Attractions of Kyiv region

The largest private collection of Harley-Davidson motorcycles in Europe is presented at the Harley-Davidson Museum in Kyiv (HD Museum), which opened in 2019.

The collection includes more than 20 models of motorcycles: rally, military and civilian. In particular, one of the first Harley-Davidson X8A Single models of 1912, the most popular military motorcycle Harley-Davidson WLA 45 of 1942, the only Harley-Davidson Topper H scooter in the history of 1964, one of the first comfortable travel models Harley-Davidson FLHT Electra Glide Standard 1968, etc. Some exhibits are almost the only ones in the world.

There are also many artifacts related to the history of Harley-Davidson and biker culture in Ukraine.

Visiting the museum is possible only by appointment.

The Art gallery in the village of Hermanivka is located in the former store building, built in 1904 by the entrepreneur Patlakh, next to the Cossack Era Museum.

The official opening of the art gallery took place in 2005.

The museum presents paintings by artists whose lives were connected with Hermanivka, as well as works of art by the inhabitants of the village.

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

Heydar Aliyev Square was opened in Kyiv in 2013 on the territory in front of the building of the Embassy of Azerbaijan.

Named in honor of the iconic national leader of this Transcaucasian country, Heydar Aliyev, who served as the president of Azerbaijan in 1993-2003.

The centerpiece of the park composition was a copy of the "Sheikh Safi" carpet, the national symbol of Azerbaijan, made of Murano glass and ceramics. A cascade of fountains descends from it. The park wall symbolizes the Icheri-sheher fortress - the oldest landmark of Baku.

Traditional trees for Azerbaijan are planted in the park: magnolia, maple, yew, sakura, quince, barberry, dogwood, plum and acacia. A unique landscape composition was created from these plants - a map of Azerbaijan, which symbolizes the peace and unity of the people.

Thanks to the unique artistic lighting, the park is especially beautiful in the evening.

The square was created as a gift to the people of Kyiv from the Azerbaijani people on the occasion of Heydar Aliyev's 90th birthday. A monument to Aliyev, erected in 2004, is located on its territory.

The historical and local lore museum of the Sosnova village was opened in 1986 in an old house that once belonged to a wealthy peasant.

The exposition has more than 4,000 exhibits. In particular, rural household items, embroidered clothes and other household and economic items of the 19th and 20th centuries are presented.

The history of the village of Sosnova is told by old records, documents and some archaeological finds.

The museum complex includes a wooden gamasey (building for grain storage) from 1905, where tools of rural labor are presented: seed drills, plows, fans, part of a mill and much more.

The historical and local lore museum of the Sosnova village is a branch of the Kyiv Regional Archaeological Museum.

The Karapyshi Village Historical and Local Lore Museum was founded in 1984 on the initiative of local activists-historians Oleksiy Hura and Mykhaylo Peretyatko. They were helped by their fellow villagers in collecting local material.

The exposition in five halls tells about the history of the village of Karapyshi from the earliest records to the present day, as well as about the culture and lifestyle of its inhabitants.

In particular, the "Certificate of Settlements" signed on April 25, 1896, when Karapyshi belonged to the Kyiv Governorate of Kaniv County, is presented. Also on display are samples of men's and women's clothing of the beginning of the 20th century, an ancient loom and other tools, peasant household items, and weapons from the Second World War.

The History and Local Lore Museum at the Novosilky Gymnasium of the Boiarka City Council was created in 1989 on the initiative of local teachers. The materials for the museum were collected by students of the then Novosilky secondary school.

The exposition tells about the history of the village of Novosilky since its founding in the 15th century, about the liberation movements on the territory of the region in the 17th-19th centuries, and about the development of the village in the 20th century.

In particular, materials are presented about the military career of the Hero of the Soviet Union, Rear Admiral Ivan Kucherenko, who was born in the village of Novosilky in 1908, as well as about the scientist and writer Vitaliy Kulakovskyi, a native of the nearby village of Mostyshche.

The historical exposition of the Vyshhorod Historical and Cultural Reserve is presented in the ancient "Klyukva House".

This is a two-storey residential building, which was built in 1905 by Corporal Ivan Shkolnyi, nicknamed Klyukva. According to legend, at the end of the XIX century Klyukva began to collect various antiquities, which were then often found in the Vyshhorod region. Later, this house was used as a village council, school, dormitory. Since 1995, it belongs to the Vyshhorod Historical and Cultural Reserve.

The basis of the exposition of the historical museum are the materials of archeological excavations on the settlement of Ancient Vyshhorod. In the archeological exposition you can see the oldest Easter egg in Ukraine (XI century), the seal of Prince Izyaslav Yaroslavych of the XI-XII centuries, a folding encolpion cross of the X century, fragments of a Scandinavian fibula of the first half of the X century.

