Interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places in Shevchenkivskyi district
The monument to one of the characters in the novel “The Golden Calf” by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov, Mikhail Samuelevich Panikovsky, was erected in 1998 and is located near the corner of Khreshchatik and Proriznoy, where the hero of the novel made his living by pickpocketing before the revolution. Ironically, Panikovsky’s wand often becomes … Read more
The monument to the great Kyiv prince of the first half of the 11th century, Yaroslav the Wise, is located in the park near Golden Gate. The prince holds in his hands a model of St. Sophia Cathedral, and his gaze is turned to the direction where the cathedral was built. The monument was recreated … Read more
The monument was originally unveiled in September 1911. Its creators were sculptors Ivan Kavaleridze and Pyotr Snitkin, architect Valerian Rykov. The composition consists of three figures on a pink granite pedestal. In the center is Princess Olga, on the left side is Apostle Andrew the First-Called, and on the right are the educators of the … 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
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