In Kharkiv, he built over 40 public and residential buildings. In the 1920s and 1930s, several buildings were erected according to his designs in the
Constructivist style. He participated in the competition for the construction of the
Derzhprom building, but his project was not among the winners. In 1905–1907, in collaboration with sculptor
I. Andreoletti, he created , which is now located near the entrance to
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv University. Today, most of his buildings are . A significant portion of his buildings were damaged during the
Russian shelling of Kharkiv after the start of the
full-scale invasion in 2022–2025. In addition to his architectural designs, he was an amateur artist, painting
Crimean landscapes.
Public buildings project (1899) Sources: 18/9
Chernyshevska Street); •
Land Bank (1896–1898, the bank belonged to his father-in-law, now , building damaged by Russian missile strike; 28
Konstytutsiyi Square); • Azov-Don Commercial Bank (1896, building damaged by Russian missile strike; 14
Konstytutsiyi Square); • Church of the Nativity of the Virgin (Kaplunivska, 1896–1912,
destroyed in the 1930s;
Kaplunivska Street); • Trade Bank (1899, the bank belonged to
his father-in-law; 26
Konstytutsiyi Square); •
Kharkiv Public Library (1899–1901, building damaged by Russian missile strike; 18
Korolenko Lane); • Building of judicial institutions (1899–1902, with the participation of architects and V. Khrustalyov, building damaged by Russian missile strike; 36
Heroiv Nebesnoi Sotni Square); • Kharkiv Society of Mutual Credit (1903–1905; 20
Pavlivska Square); • Volga-Kama Bank (1907, now ; 24
Konstytutsiyi Square); • (1910–1911; 8
Skrypnikivsky descent); • Building of the Kharkiv Medical Society (1911–1913, now the ; 14
Hryhoriya Skovorody Street); • Sokolov Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of the (1912–1913;); • Management of the
North Donetsk Railway (1913, authors -
S. Timoshenko, P. Shirshov, P. Sokolov, with consultation from O. Beketov; 4
Zbroyarska Street); • Higher Women's Courses (1913–1915; 92
Myronosytska Street); • Orphanage for noble orphans (1913–1915, now a building of the
Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University; 84
Hryhoriya Skovorody Street); • Commercial Institute (1914–1916, now
Kharkiv National Technical University of Agriculture; 44
Alchevskykh Street); • Shelter for elderly nobles (1914–1916; 4
Mykhaylya Semenka Street); • Electrotechnical building of
NTU "KhPI" (1928–1929; 2
Politekhnichna Street); • Building for railway workers (1925–1936, also known as the "Liternyy House (Letter House, )", from the Ukrainian word " (Litera, Letter)"; 8/10в and 8/10a
Yevhena Kotlyara Street); • Residential building "Industrial
Professor" (1934–1936; 17
Bahalia Street); • "Voyenvid" (1938, Military Department Residential Building, , author - P. Shpara, compiled with the advice of O. Beketov; 1
Borysa Chychybabina Street).
Private buildings Sources: 10
Zhon-Myronosyts Street); • Dmytro Alchevsky Mansion (1896, belonged to , later the girls'
gymnasium, now a school; 13
Darvina Street); • N. L. Zalesky Mansion (1897; 9
Skrypnyka Street). • Sokolov Merchant's Mansion (1899, building damaged by Russian missile strike; 17
Blahovishchenska Street); •
Mykola Somov Mansion (1900; 13
Maksymilianivska Street); • P. V. Markov Merchant's Mansion (1901; 23 ); • P. V. Markov Merchant's Mansion (1902, building damaged by Russian missile strike; 8/10 ); • Own house on Darwin Street (1902; 17 ); • Fotiy Pisnyachevsky Mansion (1903; 21 ); • The mansion of Olexander Iosefovich and the editorial office of the newspaper "
Yuzhnyy kray" (1903; 13
Sumska Street) • Mansion of engineer O.I. Fenin (1909; 19
Maksymilianivska Street) • Ivan Yegorovich Ignatishchev Mansion (1912, now
Kharkiv Art Museum, building damaged by Russian missile strike; The construction was canceled due to the outbreak of
World War I. He also participated in competitions for the
Derzhprom building (1925) In 1938–1939, the architect created a project to expand the
library building, which was never implemented. In 1898, O. Beketov designed the reconstruction of the house of G. I. Rubinstein. The house was probably destroyed in the middle of the 20th century.
In other cities Sources: • Metallurgical Plant of the
Donetsk-Yur'evsk Metallurgical Society (
Alchevsk, 4 Shmidt St.; 1895. Probably lost); •
Own dacha (
Alushta; 1896); • Katerynoslav Higher Mining College (
Dnipro, 19 Yavornytsky Ave.; 1901–1912. Original appearance lost); • Katerynoslav Higher Mining College (
Dnipro, 19/2 Yavornytsky Ave.; 1901–1903); • Management of the Katerynoslav Railway (
Dnipro, 108 Dmytro Yavornytskyi Ave.; 1905–1907. The building was destroyed during
World War II and later rebuilt with a changed appearance.); • Diocesan Women's School (
Lubny, 2 General Lyaskin St.; 1907-1908); • Chamber of Judicial Institutions (
Novocherkassk, 72, Platovskyi Ave.; 1907–1909); • Branch of Volga Kama Commercial Bank (
Rostov-on-Don, 55 Bolshaya Sadova St.; 1910); • Theater with a revenue building (
Simferopol, 15 Pushkina St., 1911); • "Villa "Marina"" (
Alushta, building of the sanatorium "Sea Corner"; 1912); • Lubny District Court (
Lubny, 19 Kuzina Square; 1912); • Ascension Church (
Trostianets, 53 Voznesenska St.; 1913. The building repeats the
Ozeryanska Church in
Kharkiv); • Diocesan Women's School (
Belgorod; 1915. Destroyed); • Peasant sanatorium named after VUTSVK (
Khadjibey; co-author M. Pokorny, 1928–1933); •
5-story residential building for employees of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Ukraine (Bolsheviks) (
Kyiv, 9
Hrushevskoho St.; 1935). == Gallery ==