Notable Residents and History

• From 1933 to 1941 and then 1943 to 1946, the building was home to the famous Ukrainian pathophysiologist Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Bohomolets (1881–1946). pamyatky.kiev.ua

• Bohomolets was a major scientific and public figure: he was an academician of the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (since 1929), of the USSR Academy of Sciences (since 1932), and of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences (since 1944). pamyatky.kiev.ua

• He founded and directed key research institutions: the Institute of Experimental Biology and Pathology (Ministry of Health of the Ukrainian SSR, established 1930) and the Institute of Clinical Physiology (Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, established 1934). pamyatky.kiev.ua

• Later, these institutes were merged into the Bohomolets Institute of Physiology. pamyatky.kiev.ua

• In 1930, Bohomolets became president of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR. pamyatky.kiev.ua

• He also founded a school of pathophysiologists and made many scientific contributions: on the mechanism of blood transfusion, the physiological system of connective tissue, regulation by the autonomic nervous system, anti-reticular cytotoxic serum, oncology, fatigue, life extension, etc. pamyatky.kiev.ua

• Under his leadership, in 1933–1937 he published a three-volume "Textbook of Pathological Physiology", for which in 1941 he was awarded the USSR State Prize. pamyatky.kiev.ua

• During World War II (1941–1943), he worked in evacuation in Ufa together with the Institute of Clinical Physiology. pamyatky.kiev.ua

• In 1944, he was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labour for the development of medicines for treating wounds and bone fractures. pamyatky.kiev.ua

• The street on which this building stands, Akademika Bohomoltsia Street, was named in 1946 in honor of Oleksandr Bohomolets. new.pamyatky.kiev.ua

• Nearby, at 4 Akademika Bohomoltsia Street, is the Bohomolets Institute of Physiology, which was founded by Bohomolets and remains a prominent scientific institution. pamyatky.kiev.ua+1

• The building’s preservation contributes to the scientific and memorial landscape of the area, forming part of a broader complex of places linked to Bohomolets and his legacy. new.pamyatky.kiev.ua+1

• The building is listed as a memorial house where Bohomolets lived and worked. Держцентр кіберзахисту+1

• Its designation (“monument of history”) was confirmed by city authorities. Держцентр кіберзахисту

• According to the historical monument registry, its identifier is 3242/1-Kv. Держцентр кіберзахисту+1

• Today the building remains residential, but retains its commemorative meaning because of its strong association with Bohomolets. pamyatky.kiev.ua+1

• Bohomolets’s apartment in the building was no. 11 (later no. 17) on the second floor. It was a six-room flat. pamyatky.kiev.ua

• That apartment has been partially reconfigured: one room was separated into a separate flat (no. 17a). pamyatky.kiev.ua

• In his former study and bedroom, many of his memorial items have been preserved. pamyatky.kiev.ua

• Between the house and the Institute of Physiology there is a garden, which Bohomolets personally helped to lay out. pamyatky.kiev.ua

• Bohomolets is buried not far from the house — in the dendrological garden on the territory of the Institute of Physiology. pamyatky.kiev.ua