A complete list of interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places near Universitet station
Walking through Fomina Botanical Garden you can see an unusual building, which is hidden behind a concrete fence with barbed wire. In front of you is the military-strategic communications point K-2 from the times of the USSR (other names: Telephone and telegraph station No. 1, TTS No. 1, Government communications station). The K-2 facility was … Read more
The Astronomical Observatory of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev or Kiev Observatory was founded in 1845. At first it was planned to place the observatory in the main building of the educational institution (as evidenced by the existing architectural designs of the building), but later they decided to build a separate building for … Read more
Until March 2017, the museum was called the Kiev Museum of Russian Art. The Gallery of Russian Art was founded in 1922 on the basis of nationalized private collections, the basis was the collection of the Tereshchenko family (a Cossack-philistine and noble (since 1870) family originating from Glukhovshchina). In 1934, the gallery received the status … Read more
Installed in Taras Shevchenko Park Anna Kiseleva’s sculpture “Babtsya is classic” is a symbol of the classic Kyiv grandmother of the 80s last century. A little harmful, touching, caringly cozy, often leaving her usual environment to help her children and grandchildren, she sat down to rest on a bench… The patron who gave Kiev “Babtsya … Read more
Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University is known not only in Ukraine, but also in other countries around the world. The Taras Shevchenko Park is located opposite the university and was founded in 1860 – then it was called University. In 1898, on the site of the future monument to Shevchenko, a monument was erected to … Read more