A complete list of interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places that are located on the right bank of Kyiv
Vozdvizhenka is an elite residential microdistrict, built in the early 2000s in the Gonchary-Kozhemyaki tract. Located between the Poskotinka mountains, Zamkovaya and Landscape Alley, parallel to Andreevsky Descent, and goes directly onto Nizhny Val Street, the main thoroughfare of Podol. Consists of Vozdvizhenskaya, Goncharnaya, Degtyarnaya and Kozhemyatskaya streets. It is believed that the earliest settlements … Read more
Polyakov’s mansion is located opposite Mariinskiy Park, near Mariinsky Palace, buildings of the Supreme Council of Ukraine, Galperin mansion and Zaitsev mansion. Built according to the design of the architect Fyodor Troupyansky in the 1910s. The house is a characteristic monument of the development of Lipki at the beginning of the 20th century. Due to … 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
This historical area extends on the eastern slope of Batu Mountain along the street and descent of the same name (the descent in 2003 was named after Nikolai Amosov), which in Soviet times was called Stepan Razin Street and Descent. On the street, traffic was one-way up, and downhill, one-way down. Protasov Yar Street also … 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
Created by resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR dated November 14, 1978. The museum’s funds were formed on the basis of exhibits transferred from the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, as well as gifts from enterprises and institutions. Initially, the museum staff and its … Read more