Interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places in the Pechersk region
Kiev-Pechersk Lavra is one of the first monasteries of Kievan Rus. One of the most important Orthodox shrines, the third Destiny of the Mother of God. Founded in 1051 under Yaroslav the Wise by monk Anthony, originally from Lubech, and his disciple Theodosius. Prince Svyatoslav II Yaroslavich presented the monastery with a plateau above the … Read more
National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War (from the moment of opening until July 2015 – the National Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 is memorial complex, which was designed by Giprograd together with Ukrprojectstalkonstruktsiya, the main contractor is Kievgorstroy-4. The Kiev Museum of the … Read more
The plant “Arsenal” was the leading state enterprise of the optical-mechanical and optical-electronic industry of Ukraine. It was included in the list of enterprises of strategic importance for the economy and security of the country. And the plant appeared during the reign of Catherine II in 1764, when the “Regulations on the Kyiv Arsenal Team” … Read more
The Park of Eternal Glory (former names: Anosovsky Garden, Commandant’s Garden) is located on the upper and middle terraces above the Dnieper between Lavrskaya Street and Dneprovsky Spusk. From the south it is limited by the ramparts of the old Kiev-Pechersk fortress (citadel), the lower part of the park adjoins the historical area Askold’s grave. … Read more
In the early 1980s, Kyiv officials saw the city’s need for another hotel. The project of the architect Avraam Miletsky was chosen for the construction (known for such works as Park of Eternal Glory, the crematorium at the Baikove cemetery, wall of memory at Baikove cemetery, Landscape alley). The hotel was built in 2 years … Read more
Navodnitsky Park is located on the Dnieper embankment near Paton Bridge and was founded in 1951. Until 1993, the park was named after Vitaliy Primakov (Soviet military leader, during the Civil War – commander of the Ukrainian Red Cossacks), whose monument was erected in the park in the 1970s and dismantled in 2016. There are … Read more