A complete list of interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places that are located on the right bank of Kyiv
On the territory of the memorial complex National Museum of the Great Patriotic War, not far from the statue Motherland, there is a rather large exhibition of military equipment, which contains unique examples of weapons of the Red Army from pre-war times to the 70s of the last century. At the military equipment exhibition you … Read more
The Vydubitsky Monastery is one of the most ancient monasteries in Kyiv, along with the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. It was founded around 1077 by the son of Yaroslav the Wise, Vsevolod Yaroslavich. The monastery itself and the adjacent area of Vydubychi take their name from the old legend about Vladimir the Baptist and the defeated … Read more
Until the 10th century, the area in the area of the current Maidan was called Perevesishche or Goat Swamp and was a swamp. Where Sofievskaya Street now begins, the Lyadsky Gate was located (mentioned in the chronicle of 1151 as the gate leading to the “land of the Pechenegs”; also through the Lyadsky Gate there … Read more
The space between the left and right banks of the Dnieper, including the channels of its tributaries Desenka and Desna, was adapted into a recreation area back in Soviet times, but a full-fledged park, with a total area of 220 hectares, was officially opened in 1972 in the Chertoroy tract. After the inclusion of Muromets … Read more
A permanent opera troupe was organized in Kyiv in 1867 and became one of the best in the Russian Empire. The troupe worked in the premises of the City Theater, built in 1856 according to the design of the architect Shtrom. In 1896, on the last day of the theater season, a fire occurred that … Read more
Nicholas Church is a Roman Catholic church of St. Nicholas in Kyiv, used since 1980 as the House of Organ and Chamber Music. Construction of the Church of St. Nicholas began according to a competition design by architect S. Valovsky in 1899. The design of the building was carried out under the leadership of the … Read more