Interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places in the Pechersk region
The synagogue was opened on August 24, 1898 on the 50th anniversary of the birth of Lazar Brodsky, a Ukrainian sugar industrialist, philanthropist and philanthropist with whose funds it was built. He also financed the construction of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Kyiv operetta, Bessarabian market, Evgeniy Paton Institute. The synagogue was built according to the … Read more
The house is located on the territory of the former Meringa estate (at one time it was called “Kiev Paris”, since after the construction of the estate such famous buildings appeared here as: house with chimeras, Ivan Franko Theater, as well as theaters, circuses, hotels and apartment buildings that were destroyed during the Great Patriotic … Read more
The Kiev Conservatory was founded in November 1913 on the basis of the music school of the Kyiv branch of the Russian musical society. Outstanding musicians contributed to the organization of the institution: Sergei Rachmaninov, Alexander Glazunov, Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The Conservatory House was built in the 1890s (former Continental Hotel, architects Eduard Bradtman (Franco Theater, … Read more
The House of the “Weeping Widow” is an architectural monument of local importance, which was built in 1908 according to the design of the architect Eduard Bradtman (was also built according to his design Ivan Franko Theater, Kiev Conservatory, house of Baron Gesselbein) in the early modern style for the Poltava merchant of the 2nd … Read more
At the beginning of 1934, after the capital of the Ukrainian SSR was moved from Kharkov to Kyiv, a master plan for the construction and reconstruction of the city was developed and approved. As part of this project, in February 1936, a competition was announced for the best design of the building of the All-Ukrainian … Read more
Kyiv, founded according to chronicles in the 5th century after the birth of Christ, was the capital of the Russian principality under the first prince Oleg. According to Nestor’s records, the capital of the principality in the 9th century was surrounded by an earthen rampart about 1,500 meters long. Yaroslav the Wise, during his reign, … Read more