The section «Abandoned» on our website is devoted to the study of abandoned and forgotten places in Kyiv. We explore abandoned factories, factories, buildings and other interesting objects that used to be an important part of the city’s infrastructure. We offer our readers fascinating stories about what these objects look like today, about their history and significance for the city and its inhabitants. We talk about what objects can be visited, how to get to them and what risks exist when visiting abandoned places. In our section you will find a lot of photos and videos that will help you fully immerse yourself in the atmosphere of abandonment. If you are interested in the history of Kyiv and want to learn more about abandoned places, then our section «Abandoned» is exactly for you.
There were several government dachas during the Soviet era, but the most famous of them, and those that have survived to this day, are located on Nivki and Lukyanovka. The popular name for special dachas is Khrushchev’s dacha, but Nikita Sergeevich has only minimal relation to state dachas, since he only lived there for some … Read more
Tightly closed iron doors 10 centimeters thick that lead to the basement, equipment abandoned to the mercy of fate, personal and work belongings and medicines – this was the picture in an abandoned laboratory until 2015 and which was a branch of the Gromashevsky Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases (was founded in 1896 with … Read more
The Ginzburg skyscraper, or as it was also called the Ginzburg House, is a 12-story building of the early 20th century. It went down in history as the first skyscraper in Ukraine and the tallest building in Russia. It was built in 2 years in 1912 and was blown up on September 24, 1941. Completely … Read more
Darnitsa station arose in 1899 in connection with the construction of the Kyiv-Poltava railway. Simultaneously with the appearance of the station, railway workers began to settle on the site of Lesnaya Street (now Grodnenskaya Street). On the other side of the railway tracks, a holiday village arose, called Novaya Darnitsa. The building of the station’s … Read more
The Green Theater is an open-air theater that was built on the slopes of the Dnieper in 1949 and is located in Askoldova Mogila Park, not far from Mariinsky Park. An element of the Green Theater is one of the two casemate walls of the former military building of the 19th century of the New … Read more
Who of you reading this article now remembers that trams ran along the Paton Bridge?… Or that you could take a breeze along the embankment from Motherland to Kontraktova Square? By the way, this tram line on the Dnieper embankment was the only one in Ukraine along the river bank and was very reminiscent of … Read more