A complete list of interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places that are located on the right bank of Kyiv
There were several government dachas during the Soviet era, but the most famous of them, and those that have survived to this day, are located on Nivki and Lukyanovka. The popular name for special dachas is Khrushchev’s dacha, but Nikita Sergeevich has only minimal relation to state dachas, since he only lived there for some … Read more
From the charter of King Sigismund II Augustus, given on May 17, 1566 to the Kiev voivode, Prince Ostrozhsky, it is known that “the Kiev nunnery of Florovsky on Podol is provided with everything that it had, into the hereditary possession or management of the Kiev archpriest Iakov Gulkevich (who restored this monastery ) with … Read more
Holy Trinity Kitaevsky Monastery (better known as Kitaevskaya Hermitage) is an Orthodox monastery in Kitaevo. The documented history of the monastery begins in 1716, and back in the 19th century Kitaevo became a popular place of pilgrimage. The most famous of the Kitaev elders were Dosifei and Theophilus. Stefan Demyanovich Kovnir in 1763-1768 built one … Read more
The building of the Institute of Noble Maidens (a 19th-early 20th century women’s educational institution for girls in Kyiv) was designed by the architect Vikentiy Beretti (the red building of Shevchenko University was also built according to his design). The first brick was laid in the foundation of the building in 1838; construction of the … Read more
The Holy Trinity Monastery of John is located in the ancient part of Kyiv on the hill of Zverinetskaya Mountain. From the hills there is a view of the wide flood of the Dnieper and the Chernigov forests stretching beyond the horizon, the place of which has now been taken by residential areas of the … Read more
The building was built in 1902 in the neo-Gothic style according to the design of engineer Nikolai Vishnevsky. Belonged to the family of barons Uexküll-Gildenband (an ancient German family originating from the Archbishopric of Bremen). The house is three-story. The front façade is symmetrical and richly covered with various decorative elements, reminiscent of a fairy-tale … Read more