The Church of the Nativity of Christ in Obolon is a continuation of a single architectural ensemble created on Obolonskaya embankment by the Capital Corporation, the architect of the temple was its chairman , People’s Architect of Ukraine Valentin Isak. He also acted as the only patron of the construction. The temple was built in … Read more
The only surviving steam locomotive of the 1-4-2 series IS (Joseph Stalin). During the years of “de-Stalinization,” the name of the beautiful car was replaced by the faceless FDp (Felix Dzerzhinsky Passenger) – the IS locomotive was created on the basis of the commercial FD. It was built in 1941 by the Voroshilovgrad plant. In … Read more
At the beginning of the 19th century, in the house at Andreevsky Spusk 20B where the Kiev Academic Drama Theater in Podol is now located, which belonged to a merchant and philanthropist Ivan Shatrov, a home theater worked. It hosted musical evenings, dramatic performances, and was visited by famous cultural figures, representatives of aristocratic families, … Read more
The parish of St. Olga was registered in 1994. The first service was held in the assembly hall of ZhEK-1406. In 1997, construction began on the Church of the Holy Blessed Prince Vsevolod-Gabriel. On April 19, 1998, on Easter, the first service was held in the basement of the church under construction. On December 10, … Read more
In 2004, near the Kyiv Transport and Economic College, a monument to the Soviet small car ZAZ-965 (popularly simply “Zaporozhets”) was erected – it was fixed on metal slats and raised to a height of a couple of meters near the entrance to the educational institution. There is a superstition among college students that if … Read more
The monument to the nose with a mustache was erected in 2006 at house number 34 on Andreevskiy Spusk, and in 2011, during the move gallery “Triptych” to Desyatinnaya Street 13, the monument was also moved. The author of the sculpture is Oleg Dergachev, who created a sketch and figurine of a nose with a … Read more