Attractions of Kyiv region

The Parish Church of the Resurrection of Christ is located in Kyiv, next to the territory of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, in the Old Pechersk Fortress.

The Resurrection Church was built in 1698 at the expense of the Cossack Colonel Kostyantyn Mokievsky in the forms of Ukrainian Baroque. The bell tower was added in 1860-1862.

In Soviet times, the Resurrection Church was closed, used as an archive storage, and later as a room for restoration workshops. In 1978-1985, the church was restored with the restoration of authentic architectural forms, and the old paintings in the interior were preserved and restored.

Since November 1991, services have resumed in the Resurrection Church. Today, the church is known as "Afhanska", as it belongs to the community of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate, which consists of families of fallen veterans of Afghanistan (a monument to Afghans has been erected in the square).

The landscape reserve "Chubynsky Farm" was created on the site of the estate of the well-known folklorist, ethnographer and poet Pavlo Chubynskyi, the author of national fame of Ukraine.

In 1861, this land was bought by his father, Platon Chubynskyi. In 1862, a garden was planted and a house was built, which stood until the 1930s.

The reserve of national importance with an area of ​​10 hectares was created in 1994 to preserve the landscape, vegetation, and the picturesque area of ​​the oak grove. Oaks 200-300 years old grow here - the remains of forests that once covered the Left Bank of the Dnieper.

In memory of Pavlo Chubynsky, a memorial sign was installed in the park, and the chapel of Saint Paul was opened.

The Church of the Tithes History Museum is located not far from Starokyivska Hill, on which a thousand years ago stood the Dytynets (cradle) of medieval Kyiv and the Tithes Church – the city's first stone Christian church, the oldest example of ancient Rus masonry architecture.

The museum exhibits materials from archaeological research into the foundations of the temple, built in 996 by Prince Volodymyr Svyatoslavych and destroyed in 1240 during the storming of Kyiv by Batu Khan.

A separate place is given to building materials and items of decoration of the temple of the 10th century (fragments of frescoes, floor and wall mosaics, glazed tiles, fragments of plaster stucco).

In the premises of the museum, video tours are held using archival video materials. Museum employees also conduct tours of Starokyivska Hill and Kyiv Dytynets.

The Cinema Museum was created in 2015 on the basis of the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Center - the state film archive of feature films of Ukraine, which also includes the state film copying laboratory.

The museum is located on the 5th floor of the Dovzhenko Center building.

Its purpose is to popularize Ukrainian and world cinema art, systematize information about its history, museify film archive funds, paper and material artifacts.

Availability information:
- the Dovzhenko Center building is equipped with ramps
- the width of the entrance to the passenger elevator is sufficient for the passage of a wheelchair (80 centimeters)
- toilets equipped for visitors in wheelchairs and changing tables are located in Dovzhenko Hall on the 1st floor and in the Cinema Museum on the 5th floor
- stay with baby carriages is possible

The Kyiv Museum of City Electric Transport was founded in 1992 for the 100th anniversary of the Kyiv tram.

It is currently located on the territory of the Darnytsa tram depot. On the open-air site, examples of old tram cars that have survived, as well as trolleybuses and buses of various brands and years of manufacture, including a rare horse-drawn carriage, are displayed.

In the museum exposition - books and photos, models of trams, a collection of tickets for city transport from different times, a real control panel of the "Tatra" wagon. Dioramas depicting different periods of Kyiv tram history are especially interesting: "Beginning" (Oleksandrivsky Descent, 1892), "Years of War" (1941-1945) and "Kyiv Today" (now).

To visit, it is necessary to submit a preliminary application.

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 Art 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 Art Gallery in Hermanivka are branches of the Kyiv Regional Archaeological Museum.

Deer Park "Na Rogah" was created in the village of Musiiky in the Kyiv region by lawyer and nature lover Serhiy Boyarchukov in 2022. The farm specializes in breeding red deer and tourist services.

Currently, more than 70 deer and about 30 doe live freely here in spacious enclosures on 79 hectares of deoccupied territories in conditions as close to natural as possible.

For visitors, excursions are organized, during which you can observe the life of deer in their natural environment. You can also feed the animals and take pictures with them. In the summer, brunches are organized in nature in the company of deer.

The Deer Park "Na Rogah" also offers guests fishing, horseback riding, gazebos for relaxation and barbecue. It is planned to build a hotel and a restaurant.

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.

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.

The first interactive embroidery museum in Ukraine was opened in Kyiv in 2011 by folk craftswoman Tetyana Protcheva.

Visitors are presented with icons that glow in the dark, paintings that deceive the eye, and embroidered clothing. The exhibits for the museum were provided by Tetyana Protcheva herself.

The museum has a permanent exhibition that reflects the improvement of manual thread production. Samples of fabrics made of flax, hemp, nettle, tinted, lurex, pearl and other fabrics for embroidery are shown. There are samples of ancient embroidery of plot paintings and Ukrainian national clothing of the 19th century.

The museum introduces Ukrainian traditional embroidery and its symbolism, as well as embroidery from other countries of the world.

Among the museum exhibits: an egg embroidered on a shell; icons that glow in the dark (the author's embroidery method is registered in the Book of Records of Ukraine); embroidery on paper; the flag of Ukraine, which can be seen with your eyes closed; embroidered dishes and much more.

The Museum of Embroidery has a rich library, where you can get information about ornaments from different regions of Ukraine and the World.

During the master class, you can try to embroider a small pillow or napkin yourself. As a memento of your visit to the museum, you can buy souvenirs and art products of national color, decorated with embroidery that glows in the dark. For those who want to try embroidering on their own, there are simple embroidery kits.

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 Museum of Ethnography and Education in Yahotyn is located on the territory of the Yahotyn Lyceum No. 3, in the premises of the former Zemstvo school built in 1913. Since 1996, one of the branches of the Yahotyn Historical Museum has been located here.

In the two main halls, the history of the Yahotyn school, its teachers, leaders, and students is highlighted. Documents, photographs, personal belongings are widely presented.

In the ethnographic exposition, which appeared in the museum since 2006, exhibitions of old towels, peasant clothes of the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century, and household items are on display. A typical interior of a rural house in the Yahotyn region of the beginning of the 19th century has been reconstructed.

The Museum of Ethnography and Education hosts exhibitions of paintings by Yahotyn artists.