The birth of this project was caused by the barbaric extinction, in mid-2001, of one of the oldest Kiev tram lines, along Saksaganskogo Street. That action almost completed the expelling of trams from downtown Kiev, where buses again proudly contribute to the chemical composition of air — leave alone such a "European transport" as jitneys.
Although some information on today's Kiev trams is here, I have decided to put an emphasis on things gone. We are about a hundred and ten years late with the start of this activity; but not everything is irreversibly lost as yet, and one would like to try restoring whatever can be restored (in memory; in reality, nothing will come back). Also, what is here today should be preserved, too — because it won't be around tomorrow.
That said, I owe an apology to the English reader:
A majority of the information here (and on the linked sites)
is in Russian (some in Ukrainian) only.
However, look for the 
flag to see what's available in English;
and if some of the section titles seems interesting to you,
do not hesitate to drop me a line at
mash@mashke.org
— at your request, I may well be able to come up with a translated
version.
| 30.04.2008: |
The last,
third
part of the 1985 gallery is here.
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| 25.04.2008: | The new FAQ page is here. (Sorry, Russian only.) |
| 23.04.2008: | The schemes section features three new specimen, from the years 1899, 1903, and mid-1920s (tentatively dated 1924). |
| 02.04.2008: |
A new photo gallery on the http://urbantransport.kiev.ua
site is dedicated to the M.A.N.
trolleybuses. Ten new fragments on the Kiev tram in literature page. |
| 31.03.2008: |
Another new photo gallery tells about the old
MTB-82 trolleybuses.
The first part (1–105) is now open. Also, a link to the photo gallery in memory on the Paton Bridge tram line, on the http://urbantransport.kiev.ua site has been added. |
| 09.03.2008: |
A new photo gallery is dedicated to the last two-axle passenger tramcars in Kiev, the
KTM-1/KTP-1.
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| 29.02.2008: |
The second part of the 1985 gallery contains
pictures from Podol, Kurenevka, and Obolon.
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| 26.02.2008: |
The T2 photo gallery is now complete, with the
third part
dedicated to cars 5041–5051 and the
fourth part
containing pictures of the inside.
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| 22.01.2008: |
The second part
of the Tatra T2 photo gallery (cars 5021–5040).
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| 15.01.2008: |
Yet another new photo gallery is dedicated to the 1980s —
more specifically, it contains tram pictures from the year
1985.
The first part is open so far.
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| 14.01.2008: |
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008 and welcome to the wonderful world of Tatras! The first part of the histocie gallery dedicated to the T2
trams (5002–5020) is now open.
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| 31.12.2007: |
The updated
trolleybus page
now contains a complete all-time roster list as well as links to photo galleries.
|
| 16.12.2007: |
A minuscule photo gallery is dedicated to a type of tram that barely left its trace in Kiev, the
RVZ-6.
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| 14.12.2007: |
Another new photo gallery tells about a rather exotic — as for Kiev —
type of trolleybus, the
ZiU-5.
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| 13.12.2007: |
A brand new photo gallery of the first imported trolleybuses in Kiev,
the Skoda
8Tr, is open. Enjoy!
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| 01.12.2007: |
We are six years old! The anniversary is marked with the completion of two galleries at once. The MTV-82 gallery has acquired its eleventh
(1541–1560) and
twelfth
(1561–1582) parts, and the gallery of
M1
(that's the right name of the car model that we used to refer to as KTC) now feature a photo
of the one car that was missing, 1106.
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| 15.11.2007: |
The next-to-last, for now, update of the MTV-82 gallery comprises the
nihth
(1501–1520) and
tenth
(1521–1540) parts.
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| 11.11.2007: |
The
seventh
(1341–1360) and
eighth
(1361–1387) parts
of the MTV-82 photo gallery.
|
| 06.11.2007: |
In commemoration of the anniversary of liberation of Kiev
from the Nazis (1943), three new pictures are added to the gallery
"Under the Germans".
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| 03.11.2007: |
The
fifth
(1281–1305) and
sixth
(1321–1340) parts
of the MTV-82 photo gallery are here.
|
| 28.10.2007: |
The next chunk of the new MTV-82 gallery comprises the
third
(1241–1260) and
fourth
(1261–1280) parts.
|
| 24.10.2007: | Two new maps, from 1894 (no transportation) and from 1973 (trams). |
| 18.10.2007: |
A new gallery of the MTV-82 cars is open now.
The
first
(1201–1220) and
second
(1221–1240) parts are here.
|
| 10.10.2007: | Another map (dating back to 1900). |
| 08.10.2007: | A new map (from 1959). |
| 29.07.2007: | The Kiev tram in literature page is updated; excerpts from Russian, Ukrainian and Polish books and articles added. |
| 17.01.2007: |
The
YuMZ E-186
gallery has been reworked and updated. New shots of trolleybuses on city streets,
as well as pictures of 4807, have been added.
|
| 15.01.2007: |
The third
(so far, the last) part of the Pullman gallery (1056–1085).
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| 13.01.2007: |
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!! The first update in the new year is the second part
of the Pullman gallery (1031–1055).
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