Interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places in Shevchenkivskyi district
Friedrich Gustavovich Mikhelson (1840-1908) millionaire, was a member of the city duma, merchant of the 1st guild, a member of the Kyiv city duma. He was one of the ten richest citizens of Kyiv at the beginning of the 20th century. He owned brick and glass factories, a number of vast estates in the center … Read more
The triangle-shaped area was formed here long before the creation of the park. In 1891, a chapel was opened here in honor of a certain event. In October 1888, Emperor Alexander III, returning with his family from Crimea to St. Petersburg, almost became a victim of a train accident near Kharkov – the train in … Read more
Across the road from Chkalov Square and next to velotrek is located in the park named after Oles Gonchar. On the territory of the square there is a pump room and a monument to Oles Gonchar (April 3, 1918 – July 14, 1995), which was opened in May 2001 – the writer loved to sit … Read more
The square was created in the 1920s in front of the building of the Kyiv Veterinary and Zootechnical Institute, which was located there from 1924 to 1934 – now the State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations is located here. The monument to Valery Pavlovich Chkalov (Soviet test pilot, brigade commander, hero of the Soviet … Read more
Not far from “house with cats” is Pavlovsky Square, which is popularly called Pavlovsky Garden or Kindergarten . The square was created in 1905-1909 on the site of an ancient ravine during the construction of the first houses on Novo-Pavlovskaya Street, which connected Gogolevskaya and Observatornaya streets. The square area is 1.8 hectares. There is … Read more
On the border of Kirillovskaya Grove and Babi Yar a dense “wall” of tall trees hides another abandoned object in Kyiv – the unfinished building of the Institute of Social and Forensic Psychiatry and Narcology. The unfinished building has no history as such, so we can only make do with assumptions. In all likelihood, the … Read more