Attractions of Kyiv region

The complex of Present Places in Tarashcha was designed by the imperial architect, professor of the architectural class of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, Andreyan Zakharov.

It was built in 1803-1817 after Tarashcha became a county town.

Official county offices, a prison, a wing of the Zemstvo court, the treasury, and the city administration have been preserved. Under the complex is a network of underground tunnels, through which prisoners from the Zemstvo prison were taken to the construction of the cathedral (destroyed in the 1930s).

Now one of the buildings houses a labor exchange, the others are used as residential buildings

The Museum of Cossack Era in Hermanivka is located in the building of the manufacturing bench, erected in 1904, next to the Picture Gallery.

The museum illuminates the historical and socio-political processes of the development of the village of Hermanivka in the context of the general history of Ukraine through archaeological and ethnographic monuments of antiquity from the Bronze Age to the present.

The museum is divided into two halls. Exhibits from the Bronze Age to the end of the 19th century are exhibited in the first hall, and exhibits from the beginning of the 20th century are displayed in the second hall.

The Cossack Era Museum Museum and the Picture Gallery in Hermanivka are branches of the Kyiv Regional Archaeological Museum.

Divych-hora (Devich-hora, Divocha hora, Divych-Hill) is a high hill above the Dnipro in the center of the village of Trypillia. The name is probably connected with the ancient Slavic cult of a female deity - the progenitor goddess, the goddess Virgo (Diva).

On the top of Divych-hora, a settlement and burial ground of the Zarubinetska culture (II century BC), as well as an ancient Slavic temple (VI century) were discovered. There is an assumption that there was a sanctuary of a pagan virgin goddess. The altar consisted of nine hemispherical recesses in which ritual food was cooked.

From the top of Divych-hora, a wonderful panorama of Trypillia, the Dnipro and the surrounding hills opens up.

The first stationary year-round dolphinarium "Nemo" was located in Kyiv in the VDNG district. It was opened in 2009, closed in 2017.

Kyiv Dolphinarium "Nemo" was a complex engineering structure that fully meets international standards for working with marine mammals. Every day there were shows with bottlenose dolphins Skipper, Flipper, Boatsman, Casper, as well as seals Klepa, Bonnie and Norma. The stands of the dolphinarium accommodated 900 spectators, who were placed around a 20-meter pool with sea water. In addition to performances, swimming and diving with dolphins were offered. Dolphin therapy sessions were held, which is an effective method of drug-free recovery and rehabilitation of children with functional limitations.

Family goat farm with cheese dairy "Dooobra Farm" was founded in 2011 by the family of former advertising artist Taras Lozhenko. It is located in the village of Ivky on the outskirts of Bohuslav. Excursions and tastings are held here.

About 400 goats are kept on the farm, of which 230 are milking. Cheese is cooked three times a week. About 100 kilograms of cheeses are produced in one day. The farm is equipped with a modern technological line.

Today, "Doobra Farm" produces 12 different types of cheese. In particular, 4 types of goat's cheese: soft cream cheese, semi-hard "Yangol", aged "Bikoz" and "Shedevr" with white mold. From cow's milk, the cheeses "Rankovy", "Legend", "Seven Tastes", "Starets", "Kosychka", "Suluhuni" and others are produced. The farm also offers cheese, sweet and salty cottage cheese, butter, cream, kefir, meat products and honey.

The farm hosts the Cheese Museum, which exhibits items related to cheese production, collected by the farm's owners during their travels in Europe. In particular, samples of rare European cheeses, advertising leaflets of Ukrainian cheeses from 1961 in French, records of unique cheese recipes, an engraving of the oldest cheese market in Holland, a collection of cheese knives are presented.

The excursion program includes a tour of the goat farm and tea plantation, a detailed story about the cheese factory, a visit to the Cheese Museum and a cheese tasting.

The Cheese Museum in Kyiv also operates as a branch of the family cheese factory "Dooobra Farm".

Dymer city library for adults is housed in an old wooden building built at the beginning of the 20th century.

Officially, the library building is not considered an architectural monument, but it is one of the brightest sights of the city of Dymer.

The gymnasium in the center of Dymer was built in 1912-1913, becoming the most modern building in the city, as it already had water heating, which was a rarity in those days.

In the gymnasium, four-grade education was introduced according to the program of seven grades. Pupils were taught reading, writing, church singing, natural science and the basics of drawing. During the Second World War, the school was closed and served as a shelter for fighter pilots, and later the building was used by the Germans as a prison.

In 1945, education at the school was resumed, and in 1963 it was given the status of an eight-year, incomplete secondary school. Currently, it is the Educational Complex "Dymer Gymnasium - Secondary School of the 1st Degree".

