Derzhprom in Kharkiv was designed by Sergei Serafimov, Samuel Kravets and Mark Felger, with engineer Pavlo Rottert. The developer is listed as the Economic Council of the USSR. The infobox gives a 1925 start, but the text says it was built in three years, halted in spring 1926 over funding and then resumed. It opened on November 7, 1928.
The article calls the style Constructivism. It uses concrete, with overhead walkways linking interconnected towers. It has 13 floors, a roof 207 feet (63 m) high, a 354-foot (108 m) antenna spire and 646,000 square feet (60,000 square meters) of floor area.
Explosions in World War II damaged the interior, and a television center and relay tower have operated there since the 1950s. A Russian guided bomb hit it on October 28, 2024, injuring nine. It is listed as an office and conference building, and one tower houses television facilities. The article gives no hours.
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