Interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places in Solomensky district
The complex of buildings of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute was built during 1898-1902, and in 1903 a park was laid out in front of them, in which valuable tree species were planted. The park was created in a natural style, only in front of the KPI buildings a regular type of park was created. The … Read more
Cadet Grove is a historical area in Kyiv, through which a stream with the same name flows (the right tributary of the Lybid River). It has been known since the end of the 18th century as Shulyavskaya Grove, and after the construction of the Vladimir Kyiv Cadet Corps here in 1857 – Cadet Grove. It … Read more
The park, with an area of 16.5 hectares, was created in 1969; deciduous trees predominate here (mainly linden, maple, birch), and there are a large number of bushes. In 2016, work was carried out to overhaul the park, as a result of which paths were laid out, 26 benches and 26 garbage bins were installed, … Read more
Created on the basis of the Grushki orchard. Most of the fruit trees were uprooted in 2009 at the initial stage of reconstruction of the park, which was completed only in the fall of 2017. In Orlyonok Park, the total area of which is 10 hectares, there is an area planted with spruce trees in … Read more
Solomensky Landscape Park (Solomensky Forest Park) was founded in 1986 and has an area of 30 hectares. Most of the park’s territory is located within the Kuchmin Yar tract – a natural basin at the bottom of which the Mokraya River flows. When creating the park, significant earthworks were carried out – the slopes were … Read more
Ostrovsky Park was created in 1961 and has an area of 4 hectares. The park is dominated by deciduous trees – maples, lindens, poplars. The number of bushes is relatively small. The park has a modern children’s play complex. In 1971, a monument to Nikolai Ostrovsky was erected in the park. In 2007, the park … Read more