. Construction was carried out for stolen funds from the families of the
Khotyn Uprising participants and refugees, as well as from landowners' taxes.
Individual entrepreneurs, mostly Jews, were forced to be patrons of the arts. The house
was built by local residents, who were forced to work one day for the state. The material
was a brick from the Khotynskii brick factory, which was taken from defective material
that was not for sale. The construction was managed by a local architect, Floresku.
Under such conditions, the development lasted a decade. The opening of the post office
took place on 10 May 1938 in honour of the Day of Romania. However, because
Marshal Antonescu's belligerent regime came to power in Romania, the building
immediately changed its purpose and became a military service station. In 1940, the
NKVD (People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs) station was located here, and after
the Romanians returned, the "sihurantsi" secret police station.
During the famine of 1946-1947, requisitioned grain and agricultural products were
brought here. Since 1950, the building has been on the balance sheet of the District
Consumer Union, from where an incubator station was later located, and is still in
operation today.
 ЖІНОЧА ПРОФЕСІЙНА ШКОЛА
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The construction of the second building of Khotynskii Girls' College began in 1867.
The room with a pomp was opened in 1875. However, during the turbulent times of the
first two decades of the twentieth century, the institution ceased to exist.

In 1934, a Women's Professional School was opened in this building. Due to the arrival
of Marshal Antonescu's reactionary government, the school could not survive long and
closed down even before World War II.

After Khotin was liberated from German and Romanian invaders, Khotyn Secondary
School №5 started its work on 12 April 1944.

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The premises of the second building of the Women's Grammar School in Khotyn
County are now difficult to see holistically, as they are lost in the modern building of
Khotyn School №5.

The development of the second building of Khotinskiy district women's school began in
1867. Finally, in 1875, the building was opened with a pump.

In general, the educational process here was a model of the educational space of that
time, which was indeed successful in fulfilling its function, which was written down in
its charter: "educating virginity in the spirit of love for the land, humanism and restraint
towards different peoples and devotion to the Emperor and the Fatherland".

However, during the turbulent times of the first two decades of the 20th century, the
institution ceased to exist. The new Romanian government tried to plant its own
educational environment. The implementation of the Romanian policy was entrusted to
the efforts of all kinds of societies. In 1934, the "Astra" Society for the Spreading of
Romanian Education and Culture was operating in Khotyn County, which, using the
funds of taxpayers, patrons of art, as well as the talent of the Romanian innovator
teacher Leonila Cegureanu, opened a Women's Professional School in this premises.

The training was funded by the state and the female students were talented as
seamstresses, cooks and hired labourers, but due to the arrival of Marshal Antonescu's
reactionary government, the school could not survive long and closed down even before
World War II. One of the reasons for the closure was the discovery of the clandestine
organisation «Red Schoolboy», which began its activities in 1930. At the head of this
organisation was Klishch, who was later one of the leaders of the anti-Nazi movement
in France during the war.

Khotynska School №5 began its work on 12 April 1944 immediately after Khotyn was
liberated from German and Romanian invaders. The school immediately became a
model for "communist education organisation". It was here that the older generation of
October, the pioneers and the Komsomol began to work for the first time.
Ukrainianization took place only with the advent of state independence.