Attractions of Kyiv region

A monument to Les Kurbas in Kyiv was erected in 2002 on Prorizna Street - near the building of the "Young Theater" founded by him.

The outstanding Ukrainian actor and theater director Les Kurbas devoted his whole life to reforming the Ukrainian theater. In 1922, he founded the "Berezil" theater in Kyiv, where he focused on finding new stage means and avant-garde forms of representation of revolutionary ideas, which was accepted by the authorities. Kurbas was accused of bourgeois nationalism and mischief, repressed, and only in 1953 was he rehabilitated.

The authors of the monument to Les Kurbas are sculptor Mykola Rapay and architect Vyacheslav Dormydontov.

The House of Writers of Ukraine, known as the "Liberman's Mansion", is located in the government quarters of Kyiv, next to the Office of the President of Ukraine. The neo-Renaissance building is a monument of architecture of local significance.

The mansion at Bankova Street, 2 was built in 1879 by architect Volodymyr Nikolayev on the order of Adjutant General Fedir Trepov. In mid-1898 it was rebuilt in the neo-Renaissance style for the new owner, the Kyiv merchant and sugar producer Symha Liberman. Inside the house, unique interiors have been preserved - stucco ceilings and cornices, carved doors, tiled stoves, marble window sills, inlaid parquet.

Since 1953, the Liberman estate has housed the National Writers' Union of Ukraine. Famous classics of Ukrainian literature have worked here, including Ivan Drach, Lina Kostenko, Ivan Svitlychny. In 1989, the 
People's Movement of Ukraine for Perestroika (Narodnyi Rukh of Ukraine) was founded here.

During Soviet times, the legendary cafe "Enei" was located in the basement of the Writers' House, where there were named tables for Maksym Rylsky, Pavlo Zahrebelny, Yevhen Hutsalo and other artists. Its walls were decorated with masterpiece illustrations by Anatoliy Bazylevych for "Aeneid". Later, the restaurant "Sad" opened in its premises.

The local history museum of the city of Slavutych and Chornobyl NPP presents expositions dedicated to the nature, history and culture of the Polissya region.

The main place is occupied by materials on the history of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant and the construction of the city of Prypyat, the accident of 1986 and the liquidation of its consequences at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant and in the 30-kilometer exclusion zone, the construction of the "Ukryttya" facility and the new confinement.

The museum's funds include more than 10,000 exhibits. In particular, the exhibition hall "History of the construction of the city of Prypyat and the accident at the Chornobyl NPP" displays documents, photos of the station, stands dedicated to the liquidation of the consequences of the accident, as well as a model of the station's industrial site with the "Ukryttya" facility.

The exhibition "Construction of the city of Slavutych" presents sketches of artistic and architectural solutions, author's projects for the development of neighborhoods and recreation areas, for which a group of architects led by Fedir Borovyk received the State Prize of Ukraine.

In the "Ethnographic Light" hall, ancient Ukrainian towels, embroidered by craftsmen from the villages of Chernihiv and Ripkinsky districts, and other items of traditional life are exhibited. You can also see things that Prypyat residents used before the Chornobyl accident.

The local lore museum of the Kuliabivka village in the Kyiv region is named after the Ukrainian scientist and statesman Petro Neporozhnyi. The main exposition of the museum, which opened in 2012, is dedicated to him.

Petro Neporozhnyi was born in 1910 in the Tuzhyliv farm near Kuliabivka, graduated from the local school and the Pereyaslav Factory Apprenticeship School, and later from the Leningrad Institute of Water Transport Engineers. He was engaged in the construction of hydroelectric power stations. From 1954 he worked in government positions in the Ukrainian SSR, and from 1965 to 1985 he held the position of Minister of Energy and Electrification of the USSR. For more than 30 years, he headed the Department of Energy at the Odesa and Moscow Polytechnic Institutes.

The four exhibition halls of the museum present materials about the life and activities of Petro Neporozhnyi: documents, photographs, portraits, etc. Ethnographic exposition is also presented.

The Luhansk Regional Museum of Local Lore is one of the oldest museums in Donbas.

In March 2015, the museum was moved from Luhansk to the Ukrainian-controlled territory of the city of Starobilsk. The museum is located in the premises of the former craft school, built in 1895 at the expense of the noblewoman Domna Demenkova, and is an architectural monument of the 19th century.

With the beginning of the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Luhansk Regional Museum of Local Lore found shelter in Lviv and operated for two years on the basis of the Memorial Museum of Totalitarian Regimes "Territory of Terror". Now the museum has moved to Kyiv to the "My Luhansk Region" Humanitarian Hub, where it will be working for the near future. Unfortunately, the museum does not have its own premises and exhibition spaces for the full restoration of museum activities.

The Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is located on the territory of the Holosiyivsky forest, on the southern outskirts of Kyiv.

