Interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places in Shevchenkivskyi district
Golden Gate During the reign of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, the territory of Kyiv was constantly expanding, which required the construction of new defensive fortifications – powerful ramparts with reinforced wooden cages and deep ditches were erected. The city was surrounded by earthen ramparts with a total length of 4 kilometers, they ran along the … 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
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
The Kiev Television Center is a complex of buildings with an area of 15 hectares, including a 24-story building-tower (“pencil” in the people) and studio blocks. “Karandash”, with an area of 87,500 m², contains: 9 blocks of the hardware-studio complex, 17 video-hardware complexes, 6 television studios, 14 rehearsal halls, a cinema-concert hall for 450 seats … Read more
The Kiev TV Tower is a metal spatial lattice free-standing high-rise structure with a height of 385 meters. This is the tallest lattice structure in the world. The tower was built on the site of an old Jewish cemetery according to the design of the UkrNIIproektstalkonstruktsiya institute (they also designed Paton Bridge, Ukraine Palace, station … Read more
The monument in honor of the architect Vladislav Gorodetsky was opened in the spring of 2004 with the support of patrons and is located in Passage on the sidewalk next to the house. The authors are sculptors Vladimir Shchur, Vitaly Sivko (monument to Princess Olga, monument to Panikovsky, monument to Chasing Two Hares, monument to … Read more