Interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places in the Obolon region
At the end of the 19th century, in the area Pushcha-Vodica near Kiev, a dacha village of the same name was created, where citizens could build dachas on plots of a quarter of a hectare. A significant role in the development of Pushcha-Voditsa was played by the Pushcha-Voditsa Dacha Improvement Society, on whose initiative a … Read more
The People’s Bread Museum was founded in 1981 and belongs to the national ecological and naturalistic center for student youth of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. The museum contains over 2,000 exhibits that tell about the history of bread, its importance for humans, the origin of the main grain crops (rye, wheat, … Read more
The history of the Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God is closely connected with the history of the Obolon massif. The Tereshchuk family, the head of which is Father Nikolai, can be called indigenous Obolonians, since they settled here from the very foundation of the massif. An Orthodox community of neighbors, acquaintances, … Read more
The Church of the Nativity of Christ in Obolon is a continuation of a single architectural ensemble created on Obolonskaya embankment by the Capital Corporation, the architect of the temple was its chairman , People’s Architect of Ukraine Valentin Isak. He also acted as the only patron of the construction. The temple was built in … Read more
In May 2017, the mayor of Kyiv Vitaliy Klitschko opened the second stage of the reconstructed Natalka park on Obolonskaya embankment and noted that this modern The park is the “gold” standard for all green areas of the capital. The Natalka tract between the Obolonskaya embankment and the Northern Bridge was abandoned for a long … Read more
Pushcha-Voditsa is a historical area in Kyiv, which until November 2001 was an urban village, and after that date it became part of the city and became part of the Obolon district. The name is a combination of the word “pushcha”, that is, dense forest, and the name of the Voditsa River (the now defunct … Read more