The building of the Berdyansk male gymnasium

The main building of the Berdyansk State Pedagogical University was built in 1876 by the design of the military engineer Kostiantyn Ielskyi.

Before 1919, a male gymnasium was located within its walls, and in 1932 a teacher's institute was opened in the building, which later received the name of P. Osypenko. During the occupation, a military hospital operated here, which was burned down by the Nazis at the time of their retreat in autumn 1943.

  Among the well-known graduates of the male gymnasium are Lieutenant P. Schmidt, creator of the vaccine against cholera and plague V. Khavkin.