Attractions of Kyiv region

The Museum of One Street is dedicated to the history of Andriyivsky Descent, the most famous and colorful street in Kyiv.

Founded by the literary search association "Mayster", whose activists decided to reveal to visitors some secrets of Andriyivsky Descent, to acquaint with its most famous inhabitants, to recreate and preserve a special aura that surrounds this romantic street - Mecca of artists, writers and other creative people.

The "One Street Museum" has reconstructed the interiors of some typical rooms, demonstrating the peculiarities of the life of Kyivans in the 19th century. Separate expositions are dedicated to Mykhailo Bulhakov, Fotiy Krasytsky, Ivan Kavaleridze, and others.

In 2002, the One Street Museum was named one of the best museums in Europe. Historical, documentary and art exhibitions are held regularly.

Park-Museum "Ukraine in Miniature" is an open-air exhibition of models of the most famous sights of Ukraine in Kyiv.

Collected in the park area on the banks of the Dnipro, on the territory of the Hydropark. The exhibition opened in 2006 as the park "Kyiv in miniature". About 50 models of famous Kyiv buildings, monuments and structures on a scale of 1:33 have been collected on an area of 1.8 hectares. All models are made of modern synthetic material, but require regular maintenance due to environmental exposure.

At the moment, the "population" of mini-Kiev is almost 1,000 figurines of residents. It has its own Khreschatyk and Independence Square, and the mini-Dnipro is crossed by four bridges: Northern, Pedestrian, Metro, and Southern. In the parks and squares of the mini-city there are monuments to figures of culture, politics and art of Ukraine, and five planes from different countries of the world landed at the airport.

Recently, the exposition has been replenished with models of the most famous monuments of other cities of Ukraine. Among them are the famous Crimean palaces, Chernivtsi University, Kachanivka palace and park complex, Donbas Arena stadium and others.

Park-museum "Ukraine in miniature" works all year round.

The pharmacy museum is located in Kyiv in the old Podil district near the Florivsky Monastery. It is located in the historic building of the city's first private pharmacy, which was opened in 1728 by the German pharmacist Yohann Heyter, but it went down in history as the "Bunhe Pharmacy" (after the surname of Heyter's son-in-law, the young German pharmacist Heorh-Fridrikh Bunhe).

Four generations of the Bunhe family owned the pharmacy and continued the pharmaceutical business. In 1871, the great-granddaughter of the founder of the first Kyiv private pharmacy Heyter, the granddaughter of the founder of the famous Kyiv Bunhe family, the daughter of a pharmacist, the widow of a pharmacist, and in the past the owner of the pharmacy herself, 70-year-old Yelyzaveta Tetsner, sold her estate with the old pharmacy building and outbuilding to the family of the college assessor Kostyantyn Vasylchykov.

At the end of the 20th century, the pharmacy building was restored, the interiors of the pharmacy of the 18th-19th centuries were recreated, and exhibitions were created. The collection was collected bit by bit, from different regions of Ukraine, ancient pharmacies of Western Ukraine, and in 1988 it opened its doors as a pharmacy-museum.

Today, the museum exposition of the pharmacy-museum is presented in 12 thematic halls. In the "Trade Hall", thanks to the preserved interiors and pharmacy relics, you can feel the atmosphere of a pharmacy that served people hundreds of years ago. "Apothecary's Office" gives an idea of ​​the work of a pharmacist and demonstrates the working environment of a pharmacist. The majestic oak cabinets of the "Library" store ancient pharmaceutical textbooks that are over 300 years old. Along the walls of the "Laboratory" are antique cabinets with multi-colored flasks and bottles filled with alcohol-soaked specimens of fauna (crabs, snakes, eels and other creatures), from whose organs ancient pharmacists created unique medicines. The "Antique Hall" with its classic atmosphere, where antiquity is combined with an elegant interior and exhibits, transports you to the atmosphere of ancient culture.

A separate hall is dedicated to the dynasty of the pharmacy's founders - the Bunhe family. The hall's exposition tells about the prominent family of Heorh Bunhe, who had 12 children: 8 sons and 4 daughters. In 1784, Heorh and his sons were entered into the noble family book of the Kyiv province. The descendants of this family became famous doctors, scientists, travelers and political figures, making a significant contribution to the development of medicine and science.

The basement of the Pharmacy Museum houses unique artifacts found during the exploration of the underground passages that run under the building. Among the unique artifacts are not only fragments of Scythian and Greek ceramics from the 4th–3rd centuries BC, but also a sensational find from the pre-Christian period: 300 human skulls, which, according to researchers, belonged to warriors sacrificed to the god Perun. The "Alchemist's Cabinet" is also located here, the mystical atmosphere of which has always surrounded representatives of the 15th century alchemist guild. Under the ancient vaults of the rabbit "Wine Cellar" cozy tea parties are held, where guests can taste herbal preparations according to ancient recipes, and soap-making workshops are held, during which you can create your own natural soap using traditional ingredients and techniques.

