Park “Taraschanets” (full name “Park named after the crew of the armored train “Taraschanets””) was created in 1963 and is located near the present day the unfinished Darnitsky railway station and the Kiev tank cemetery. In the center of the park there is a monument to the crew of the Tarashchanets armored train – a … Read more
In 2007, during the initial stage of construction of a multi-storey residential building in the area of Lesi Ukrainka Boulevard near the Pecherskaya metro station, the entrance to the casemates of the Vasilkovsky fortification, which is part of the Kiev fortress, was excavated (this place is mistakenly called the NKVD underground prison). As expected in … Read more
“Experimentanium” is an educational and entertainment center for children and adults, which is located on an area of 1,400 square meters and has in its arsenal 250 exhibits that are not hidden behind shop windows. With these interactive exhibits, all visitors here turn into real explorers: they build bridges with their own hands without a … Read more
Kiev Zoological Park is a unique facility created on the initiative of professors from St. Vladimir University and the Polytechnic Institute, gymnasium teachers, doctors, public figures and many wildlife lovers who were members of the Kyiv Society of Nature Lovers. The official date of foundation of the Kyiv Zoo and the beginning of its activities … Read more
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