A complete list of interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places that are located on the right bank of Kyiv
The Astronomical Observatory of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev or Kiev Observatory was founded in 1845. At first it was planned to place the observatory in the main building of the educational institution (as evidenced by the existing architectural designs of the building), but later they decided to build a separate building for … Read more
PinchukArtCentre is one of the largest and most dynamic private contemporary art centers in Central and Eastern Europe. It was created by Ukrainian businessman and philanthropist Victor Pinchuk in September 2006 as the main cultural project of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation. The PinchukArtCentre is located in an ancient architectural ensemble of the Kyiv Bessarabian quarter, … Read more
Command bunker (code name: CB) Every large and small city of the former Soviet Union has some secrets and mysteries. The Cold War period left behind many buildings that are striking in their gigantism and the size of the budget funds that USSR officials poured into the military, rather than into the civilian sector of … Read more
If you want to learn a lot about the history of the Kyiv metro, you should visit this museum. It was opened in 2000 and is located on the second floor of the Kyiv metro administration building. The first metro trains consisted of 3 cars, so the exhibition is located in three halls. Information is … Read more
The botanical garden with an area of 48 hectares is part of Goloseevsky National Park and consists of 6 scientific laboratories: dendrology and forestry selection, fruit and vegetable crops, floriculture, plant ecology, zoology, green building. The total number of species, varieties, hybrids, cultivars and forms that grow on the territory of the botanical garden is … Read more
In 1949, a decree of the USSR Council of Ministers was signed on the construction of the Republican Agricultural Exhibition in Kyiv. It was built on the site of a small suburban farm called Krasny Tavern. Construction began in 1952 and lasted 6 years. The official opening of the exhibition took place on July 6, … Read more