One of the most romantic halls of the Pharmacy Museum in Podil is the "Home Church". Here, the owner of the estate, Heorh-Fridrikh Bunhe, being a believer, held services for the German Lutheran community of Saint Catherine.

The "House of the Healer" is dedicated to folk medicine - herbs smell fragrant, a fire burns in the stove, herbs are spread out on a wooden table, and dishpans for dishes hang above the benches. All kinds of healer's utensils are collected here, in particular, a trough for soaking herbs, towels-amulets, household treasures - pots, mortars, mills, tubs, nightshades, bags, bunches of plants, roots. The healer's hut is a real laboratory of the folk healer.

The "Apothecary Gardens" hall introduces visitors to the history of the creation of special areas for growing medicinal herbs.

One of the most beautiful and romantic buildings of pre-revolutionary Kyiv - Pidhorsky's house - is sometimes called the "Baron's Castle" by Kyivans.

The house on the corner of Yaroslaviv Val and Lysenko Street, near the Golden Gate, was built at the end of the 19th century by order of the Polish landowner Mykhaylo Pidhorskyi (architect Mykola Dobachevskyi) in the modernized Gothic style popular at the time. The house is crowned with a high spire, the facade is decorated with sculptures of fantastic animals.

It was nicknamed the "Baron's Castle" not only because of its characteristic "knightly" appearance, but also because the house next to it really belonged to Baron Rudolf Steinhel, and many believed that the baron owned both houses.

Pidhorsky's house was profitable. On the first floor there was a confectionery cafe "By the Golden Gate" (then a cinema hall), and on the remaining floors there were residential apartments that were rented out.

The extravagant building has survived to this day in an almost unchanged form. Stucco molding, beautiful fireplaces and other decorative elements have been preserved in many rooms of the house. Throughout the Soviet period, it housed communal apartments.

Pidhorsky's house is currently in private ownership and is being restored. On the first floor, there is a gallery of differences "Miracle Icons of Athos" with copies (lists) of the most famous Athos icons: "Abbess of the Holy Mount of Athos", "Sweet Kiss", "All-Empress", "Rejoice and Consolation", "It is Worthy", "The Quick Obedient" ”, “Iverska” (or “Vorotarnytsia”), “Triruchnytsia” and others.

The complex of buildings of the postal station arose in Bila Tserkva in the 19th century, when a regular connection between Moscow and Odesa was established.

The premises of the post office (functioning as intended), the hotel (Taras Shevchenko stayed here), the inn, the carriage yard, the forge and the stables are made in a classical style, the architectural integrity and original layout of the complex has been preserved.

The Fellini restaurant is located in one of the premises.

The complex of buildings of the Presence places was erected in the middle of the 19th century on the site of city fortifications.

The project was developed by architects Ivan Shtrom, Mykhaylo Ikonnikov and Ksaversh Skarzhynskyi. In 1900, the building was reconstructed by adding a third floor.

The bureaucratic apparatus of pre-revolutionary Kyiv, including the judicial and police departments, was located here. In Soviet times, the premises retained their purpose, and the address "Korolenko, 15" (the former name of Volodymyrska Street) became a common name.

Currently, the building houses the regional office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Court of Appeal and other authorities.

Pushcha-Vodytsia is a suburban resort village on the northwestern outskirts of Kyiv, the most famous country area near the capital. Even in the 11th century, the princes of Kyiv loved to hunt in the forests of Pushcha-Vodytsia ("Pushcha" means a dense forest, Vodytsia is the name of a small river).

In 1724, state forestry was created, and in the 1890s, the city council, on the initiative of entrepreneur and public figure Mykola Chokolov, founded the country village of Pushcha-Vodytsia.

In 1904, anti-tuberculosis sanatoriums were built, and later general health sanatoriums, a tram line and a telephone connection were laid. In the pre-revolutionary years, maivkas were held here. The sanatorium-resort profile was preserved in the village even in Soviet times. More than 60,000 people were treated here during the year. He received elite status thanks to the departmental "Tsekiv" sanatorium "Pushcha-Ozerna". By the mid-1990s, most of the sanatoriums had closed, many areas with forest areas fell into private ownership, but some examples of summer cottages from the beginning of the 20th century were preserved.

The neo-Gothic building under the mountain Uzdyhalnytsia on the Andriyivsky descent bears the romantic name "Castle of Richard the Lionheart", built on the order of the merchant Dmytro Orlov as a profitable house.

According to legend, the builders, dissatisfied with the payment, specially planned the ventilation in such a way that the wind would howl in the pipes, which led to rumors of ghosts in the house.

During Soviet times, bohemians lived here. In 1992, Richard's Castle was purchased by an American investor for a hotel, but due to problems with local authorities, the reconstruction was suspended.

The chapel in honor of Saint Andrew the First-Called Apostle, who, according to legend, foretold the foundation of Kyiv, was built on the slopes of the Dnipro near Askold's grave.

