Kyiv, founded according to chronicles in the 5th century after the birth of Christ, was the capital of the Russian principality under the first prince Oleg. According to Nestor’s records, the capital of the principality in the 9th century was surrounded by an earthen rampart about 1,500 meters long. Yaroslav the Wise, during his reign, … Read more
Victory Park is dedicated to the victory of the USSR in the Great Patriotic War. The architects were well-known in Kiev for their other projects – Mikhail Grechina (sports palace, chamber of commerce, Komsomolsky residential area) and Valentin Yezhov (chamber of commerce, development of residential areas Teremki-2, Vigurovshchina-Troyeshchina, Komsomolsky, Vokzalnaya and Lybidskaya metro stations). Victory … Read more
Created by resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR dated November 14, 1978. The museum’s funds were formed on the basis of exhibits transferred from the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, as well as gifts from enterprises and institutions. Initially, the museum staff and its … Read more
The Kiev Television Center is a complex of buildings with an area of 15 hectares, including a 24-story building-tower (“pencil” in the people) and studio blocks. “Karandash”, with an area of 87,500 m², contains: 9 blocks of the hardware-studio complex, 17 video-hardware complexes, 6 television studios, 14 rehearsal halls, a cinema-concert hall for 450 seats … Read more
The Kiev TV Tower is a metal spatial lattice free-standing high-rise structure with a height of 385 meters. This is the tallest lattice structure in the world. The tower was built on the site of an old Jewish cemetery according to the design of the UkrNIIproektstalkonstruktsiya institute (they also designed Paton Bridge, Ukraine Palace, station … Read more
This six-pillar, cross-domed temple is one of the oldest surviving on the territory of the former ancient Russian state. The church in the name of Saints Cyril and Athanasius was built after the ascension of the Chernigov prince Vsevolod Olgovich to the Kiev throne in 1139 on the outskirts of the city – in the … Read more