The monument was originally unveiled in September 1911. Its creators were sculptors Ivan Kavaleridze and Pyotr Snitkin, architect Valerian Rykov. The composition consists of three figures on a pink granite pedestal. In the center is Princess Olga, on the left side is Apostle Andrew the First-Called, and on the right are the educators of the … Read more
On the site where the hotel was built, in 1912-1944 there was located “Ginsburg skyscraper” – a multi-storey apartment building of Lev Ginzburg , which until 1928 was the tallest building on the territory of the Ukrainian SSR. Lev Borisovich was a Kyiv merchant of the 1st guild, a construction contractor, and a millionaire. He … Read more
The official name of the museum is “Tragedy and Valor of Afghanistan” and “In Foreign Wars.” It was created in the form of a small exhibition in the spring of 1992 in Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War (under the statue Motherland). The exhibition was dedicated to participants in armed conflicts and … Read more
On the territory of the memorial complex National Museum of the Great Patriotic War, not far from the statue Motherland, there is a rather large exhibition of military equipment, which contains unique examples of weapons of the Red Army from pre-war times to the 70s of the last century. At the military equipment exhibition you … Read more
The Vydubitsky Monastery is one of the most ancient monasteries in Kyiv, along with the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. It was founded around 1077 by the son of Yaroslav the Wise, Vsevolod Yaroslavich. The monastery itself and the adjacent area of Vydubychi take their name from the old legend about Vladimir the Baptist and the defeated … Read more
Until the 10th century, the area in the area of the current Maidan was called Perevesishche or Goat Swamp and was a swamp. Where Sofievskaya Street now begins, the Lyadsky Gate was located (mentioned in the chronicle of 1151 as the gate leading to the “land of the Pechenegs”; also through the Lyadsky Gate there … Read more