The construction was carried out at the expense of the Public Fund of Saint Andrew the First-Called, the project was developed by the architect Mykola Zharikov. The temple facing upwards is made in the style of a modern interpretation of the Ukrainian Baroque. According to the peculiarities of style and territorial affiliation, the Saint Andrew chapel was included in the Lavra complex.

A commemorative sign in honor of the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Christ has been installed nearby. Across the road from the church, a monument to Andrew the First-Called (architect Mykola Zharikov) was opened in 2000. The monument is made of a solid block of granite. The pedestal in the upper part is stylized as clouds, which emphasizes the holiness of the apostle.

The Saint Dimitry Church on Podil in Kyiv was founded in the 17th century as the church of Equal-to-the-Apostles Kostyantyn and Olena.

The beginning was wooden. In 1742-1750, according to the project of the famous architect Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi, the stone Kostyantyn and Olena temple with a bell tower and a refectory of the Saint Dimitry church was built.

In the 1930s, the main church was destroyed by the Bolsheviks, but the refectory building, which housed the school gym for a long time, was preserved.

Currently, the Church of Saint Dimitry belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate, reconstruction is planned with the restoration of the lost dome.

Private landscape park "Sakura Island" in Volodarka, Kyiv region, was created in 2019 by local entrepreneur and philanthropist Mykola Kaplun according to his own project. On the outskirts of the village, he landscaped an area of ​​1.6 hectares, where he dug a 350-meter-long canal, threw three bridges across the Ros River onto the island, and planted about 200 trees of various species, as well as 3,500 species of flowering shrubs.

"Sakura Island" is decorated in the Japanese style and has many interesting photo zones. In the center stands a pagoda with an observation deck, from which a panorama of the entire complex opens. The oriental theme is supported by a torii gate and a stone garden. There is also a grotto with a waterfall and a fountain, a colonnade in the ancient Greek style, a model of the ship "Santa Maria", on which Christopher Columbus discovered America, stylized remains of the sea monster Leviathan, and a large number of various sculptures.

For younger visitors in Sakura Island Park there is a mini-zoo and a large playground. There is a café and a restaurant on the territory, as well as holiday houses with all the amenities.

The Sakura Island park hosts an annual autumn gastronomic festival, OctoberFest.

The gloomy Neo-Renaissance building of the Zemska Administration, built on the order of the provincial authorities, in Soviet times was transferred to the NKVD department, then the KGB. During the German occupation, it served as the premises of the CD.

The entire block around the building is equipped for the needs of the secret police, including temporary detention cells.

The building still retains its profile - the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) is located here.

The caisson of the Stalinist metro is a huge reinforced concrete structure in the Natalka Park in Obolon, which is popularly nicknamed the "Concrete Ship" for its characteristic shape, reminiscent of a submarine with a cockpit.

This is "Title No. 12" - one of the objects of the so-called "Construction No. 1", as mentioned in secret documents, a project of an underground transport system duplicating railway bridges across the Dnipro in the Kyiv region. Currently, the object is known as "Stalin Metro". Two railway tunnels to the south and north of Kyiv (now within the city limits) were intended to ensure reliable, safe and secret transfer of troops and cargo between the right and left banks of the Dnipro.

The construction of the Northern tunnel in the area of present-day Obolon began later than the construction of the Southern tunnel in the area of Zhukiv Island. At the beginning of the Second World War, in 1941, underground work had not yet begun.

A reinforced concrete tunnel and caisson section remained on the surface of the earth near the bank of the Dnipro, designed to sink into the soil and create an underground working chamber for the work of walkers in water-saturated soils.

Since the information about "Construction No. 1" remained secret until recently, the history and purpose of the "Concrete Ship" - a caisson on Obolon was overgrown with many urban legends. The further fate of the building has not yet been determined.

A small recreation area on the Dnipro embankment near the new high-rise buildings near the Pivnichny Bridge on Obolon is called the "Garden of Stones" in Kyiv.

A miniature park with an area of ​​0.35 hectares with cobbled paths is decorated with many sculptures. 24 high basalt stone columns and 5 artificial, several bronze sculptures, 16 benches for rest, 24 decorative lanterns were installed in the park. All stones were brought for the park from different parts of Ukraine.

The main decoration of the Stones Garden was a large fountain with a diameter of 11 meters, made of granite. In the center of the fountain there are three female bronze figures under an umbrella. A bronze mermaid sitting on a stone and holding a seashell in her hands attracts special attention. it is believed that love will surely come to those who touch her breasts.

Syretsky Park in Kyiv is a monument of garden and park art of national significance.

It was established at the end of the 19th century by the German Meyer as a demonstration park for ornamental crops in flower farming. The yews, thuja, spruces, maples and lindens planted at that time are still preserved.

Work on expanding the park territory, forming decorative tree-shrub groups, as well as expanding the collection of ornamental plants was continued in the 50s and 60s of the 20th century by the famous dendrologist, a great enthusiast of his work, Mykola Ptitsyn.

Currently, the park covers an area of 6.5 hectares.

The Arboretum does not have its own entrance. To get to its territory, you need to go through the transit agro-firm "Flowers of Ukraine".