Interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places in the Pechersk region
On May 25, 2019, a pedestrian and bicycle bridge was solemnly opened in Kyiv, which connected two parks: Kreshchaty and Vladimirskaya Gorka. Below the object is magdeburg right column (monument to the baptism of Rus’), to which a beautiful staircase leads . The glass bridge officially opened at 20:00. First, several cyclists drove over it, … Read more
The monument to the baptism of Rus’ (other names: the column of Magdeburg Law, the lower monument to St. Vladimir), is the oldest monument in Kyiv and is located in Kreschaty Park. Magdeburg Law was granted to Kyiv in the 18th century, during the reign of Empress Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great. According to … Read more
This attraction is located in Kreshchaty Park, and its opening took place in 1982 after four years of construction and was timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of education of the USSR. The sculptural and architectural composition replaced the summer stage that was located here. The Arch of Friendship of Peoples consists of three … Read more
In 2010, the famous Ukrainian sculptor Oleg Pinchuk presented Kiev with a bronze piggy bank toad, the creation of which cost $180,000. The monument to the toad turned out to be huge both in weight and size: it occupies 4 meters square and weighs 6 tons. The sculptor asked the Kiev authorities to erect a … Read more
In July 2014 in Kreschaty Park next to Water Museum has an art object from the national producer of chicken eggs, the company “Yasensvit” – a tree of desires. The work, which was made by the workshop of the artist-blacksmith Alexander Zagorodny, reaches 4.5 meters in height and weighs about 2 tons. At the foot … Read more
The history of the Philharmonic in Kyiv began in 1863, when the Kiev branch of the Imperial Russian Musical Society was founded. In 1882, the society received its own concert venue – just built according to the project of Vladimir Nikolaev (Museum of Russian Art – since 2017 it has been called Kiev Art Gallery, … Read more