Interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places in the Pechersk region
The Palace of Pioneers is a children’s institution of additional education in the USSR. On the basis of the palaces of the pioneers, children’s circles, clubs and creative teams worked, and the methodological service of the pioneer organization operated. The first house of pioneers appeared on April 29, 1923 in the Khamovnichesky district of Moscow … Read more
A monument to the founders of Kiev (authors – sculptor V. Boroday, architect N. Feshchenko) in the form of a boat was installed on the Dnieper embankment (Navodnitsky Park) in 1982 in honor of the founders of Kiev and this event was timed to coincide with the 1500th anniversary of the city. Khoriv, Kiy, Shchek … Read more
Motherland (popularly: a shield-woman, a woman with a knife) is a monumental sculpture in Kyiv on the right bank of the Dnieper. It is located on the territory of the “Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War” (the old name is the Museum of the Great Patriotic War). Opened as part … Read more
The museum was founded by the efforts of the Ukrainian intelligentsia at the end of the 19th century as the first public museum in Kyiv. The museum building was designed by Moscow architect Pyotr Boytsov (Tereshchenko’s mansion) in neoclassical style. The project was finalized and the work was supervised by the famous Kiev architect Vladislav … Read more
Askold’s grave is a tract on the right bank of the Dnieper in Kyiv, where, according to legend, the Kiev ruler Askold was buried. Now it is part of the park complex, broken in 1936 on the site of the ancient Ugric tract. Adjacent to the parks of Eternal Glory, Mariinsky, City and Kreshchaty. The … Read more
The city garden has an area of 12 hectares, is a monument of landscape art of local importance and is located between three parks: Mariinsky, Kreshchatym and Askold’s grave. Old names of the park: Tsarsky Garden, City Park, Pervomaisky Park. The city garden, since it has no clear boundaries, is often mistaken for the Mariinsky … Read more