Interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places in the Podolsky district
The theater was created in 1982 under the name of the State Children’s Musical Theatre. The theater became the first (and so far the only) in Ukraine and the second in the world of this type. On February 1, 1985, the theater opened with the opera “Winter and Spring” by the outstanding Ukrainian composer Nikolai … Read more
In 2006, on the initiative and with the full financial support of the Ukrainian philanthropist Vladimir Filippov, Radu Poklitaru created the author’s theater “Kyiv Modern Ballet”. As a result of the all-Ukrainian casting, 16 young dancers were selected. It is noteworthy that the presence of an academic ballet education was not a necessary condition for … Read more
The first building of the Kyiv river port was built in July 1897, and in 1932, officials raised the issue of constructing a new stone river port building instead of the old wooden one. The throughput capacity of the river station had to be 3,000 people per day, and the complex of station premises had … Read more
According to the Laurentian Chronicle, the church was built in 1132-1136 during the reign of Mstislav the Great at the foot of Castle Hill. Mentioned in “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign” in connection with the return of the hero of this work, Prince Igor Svyatoslavich, to Kyiv from Polovtsian captivity. The temple was a small … Read more
At the beginning of the 19th century, in the house at Andreevsky Spusk 20B where the Kiev Academic Drama Theater in Podol is now located, which belonged to a merchant and philanthropist Ivan Shatrov, a home theater worked. It hosted musical evenings, dramatic performances, and was visited by famous cultural figures, representatives of aristocratic families, … Read more
The monument to the nose with a mustache was erected in 2006 at house number 34 on Andreevskiy Spusk, and in 2011, during the move gallery “Triptych” to Desyatinnaya Street 13, the monument was also moved. The author of the sculpture is Oleg Dergachev, who created a sketch and figurine of a nose with a … Read more