EUROPE TO-DAY

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 121, 21 April 1938, Page 2

EUROPE TO-DAY

IN THE UKRAINE. The city of Kharkov with 635,400 inhabitants is to-day one of the greatest industrial cities of the Union. It has many giant factories; locomotive, tractor, turbo-generator, electro-tech-nical works colossal Orjonikidzo Tractor Works is the pride not only of the Ukraine, but of the whole Soviet Union. During the last few years, Kharkov has been enriched by many beautiful buildings, beautiful new squares, streets and boulevards. The House of State Industry, built in 1928, -is one of the outstanding architectural achievements of the U.S.S.R. The Kharkov theatres occupy a central place in the theatrical life of the U.S.S.R. The rich museums of the city, its clubs, schools and numerous scientific-research institutions are vivid expressions of the forceful creative energy that is building the new Kharkov.

Odessa is an important port and industrial centre, and at the same time is a first-class health resort. The health-giving properties of the liman mud baths and other health resorts are known all over the country. One of the chief ornaments of the city is the famous seaboard boulevard with its great flight of steps. The Opera House, built after the famous Vienna Burgtheatre in Renaissance style, is one of the finest in Europe.

In order to get an adequate impression of the tremendous creative work undertaken by the people of the Soviet land, the tourist in the Ukraine must -certainly visit the region of the Dnieper Hydro-Electric Station. The Dnieper rapids have been tamed and this formerly un-navigable section of the river beginning below Dniepropetrovsk has now'been opened for the passage of big steamers. Six miles above the city of Zaporozhye bends the huge arc of the Dnieper Dam, 825 yards long, 65 yards high. Spreading out from around the giant power statioii—triumphant achievement of the technical genius of the country—a new citv lias been created —Zaporozhye flooded with light, gay with flowering gardens, boulevards and parks. (C*.)