The section «Monuments» on our website is devoted to the study of the cultural and historical heritage of Kyiv in the form of monuments. We talk about the history and significance of each monument, its architectural features and unique details. We give information about the location of each monument and how best to get to it. We also provide interesting facts about famous monuments, such as the Monument to the Powerfulness, the Monument to the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred, the Monument to Bogdan Khmelnitsky and many others. Our section is also devoted to little-known and forgotten monuments, which also have their own history and cultural significance. If you love the history and culture of Kyiv, then our Monuments section will help you learn more about this amazing city and its cultural heritage.
The Monument of Eternal Glory at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Kiev is a monument in honor of the soldiers who died in the Great Patriotic War, created according to the design of Abraham Miletsky (also known for his projects such as: Salyut Hotel, Kiev Crematorium, memory park at the Baikovo cemetery, Landscape … Read more
This is the first rotating monument in Ukraine, it was installed on January 19, 2009 on the observation deck near the Palace for Children and Youth, from the Alley of Heroes Krut. Previously, this place was the site of the St. Nicholas Military Cathedral, which was blown up during the USSR. The sculptural composition also … 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
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
“Zheleznyakov” is a ship of the USSR Navy, a river monitor (a class of low-sided armored ships with powerful artillery weapons, mainly coastal or river action, to suppress coastal batteries and destroy enemy coastal objects) of the SB-37 project Leninskaya Kuznya plant. He took part in the Great Patriotic War. All six monitors of this … Read more