The Dynamo Stadium named after Valeriy Lobanovsky is the home club stadium of Dynamo Kyiv football club, which until recently remained one of the main sports arenas of Ukraine.

It was built in 1932-1934 on the site of the greenhouses of the Mariyinsky Palace, where sports infrastructure began to develop after the Soviet-Ukrainian war. After the reconstruction for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, the capacity decreased from 23 to 18 thousand spectators.

Before the Second World War, the "Dynamo" stadium was the sports base of the NKVD football team of the same name. In 1942, a series of football matches took place in occupied Kyiv between the "Start" team formed from the "Dynamo" team and various teams of the German occupiers, which invariably ended with the victory of the Kyivans. The last match between "Start" and the national team of German anti-aircraft fighters Flakelf went down in history as the "Death Match". According to legend, four Dynamo players were shot for refusing to lose to the Germans. A monument to the fallen football players has been erected on the territory.

Since 2002, the "Dynamo" stadium bears the name of the legendary coach Valeriy Lobanovsky, who led FC "Dynamo" to the heights of European football glory.

Excursions are conducted through the stadium, during which you can see the locker rooms, the Fan Club premises, the conference hall, the exhibition of won trophies, the stadium field and its stands.

Only the remains of the park and wonderful views of the Dnipro remained from the "Lypky" manor of the Dolhoruky-Fadyeyevs family estate in Rzhyshchiv.

In the 18th century, the manor belonged to Lieutenant General Adolphe Franzovich de Bandre du Plessis. His daughter Henrietta de Brande y Plessis married Major General Prince Pavlo Dolhoruky, who retired at the beginning of the reign of Paul I. After the Franco-Russian war in 1812, the future Decembrists Bestuzhev-Ryumin, the Muravyov-Apostol brothers, Prince Trubetsky visited the Rzhyshchiv estate of the Dolhorukys.

Princess Olena Dolhorukova, who married Andriy Fadyeyev, was born here. For some time they lived in Rzhyshchiv. Their grandchildren are the statesman Serhii Witte and the writer-theosophist Olena Blavatska (Blavatsky's mother, the writer Olena Fadyeyeva-Han, was born in Rzhyshchiv).

On a high cliff above the Dnipro, a part of the manor park "Lypky" with an old linden avenue has been preserved. This place is great for picnics.

The ethnographic complex "Ukrainian village" is located on the edge of the forest near the village of Buzova in the Kyiv region.

It is a "living museum", where authentic buildings are combined with interactive attractions. The open-air exposition presents traditional residential and commercial buildings from various historical and ethnographic zones of Ukraine.

Visitors are greeted by the active church of Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica, from which the creation of the complex began. During the tour, you can view the authentic interiors of six ancient houses, transported from different regions of Ukraine: Hutsul region, South, Podillya, Polissya, Middle Dnipro region and Slobozhansky region. And also visit a pottery workshop, a forge and a distillery, a bakery, etc.

A mini-zoo with domestic animals: sheep, piglets, rabbits attracts special attention of children. All animals can be fed by buying feed from the gift shop. There you can buy various products made of natural materials.

For recreation, as well as holding holidays and corporate events, there are gazebos with barbecues on the pond, a dining room for 130 people, a conference hall, and a hotel. Ethno-trainings are held upon prior request.

The large landscape park "Eva Park" opened in 2023 in the village of Vita-Poshtova, 10 kilometers from Kyiv. This is the garden center of the landscape design company of the same name, which at the same time serves as a recreation area, a photo location and a place for themed events.

The total territory of the park is more than 25 hectares. There are miniature houses in the English style, elegant bridges, a cozy small cafe, art objects, stone waterfalls, as well as a living corner with peacocks, plants from different parts of the world, ponds, photo zones and various locations for entertainment. In Eva Park, you can not only take a walk, but also fish, order a photo session or rent an area for special events.

Eva Park also hosts various events - painting workshops, themed brunches, excursions, tea ceremonies.

The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord was built in the village of Liubymivka in 1858 at the expense of the landowner Lukomsky according to the typical project of the architect Kostyantyn Ton.

Until today, the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross has been preserved practically in its original form. On the territory of the temple is the grave of the famous historian and local historian Lavrentiy Pokhylevych, the author of the book "Tales about inhabited areas of the Kyiv province".

The church preserves the icon of Saint Archangel Michael, painted at the beginning of the 20th century in memory of the saint's appearance to the residents of the nearby village of Rovy.

The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is an architectural monument of local importance.

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.