The wall panel "Ancient Vyshhorod of the XII-XIII centuries", made by the honored artist of Ukraine Henry Yahodkin, gives a clear idea of the medieval city. Classic methods of museum (showcase) display are complemented by innovative museum technologies: 3D-modeling, interactive maps, QR-codes.

The private museum of historical weapons and armor of collector Yevhen Hredunov opened in 2020 on the territory of the Talisman enterprise in Brovary.

The exposition presents weapons of different times and peoples. In addition to samples of Ukrainian and European weapons, the stands also include weapons from India, China, Japan, as well as African, Polynesian and pre-Columbian weapons. Historical weapons of the Horde, Crimean Tatars, and Polovtsians are also presented.

The most valuable exhibit is a Polynesian dagger made from the human tibia.

The country house of Countess Nataliya Uvarova in Vorzel was built at the beginning of the 20th century by the manufacturer Karl Septer.

Countess Uvarova (in maidenhood Tereshchenko) liked the then fashionable architecture of the building with a romantic tower and weather vane. After buying it, the countess decorated her possessions with various rare plants and trees of valuable breeds. A fountain was installed near the house, gravel paths were laid.

After the February Revolution in 1917, the Uvarovys and the entire Tereshchenko family emigrated to England. In Soviet times, a school was opened in the house of the countess, where the Ukrainian writer Valeryan Pidmohylny studied.

Today it is the Museum of History and Culture "Uvarov House", the exhibition hall is open. Concerts are held on weekends.

The Kyiv Museum of History of Fire Equipment was opened on the basis of the 25th State Fire and Rescue Unit of the Obolon district of Kyiv, which at the time of its opening in the 1970s was the largest in Europe.

A unique collection of special equipment, fire-rescue equipment and tools from the tsarist era to modern times, badges and awards of firefighters are presented. In particular, you can see the first fire truck that appeared in Kyiv in 1913, as well as the famous Soviet-made fire engine based on the ZIS-130 truck.

The Museum of Fire Service welcomes visitors free of charge by prior appointment.

The Museum of the History of Kyiv Metro was opened in 2000 on the second floor of the administration building of Kyiv Metro.

The exposition is placed in three halls in order to remind that the first metro trains were three-car.

The first hall is devoted to the construction and opening of subway lines and stations of different years. A special exhibit is an operational model of the Dnipro station (1:87) with the first depot as it was in 1960-1965. You can see exactly how D-type cars were lifted onto the station overpass.

The second hall is dedicated to various metro services - models of carriages and parts of equipment, travel documents of different years are presented here.

In the third hall there is a working model of a reversible dead end (1:87) and the first synchronizing clock.

Excursions are conducted upon prior request for groups of 10 to 20 people.

The Museum of the History of Kyiv Sewage is open for the centenary of the foundation of the centralized sewage system in Kyiv in 1894.

The museum is located in one of the production premises of the former sewage pumping station on the Left Bankof Dnipro, in the Stara Darnytsia district.

Numerous exhibits of sewage management are presented: modern and ancient pipes, in particular wooden ones, which are about 200 years old, samples of collectors, valves and pumps, hatches of different periods, models of pumping stations and special equipment, as well as various tools and means for cleaning networks.

During an unusual excursion, museum visitors will learn about the birth of the drainage system in the world, the construction and operation of the Kyiv separate drainage system - the first in the territory of the Russian Empire at the end of the 19th century, as well as about the modern life of the capital's sewage system.

The tour is conducted by an audio guide. Free admission.

Museum of History of Ukrainian Governments was opened in 2009, and is now housed in five rooms on the first floor of the Government House on Sadova Street.

The exposition tells about the activities of Ukrainian governments since 1917. A gallery of portraits of all heads of government, documents, seals and awards of various years, materials on the construction of the Government House, gifts from foreign heads of state are presented. In one of the rooms, the interior of a government official's office in the middle of the 20th century is recreated. A separate exposition is dedicated to means of government communication.

A visit to the Museum of History of Ukrainian Governments is part of the Government House excursion route. Excursions are available only for organized groups by prior request, visitors must have an ID.

The wooden temple of the holy Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica is the central building of the ethnographic complex "Ukrainian Village".

The temple was founded at the expense of People's Deputy Volodymyr Bondarenko at the place where in 2004 an unsuccessful attempt was made on him - his car was pelted with bottles with a flammable mixture. Construction was completed in 2007.

The temple is built from a cylindrical log in the form of an octagonal rotunda. The interior is decorated with a carved iconostasis in the Ukrainian Baroque style. There is a parish school at the church.

The brick temple of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Novy Petrivtsi was built at the beginning of the 20th century in the Rus-Byzantine style.

During Soviet times, the church was closed. From 1990 to 1993, the diorama "Liutizh Bridgehead" was exhibited in the premises.

Now the temple is active. There is a monument to the Liutizh Bridgehead nearby.