Interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places in Shevchenkivskyi district
The Prague Hotel was built in 1880 according to the design of the architect Alexander Schiele (his most famous work in Kyiv is the water tower in Khreshchaty Park, where the Water Museum is located). Initially, the building had 3 floors and was called “Ilyinskaya Rooms”, after the surname of the owner Anastasia Ilyinskaya (the … Read more
The Museum of Historical Rolling Stock of the South-Western Railway was opened in 2011 at the Kyiv-Passazhirsky station. At first there were only 3 exhibits, but the museum very quickly was replenished with various railway equipment. The exhibition of the railway museum includes steam locomotives, diesel locomotives, an electric locomotive ChS4, railway cars, a trolley, … Read more
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
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
Doctor’s House No. 1 The Doctor’s House is one of the first multi-apartment residential buildings built during Soviet times in Kyiv. Created in the style of constructivism according to the design of the architect Pavel Aleshin (also designed Kovalevsky’s mansion) in 1930. A monument of history, architecture, and urban planning of local importance. The house … Read more