Attractions of Kyiv region

The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross of the Lord on Podil in Kyiv was founded in 1746-1748 by Kyiv artisans who lived in the Honchari-Kozhemyaky settlement (the current "Vozdvyzhenka" microdistrict).

The first temple was wooden. In 1811, the current two-level Church of the Exaltation of the Cross was built in its place. The lower warm temple was consecrated in the name of Michael the Archangel. The upper floor was consecrated in 1841 in the name of Exaltation of the Holy Cross of the Lord.

The future writer Mikhaylo Bulhakov was baptized in this church in 1891.

Currently, the Church of the Ascension of the Cross belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Museum of Railway Transport, which opened in 2011 at the "Kyiv-Passenger" station, presents an exhibition of rolling stock of historical locomotives and wagons.

The museum highlights various stages of the development of railway transport in Ukraine: pre-revolutionary, Soviet and modern. The exhibition features three steam locomotives (L, Er, СО17 series), four passenger and four freight cars, a water column and a functioning semaphore.

Of great interest is the equipment of saloon cars for high-ranking officials: the personal car of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine Volodymyr Shcherbytsky (1957) and the car of the Prime Minister of the Russian Empire Petro Stolypin (1910), in which he arrived in Kyiv in the fateful year 1911. where he was killed.

The private factory of Christmas tree toys of the Bakun family is located near Kyiv, in the village of Lubyanka near Hostomel.

In 2007, Vasyl Bakun and his children Ihor and Kateryna established a traditional but more modern production of hand-painted glass Christmas tree balls here.

During the tour, visitors are shown various stages of toy production: blowing balls from glass tubes, silvering the balls with a solution of silver oxide, drying in special ovens, and finally, hand painting, which is done by students of art higher education institutions. Visitors can order a personal drawing or make an inscription on the ball.

The Lubyanka Christmas Tree Decorations Factory produces more than 2,000 types of Christmas tree toys, many of which can be bought in the company store at the manufacturer's price.

On the very first day of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, February 24, 2022, the factory and the village of Lubyanka were occupied by the Russians. Ihor Bakun, the son of the factory's founder, who worked as a glassblower for Christmas tree decorations and gave tours, was shot by the Russian military.

Currently, the Christmas tree decorations factory in Lubyanka does not accept tour groups. Instead, the factory organizes field workshops at schools or kindergartens.

The reserve-farm "Kyilivska Askania" is located in a picturesque corner of Kyiv region, far from roads. Protected from all sides by a kilometer-long strip of dense forest.

The reserve has all the conditions for recreation in the wild and for communication with animals that move freely through the territory and are practically tame.

On the territory of the reserve there are 5 ponds for fishing, where swans and geese live, and wild ducks nest. Exotic animals and birds are the wealth of "Kyilivska Askania": black African ostriches, Cameroonian goats, Vietnamese pigs, pheasants, downy chickens.

Horseback riding is available all year round for horse-riding enthusiasts, and donkey-drawn cart rides for children. You can taste exotic foods in the "Exotic Dishes" cafe-bar. There is a souvenir shop, and there is also a banquet hall for 40 people.

Fastiv Museum of Local Lore is located in the historic building of the bank (late XIX century), which is an example of the so-called borderless architecture in "brick" style.

The museum was founded in 1990, although its collection began to be created in the 1970s. The current exhibition is based on the results of archaeological research, ethnographic expeditions, searches in the archives.

Among the materials of the historical department there are rare archival and photographic materials, as well as historical objects that tell about the stay in the Fastiv Directory of the UPR, the battle near Motovylivka, the Unification of the UNR and WUPR and other events.

Of particular interest is the current model of the railway and other exhibits about the one and a half century history of the Fastiv railway.

The museum of the "Dynamo Kyiv" football club is located on the territory of the "Olympiyskyi" National Sports Complex in the same room as the club's official fan shop. It was opened on the eve of the Euro-2012 football championship.

The exhibition tells about the history of the "Dynamo Kyiv" club, starting with its foundation in 1927. In particular, football trophies won by the club during its century-long history at national and international championships are presented. You can also see historical photos, portraits of famous football players, sports uniforms of football stars and the balls they played with.

A separate exhibition is dedicated to the legendary "Dynamo" coach Valeriy Lobanovskyi.

The tombstone on the grave of the local priest Fedir Hrushevsky in Lisnyky was installed in 1894 by his grandson Mykhaylo Hrushevsky, a great historian and public figure.

Fedir Hrushevskyi served in the local Transfiguration Church, he founded a high school in Lisnyky. After World War II, the tombstone was used to decorate the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Kruhlyk. Returned to the site in 2001.

A monument to Mykhaylo Hrushevsky was erected next to the school. You can get acquainted with the history of the village in the school lobby, where there is a local history exhibition.

The Church of Saint Feodosius of Pechersky was built on the place where in 1091, during the transfer of the relics of one of the founders of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra from the Far Caves to the Dormition Cathedral, the monks stopped to rest. The trunk of the oak, on which the crab stood, became the basis of the altar.

