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.
Friedrich Gustavovich Mikhelson (1840-1908) millionaire, was a member of the city duma, merchant of the 1st guild, a member of the Kyiv city duma. He was one of the ten richest citizens of Kyiv at the beginning of the 20th century. He owned brick and glass factories, a number of vast estates in the center … Read more
On the border of Kirillovskaya Grove and Babi Yar a dense “wall” of tall trees hides another abandoned object in Kyiv – the unfinished building of the Institute of Social and Forensic Psychiatry and Narcology. The unfinished building has no history as such, so we can only make do with assumptions. In all likelihood, the … Read more
The Stroydormash plant named after the 50th anniversary of Soviet Ukraine was founded in 1932 by decision of the Kyiv district military construction department and in Soviet times was under the jurisdiction of the USSR Ministry of Construction, Road and Municipal Engineering. In the 1960s, on the basis of the AT-T tracked artillery tractor, the … Read more
The Kiev Motorcycle Plant was created in September 1945 on the basis of the former Armored Repair Plant No. 8. The first model, a single-seater light class motorcycle K-1B “Kievlyanin”, was manufactured in 1946 according to the documentation of the Wanderer-1Sp motorcycle using equipment received as reparations from Germany. Initially, the engine for the Kievlyanin … Read more
The Kievvolokno viscose silk factory (popularly 512th and Shelkostroy) is a large chemical industry enterprise in Kyiv and the oldest enterprise in Ukraine for the production of chemical threads and fibers, which was founded in October 1937. During the retreat, the plant was completely disabled by Soviet troops in 1941, and in 1943 the German … Read more
The Darnytsia meat processing plant was created in 1931 as a result of the merger of a sausage and bacon factory (which was founded in 1930), a meat-slaughterhouse (founded in 1922) and a meat storage-refrigerator (founded in 1912). In 1934, a large workshop for the primary processing of livestock was completed at the plant. In … Read more