Viktor Kompaniichenko, Прикрашений будинок / Decorated house

photos by Olga Stenko, as in her article (May 2019) 
in newspaper Gazeta

Founded in the late 17th century and an estate for many years, the small village of Yakovtsi in 1929 was incorporated in the Ukrainian municipality of Poltava, traditionally a transportation node and an important cultural center. 

In the 1950s the village experienced urbanization, with many newly built houses and other buildings

However, the modest, long-standing house of Viktor Kompaniichenko was not urbanized in the 1950s. It was transformed into an art environment when its  occupant rather lavishly began decorating its exterior walls.

He would spend  about forty years designing the site.

 

Viktor Kompaniichenko was born in the early 1930s and died at the age of 72 in the early years of the 21st century.

After that, his son Oleksandr Viktorovich, born in 1957, became the owner of the house. At a young age, Oleksandr Viktorovich must have witnessed the transformation of the house.

His father had only a primary education and he was a lover of painting, wood carving and making sculptures. He also built the house himself, probably starting after he completed his military service in the early 1950s.

The house has only a ground floor, with an iron roof above. 

In the middle of the front facade is the slightly forward-facing entrance, flanked on the left and right by windows. 

The interior space has an area of ​​over 100 square meters, with a central hall of 25 square meters and two small rooms on either side. 

The front of the house is decorated with stucco work and along the upper edge there is a garland of flowers.

As the image above shows, the decorations Viktor Kompaniichenko added to the exterior of the house also included sculptures, which he made of concrete. Some of these sculptures are now damaged, but Oleksandr does not have the means to restore them.

Along the front of the house is a low concrete fence, decorated with stone flowers. There were also decorations with sculptures of musicians, which are partly damaged.

The brief description of the nature and content of this art environment is based on the documentation dated 2019. It is not inconceivable that the site has deteriorated further in recent years.

Documentation

* Article (May 2019) by Olga Stenko in newspaper Gazeta 

Viktor Kompaniichenko

Decorated house Dykanska street Yakovtsi district, city of Poltava, region Poltava, Ukraine can be seen from the street