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.
Very great importance was attached to physical culture and sports in the USSR. Sports were promoted everywhere as much as possible – with the help of posters, television, newspapers and magazines. But even greater importance was attached to places for sports – football fields, skating rinks or ice arenas, sports complexes and much more. The … Read more
Not far from the Southern Bridge and the Vydubychi metro station and very close to the never-opened Telichki metro station (project name “Construction Industry”) is located not only CHPP-5, but also many other industrial facilities, including abandoned ones. One of the most noticeable such objects is a chemical plant built in 1970 – its huge … Read more
On April 26, 1986, the largest man-made disaster in human history occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The explosion of the reactor at the fourth power unit led to human casualties and radiation pollution of air, soil, ground and river waters. The issue of clean water for Kyiv in those days became very acute, … Read more
The Kiev Armored Plant is better known for its parking lot of used military equipment, which is popularly called a tank cemetery (although there are not only tanks there). Multi-ton armored vehicles are transported from place to place and stacked on top of each other here by a special crane moving on rails. Many tanks … Read more
The city of Kyiv, like any other ancient settlement, keeps many legends and myths about itself, and there are enough places that are shrouded in secrets to confuse any person. One of these places is the base of tower cranes of the Ukrainian Construction Company company in the Telichka industrial area. Since the mid-2000s, when … Read more
The Vyshgorod sports base was widely known for its good training of athletes in luge sports in the USSR. It was at this sports base that Olympic Games participant Natalya Yakushenko trained (took part in 5 Winter Olympic Games; won 2 bronze medals; retired in 2010). The training complex operated until the collapse of the … Read more