A complete list of interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places that are located on the right bank of Kyiv
State Aviation Museum of Ukraine named after. OK. Antonov is the largest historical and technical museum not only in our country, but throughout Eastern Europe. It was inaugurated in 2003 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of world aviation and the 80th anniversary of the National Aviation University. The museum is located on the … Read more
The “Red Excavator” plant (former names: JSC Filvert and Dedina, the “Red Plowman” plant) is one of the oldest machine-building plants in Kyiv, which was founded in 1898. After the collapse of the USSR, it was renamed CJSC ATEK and went bankrupt through theft – now the remains of the plant are being illegally destroyed. … Read more
The Prague Hotel was built in 1880 according to the design of the architect Alexander Schiele (his most famous work in Kyiv is the water tower in Khreshchaty Park, where the Water Museum is located). Initially, the building had 3 floors and was called “Ilyinskaya Rooms”, after the surname of the owner Anastasia Ilyinskaya (the … Read more
In 2007, during the initial stage of construction of a multi-storey residential building in the area of Lesi Ukrainka Boulevard near the Pecherskaya metro station, the entrance to the casemates of the Vasilkovsky fortification, which is part of the Kiev fortress, was excavated (this place is mistakenly called the NKVD underground prison). As expected in … Read more
“Experimentanium” is an educational and entertainment center for children and adults, which is located on an area of 1,400 square meters and has in its arsenal 250 exhibits that are not hidden behind shop windows. With these interactive exhibits, all visitors here turn into real explorers: they build bridges with their own hands without a … Read more
Kiev Zoological Park is a unique facility created on the initiative of professors from St. Vladimir University and the Polytechnic Institute, gymnasium teachers, doctors, public figures and many wildlife lovers who were members of the Kyiv Society of Nature Lovers. The official date of foundation of the Kyiv Zoo and the beginning of its activities … Read more