The wooden Feodosius Church was first mentioned in the 1630s. The stone temple was rebuilt in 1698-1700 in the Ukrainian Baroque style at the expense of the colonel of the Zaporizhzhia Army Kostyantyn Mokiyevskyi.

In 1992, the Saint Feodosius stauropygial Monastery was opened on the basis of the Church of Saint Feodosius. After the Unification Council of Ukrainian Orthodox Churches on December 15, 2018, it became part of the United Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Feofaniya tract is a picturesque area on the southern outskirts of Kyiv, where the Feofaniya park and the Saint Panteleymon women's monastery are located.

It was mentioned for the first time in 1471 as a tract of Lazarivshchyna, belonging to the Kyiv administrator Khodyk. In 1803, Bishop Feofan of Chyhyryn settled here, and the village was named Feofaniya. At the same time, the first wooden temple in honor of the Miracle of Michael the Archangel and the bishop's house were built. In 1861, a hermitage was founded in Feofaniya, and in 1912, the majestic Panteleymon Cathedral was built here.

The monastery was closed in the 1930s, medical institutions of various departments, the main observatory and field experimental laboratory of the Institute of Botany of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine were located here. Only in 1990, the mutilated cathedral building was returned to the Orthodox Church. Three years later, Feofaniya became a hermitage of the Holy Intercession Church Convent, and in 2002 the monastery became independent.

The territory of the tract has the status of a monument of garden and park art, subordinated to the State Reserve Farm "Feofaniya" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Since 2003, the recreation area near the ponds has been reconstructed with the arrangement of water supply, drainage, gazebos, fountains, the laying of paths, lining of the shores, etc. The reconstruction has not yet been completed, but the park is already popular among the townspeople.

The Tower fire station was built in Tarasha in the middle of the 19th century according to the project of architect Andreyan Zakharov.

It is an architectural monument of local importance. In satisfactory condition, located next to the fire station. The entrance is closed.

A monument to the firemen's who participated in the liquidation of the consequences of the accident at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant was installed near the building of the State Inspection for Technogenic Safety of Ukraine in Kyiv.

Opened for the 25th anniversary of the Chornobyl tragedy. The author of the monument is the sculptor Mykola Tykhonov.

The monument to the first Kyiv tram was erected for the centenary of this type of transport in Kyiv.

It was here, at Volodymyrskyi Uzviz, that in 1892 the electric tram began to run for the first time in Eastern Europe. The idea belonged to the engineer and entrepreneur Amand Struve. He offered the city authorities an alternative to the traditional end, which was ineffective on Kyiv streets full of steep ups and downs.

The first tram line, 1.5 kilometers long, was put into operation at Oleksandrivskyi Uzviz (now Volodymyrskyi Uzviz). The experiment was considered successful. In just a few years, the total length of Kyiv tram routes was 50 kilometers. The project paid off very quickly, and soon the electric tram completely supplanted horse-drawn and steam-drawn city transport.

The monument, installed in the lower part of the Volodymyrskyi Uzviz, was created by the sculptor Yuriy Kiselyov and the architect Volodymyr Sobtsov.

The former manor of the "railroad kings" - the fon Mekk family, friends and relatives of Petro Chaykovsky, built in Kopylov by Mykola Karlovych von Meck in 1888.

The building is wooden, on a brick plinth. A 9-hectare park with spruce and linden avenues has been preserved.

Petro Chaykovsky visited fon Mekk several times.

During the Second World War in 1943-1944, the estate housed a military hospital, then a music school.

Currently, the building is in a dilapidated state, in need of conservation and restoration.

The light and music fountain with the sculptural composition "Pear" was opened in Kyiv's Poznyaky Park in 2012.

In the center of the composition is a four-meter stainless steel sculpture. According to the idea of ​​the author of the project, Kyiv sculptor Oleksiy Zolotaryov, the pear, as a symbol of sweet life, is divided into 7 unequal parts, symbolizing destruction and at the same time creation, unification.

The polished surfaces of the sculpture provide an opportunity to interact with the viewer.

The public exposition "Gifts to the Presidents of Ukraine" is a public part of the Fund of Presidents of Ukraine, which operates on the basis of the National Library of Ukraine named after Volodymyr Vernadsky in Kyiv.

Founded in 1996. The collection includes about 2,000 items and documents related to the life and work of Ukrainian leaders. Here are gifts to the presidents of Ukraine from around the world.

Among the exhibits are various works of art, such as: handicrafts (embroideries, wooden boxes, carpets, vases, utensils, etc.), musical instruments, decorative weapons (sabers, swords, maces, etc.), paintings made by various techniques on canvas , silk, papyrus, using stones, embroidered, etc.), clothing (mantles, national clothes, etc.), models of military equipment, honorary awards and distinctions of the Presidents of Ukraine, sculptures and numismatic exhibits, etc.

The carpet with portraits of 12 post-Soviet presidents, presented to Leonid Kuchma by his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon in 1997, is particularly noteworthy.