The space between the left and right banks of the Dnieper, including the channels of its tributaries Desenka and Desna, was adapted into a recreation area back in Soviet times, but a full-fledged park, with a total area of 220 hectares, was officially opened in 1972 in the Chertoroy tract. After the inclusion of Muromets … Read more
A permanent opera troupe was organized in Kyiv in 1867 and became one of the best in the Russian Empire. The troupe worked in the premises of the City Theater, built in 1856 according to the design of the architect Shtrom. In 1896, on the last day of the theater season, a fire occurred that … Read more
Nicholas Church is a Roman Catholic church of St. Nicholas in Kyiv, used since 1980 as the House of Organ and Chamber Music. Construction of the Church of St. Nicholas began according to a competition design by architect S. Valovsky in 1899. The design of the building was carried out under the leadership of the … Read more
The House with Chimeras (the house got its name thanks to the sculptural decorations located both on the facade of the house and inside it, the themes of which are terrestrial and underwater fauna, hunting attributes, fairy-tale creatures) was built according to the design of the architect Vladislav Gorodetsky in 1901-1902 using innovative solutions for … Read more
Kenassa (a house of prayer for the Karaites in Eastern Europe) was built on the initiative of Solomon Cohen (Karaite philanthropist, tobacco manufacturer, head of the Kiev Karaite community) and with the blessing of the Kiev gazzan (Karaite clergyman who serves in the kenassa) Joseph Sultansky, is located next to baron’s castle and golden gate. … Read more
The building of the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater was built in 1898 on Nikolaevskaya Square, which appeared on the site of a filled-in pond located in the estate of Kyiv professor Friedrich Mehring. The theater building was erected by architects Eduard Bradtman (house of the “weeping widow”, Kiev Conservatory, house of Baron Hesselbein) … Read more