The building of radio center

At the turn of the XIX and XX centuries on Malaya Sadovaya Street, which is now called Pushkin Street, a construction with a mysterious history was built. According to one of the versions, this house, designed by Viktor Nielsen, belonged to the well-to-do Mariupol resident, Georgy Popov. But according to another version, it was a building of the Yekaterininsky college. However, its patio, with a balcony and a veranda which is typical for Mariupol merchant houses, is more evidence in favor of the first version. Most of Mariupol residents know this building as a city radio center, which from the very beginning of its creation in Soviet times did not stop broadcasting for a day, even when the city was occupied by Germans. Thanks to relaying system, broadcasting city radio spread not only to the center of Mariupol, but also to its remote areas. Later, the radio moved to the houses of Mariupol residents. The radio center was closed. At the end of XX century, several fires overtook this historic building. But nowadays, if you take a closer look, the building of the radio center can catch your eye with its fancy sculptural patterns on the facade.