The building of the hotel "Astoria" was build in 1912 - 1913, and for today it is one of the not many hotels which remained its style and primary look.       At the end of the XIX century the housekeeper of the lot was A.M. Kravtsov and at the beginning of the XX century - Sara Kravtsova. In the 1912 before the beginning of the construction, on this lot was situated hotel "Slavyanskaya", after this it was changed to the Safonov's rooms, then in 1909 - hotel "Continental". The building of the hotel "Astoriya" one of the biggest buildings of the city among buildings, which was build in the 1910 and one of the most interesting examples of the Ukrainian "classical modern". The author of the building is unknown.       Editorial office of the Bolshevik newspaper "Zvezda" rented rooms. Now it is modern regional newspaper "Zorya".       During the armed rebellion in December 1917 "Astoriya" was in the center of the battle. From the windows of "Astoriya" Red Army men fired occupied by Gaidamaky "Glavpochtamt". Since January till April 1918 in this building was situated different Bolshevik organizations.       After German occupation in April 1918 the hotel was returned to its owners and renewed its work. During this period in Ekaterinoslav lived and worked a lot of very famous writers and artists.       Writer Aleksey Tolstoy described the atmosphere in the hotel in his book "The road of sorrow". In December, 1918 "Astoriya" was occupied by Red Army men - there were Red Army headquarters and in one day they were fired by army of Directoriya headed by ataman Samokish who also placed his headquarter in "Astoriya".       During the short time "Astoriya" passed from one hands to enother.       Machno's headquarter and revolutionary committee was situated in this hotel.       From the hotel "Astoriya" was pronounced about the restoration of the Soviet Power.       During the battles in September - October of 1943 the building didn't suffer though its equipment was stalled. In 1949 "Astoriya" was renamed in "Dnepr".       In 1980th its previous historical name was returned to this hotel.