[1] In 1904, at her estate in the village of Olenevka in Vasylkiv county of Kiev Governorate, Varvara Tereshchenko organized a craft school for the children.

Varvara Khanenko was also elected as a chairwoman to the committee of the Kiev Art and Industry and Science Museum for organizing the first exhibition of south-Russian craftworks, held in 1906.

Because of the World War I and coming Russian Revolution, Varvara Khanenko decided to evacuate a large part of their collection from Kiev to Moscow, to the Historical Museum.

During the Russian Revolution, Varvara Khanenko remained in Kiev, she refused to leave and decided to protect her property and collections.

Another one elegant palazzo on 15 Tereschenkivska Street,[2] where she kept her property and collections were also requisitioned, and Varvara was forced to live in complete isolation right over her own treasures.