Interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places in the Pechersk region
The Kiev State Academic Puppet Theater is the first puppet theater in Ukraine and was founded on October 27, 1927 at the Ivan Franko Kiev Theater for Children on the initiative of the People’s Artists of Ukraine A. I. Solomarsky and I. S. Deyeva. The first theatrical season was opened with two performances – “Ancient … Read more
The Water Information Center (Water Museum) is an information center in Kreshchaty Park, created by the Kiev City State Administration with the support of the Danish Ministry of Leisure May 24, 2003 in the restored structures of the first Kiev centralized water supply, built in 1872-1876 according to the project of architect Alexander Shile. The … Read more
The Bridge of Lovers is the unofficial name of the Park Bridge, which connected the current Mariinsky and Kreshchaty parks. The bridge was designed by the famous mechanical scientist and engineer Yevgeny Paton and opened in December 1910. Previously, on the site of the Park Bridge there was a hollow with a natural earthen partition … Read more
At the beginning of the 20th century, greenhouses were located on the territory of the current stadium, supplying vegetables and fruits to the royal residence – Mariinsky Palace. There was also a very popular cafe-chantan “Chateau de Fleur” among the townspeople. In the 1920s, in their place, the Kiev provincial council of the Dynamo society … Read more
The monument to open chestnuts, the sculpture “Bronze chestnuts” and the monument to Kyiv chestnuts – the exact name of this art object, which appeared in Mariinsky Park in 2009, is now unknown. But we certainly know that the bronze chestnut, the author of which is the sculptor V. Osadchy, is dedicated to Kyiv mothers … Read more
The Palace in the Tsar’s Garden (today City Garden) was commissioned by Empress Elizabeth Petrovna in 1744. The baroque project was designed by her court architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli (there are other works of his in Kyiv – St. Andrew’s Church). Under the leadership of the Muscovite Ivan Michurin, as well as a group of other … Read more