A complete list of interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places that are located near Vydubychi station
Kitaevo is a beautiful historical area, which is located on the southern outskirts of Kyiv, in the eastern part of the Goloseevsky forest. It borders on the historical area of Korchevatoye. The cascade of picturesque ponds located here is called Kitaevskie. The nature here is ideal for those who want to get away from the … Read more
Holy Trinity Kitaevsky Monastery (better known as Kitaevskaya Hermitage) is an Orthodox monastery in Kitaevo. The documented history of the monastery begins in 1716, and back in the 19th century Kitaevo became a popular place of pilgrimage. The most famous of the Kitaev elders were Dosifei and Theophilus. Stefan Demyanovich Kovnir in 1763-1768 built one … Read more
Bald Mountain – historical area The name of the mountain is mainly due to the small presence of woody vegetation (however, nowadays the mountain is covered with forest, and its top is lushly overgrown with Red Book herbs). In the second half of the 19th century, the Lysogorsk fortifications of the New Pechersk Fortress were … Read more
The Vydubitsky Monastery is one of the most ancient monasteries in Kyiv, along with the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. It was founded around 1077 by the son of Yaroslav the Wise, Vsevolod Yaroslavich. The monastery itself and the adjacent area of Vydubychi take their name from the old legend about Vladimir the Baptist and the defeated … Read more