A complete list of interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places that are located on the right bank of Kyiv
Baikovo Cemetery The cemetery is named after the surname of General Sergei Baykov (Russian military leader, major general, participant in the Napoleonic Wars and the Russian-Turkish War). After the war, he retired and settled in Kiev – he lived in Pechersk in his own house, and across the Lybid River he acquired a farmstead on … Read more
Since 1841, at Bajkovo Cemetery there was the Church of St. Demetrius of Rostov, which was not only a cemetery, but also parish. Over time, the temple ceased to accommodate all believers, and the architect Vladimir Nikolaev (Tereshchenko mansion, Galperin’s mansion, Liberman’s mansion, philharmonic, monument to Khmelnitsky, Zaitsev’s mansion) a project for a new church … Read more
The idea of creating a monument arose in society on the initiative of the historian, professor at Kyiv University Nikolai Kostomarov in the 1840s. After receiving permission from the imperial government in 1860, a committee was created headed by Mikhail Yuzefovich, a university professor and head of the Kyiv archaeographic commission. The first design of … Read more
In the autumn of 1879, Kiev architect Vladimir Nikolaev (Ascension Church on Baikov cemetery, Galperin’s mansion, Tereshchenko mansion, National Philharmonic, Monument to Khmelnitsky, Zaitsev’s mansion) submitted for approval the design of a two-story L-shaped stone building to the construction customer, Adjutant General Fyodor Trepov, who gave his consent on all points and the mansion was … Read more
Until March 2017, the museum was called the Kiev Museum of Russian Art. The Gallery of Russian Art was founded in 1922 on the basis of nationalized private collections, the basis was the collection of the Tereshchenko family (a Cossack-philistine and noble (since 1870) family originating from Glukhovshchina). In 1934, the gallery received the status … Read more
The question of building a stadium in Kyiv arose back in 1914, but then the First World War prevented this. After the establishment of Soviet power in 1922, the Trotsky Red Stadium was erected on the site of Alekseevsky Park (which was practically destroyed during the revolution). The stadium was inaugurated on August 12, 1923. … Read more