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 only monument in Ukraine to a garbage truck based on the Soviet GAZ-51 car is located near the Berkovets cemetery. It was erected in honor of the 35th anniversary of Kievspetstrans (opposite the building of which the monument itself stands) and the 10th anniversary of the Ukrainian Association of Automotive Sanitary Cleaning Enterprises. The … 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
The official name of this failed type of transport for Kyiv is “A prototype of a self-propelled passenger module (car) with an external power source for a new type of second-level vehicle (Capway).” Capway’s first test ride dates back to October 2004. The territory of the test site was built in less than 3 months … Read more