Hydropark is a park located on the Venetian (to the left when exiting the metro) and Dolobetsky (respectively to the right) islands between the Dnieper and the Rusanovskiy Strait in Kyiv. The hydropark is located on the site of the former Podmostnaya Slobidka, destroyed in 1943 during the occupation of Kyiv. Created in 1965-1968 as … Read more
It is a combined bridge crossing, which has been under construction for several decades across the Dnieper River and the Desenka branch, a two-tier structure consisting of three bridges and flyovers connecting them. On the upper tier there are 6 lanes for motor transport (3 lanes in both directions; the design traffic intensity of motor … Read more
Before the creation of the Vigurovshchina-Troyeshchyna residential area on the left bank of Kyiv, it was decided to connect it with the right bank by a separate bridge. In 1968 Georgy Fuchs (also designed metro bridge, South Bridge, Podolsky Bridge ) began work on the creation of the North Bridge project. In less than 3 … Read more
The construction of the South Bridge began in 1983 before the appearance of the Kharkovsky and Poznyaki residential areas. The main purpose of the construction of the South Bridge was to connect the central part of Kyiv with the left bank areas, as well as to create the shortest and most convenient way to the … Read more
In order to install this monument in Kreschaty Park, the authorities of the city and its residents were inspired by the love story of an Italian prisoner of war and a Ukrainian woman who was hijacked to work in Germany. “I come to Ukraine every year. I still remember the events of the war that … Read more
Khreshchaty Park (former names: Merchant’s Garden, Pioneer Park) was created in 1882 as a garden of the Merchant’s Assembly near European Square, on the slopes of the Dnieper, along Vladimirsky Descent. In the same year, the building of the Merchant Assembly (nowadays – the National Philharmonic of Ukraine) was built in it. Part of the … Read more