It was built in 1944-1948 on the initiative of the outstanding Ukrainian astronomer Oleksandr Orlov, who became the first director of the observatory. The construction was carried out according to the project of the famous architect Oleksiy Shchusev.

The first telescopes were Wanschaff's vertical circle and Tepfer-Steingel's double long-focus astrograph. Now the observatory also has a station for laser observation of artificial satellites of the Earth, a horizontal solar telescope АТСУ-5, a reflector AZT-2, a double wide-angle Zeiss astrograph, a meridian axial circle and other instruments.

The Museum of the History of the Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences is located in the tower of the double long-focus Tepfer-Steingel astrograph. Visitors are greeted by a poster announcing that minor planet No. 15675 was named Goloseevo in honor of this institution.

On the four floors of the tower, numerous photographic materials about the history of the institution, personal belongings of prominent astronomers, the first astrometric instruments and measuring devices are presented. A collection of antique clocks is presented in the time room.

Excursions with amateur astronomical observations are held by prior appointment for organized groups.

The Makariv Historical and Local Lore Museum is located in the Pansky Park on the ramparts of the Makariv Castle in the center of the town of Makariv. It was opened in 1967 on the initiative of local historian and public figure Herman Chereshnyov.

The exposition tells about the history of Makariv since the Middle Ages, about the Haydamak movement in the Kyiv region, about the events of the Ukrainian Revolution and the Second World War, as well as about the post-war life of the town.

A separate exhibition is dedicated to the soldiers of the 14th separate mechanized brigade named after Prince Roman the Great, who in February-March 2022 liberated the Makariv hromada from the Russian invaders in fierce battles.

The Kyiv Literary and Memorial Museum of Maksym Rylsky was opened in 1966 in the building next to the Holosiyivsky Park in Kyiv, where the outstanding Ukrainian poet lived the last 13 years of his life, from 1951 to 1964.

It was here that he wrote his most famous poetry collections "Roses and Grapes", "Winter Notes", "Evening Conversations".

The living room, office and library of Maksym Rylsky have been preserved in the building. In three more halls, there is a biographical exposition that illuminates the life and creative path of the poet.

In total, the museum's funds include more than 10,000 items. It is possible to listen to recordings of the poet's voice.

The house is surrounded by a garden and flower beds, created by the hands of Maksym Rylsky. A monument to the poet has been installed in front of the house.

The manor of the Malynovsky landowners was built in Hryhorivka in the 19th century, next to the sugar factory opened in 1845 by the previous owner of the village, Fedir Milevskyi.

Carved Doric triglyphs on the frieze under the cornice have been preserved. The original interiors were lost after the Bolshevik coup of 1917. The manor house is wooden, but it is covered with bricks, which can lead to its destruction.

Currently, part of the estate is occupied by an outpatient clinic with a polyclinic, the other part is occupied by residential apartments.

The first interactive museum of mathematics in Ukraine "Cuboid" opened in 2025 on the territory of the National Complex "Expocenter of Ukraine" (VDNG) in Kyiv. This is a space for studying mathematical phenomena through experiments with interactive exhibits.

The goal of the museum is to show how mathematical laws work in nature, technology and everyday life. Here visitors can get acquainted with the laws of geometry, algorithms, probability theory and other mathematical phenomena on their own experience.

The exposition is located on two floors and consists of six thematic zones, each of which is a separate educational laboratory for schoolchildren and teachers. There are 120 exhibits that become little scientific adventures for visitors. For example, "Penalty Kick" teaches how to analyze angles and trajectories, and "Skyscraper" helps to understand the principles of engineering through building simulations.

With the help of the "Storm Warning" exhibit, you can analyze weather data, record your own weather forecast and save it for yourself. The "Cybersecurity" exhibit allows visitors to enter an online computer game where they have to defend themselves against attackers such as computer bugs and viruses.

In addition to the exhibits, the Museum of Mathematics offers educational programs for two main groups - educators and children. They are available both in person at the museum and online for everyone.

Medvyno Safari Park with an area of ​​over 3,000 hectares, in which all the conditions as close as possible to wild nature have been created, is located near the village of Strakholissia.

Medvyno Safari Park is the largest deer farm in Ukraine, which has about 500 individuals of three species of deer on 170 hectares of land. Spotted and noble deer live harmoniously with other animals in the same territory.

In addition, llamas, camels, bears, bison, ostriches, roe deer, goats, sheep, ducks, and rabbits live here. The complex also includes an arboretum with an area of ​​100 hectares and an eco-farm.

Medvyno Safari Park conducts group and individual excursions to the safari park, deer farm and eco-farm by visitors' cars, ATVs or buggies. The eco-farm offers a tasting of craft cheeses from a local cheese factory, which can be purchased to take away. There is a cafe with dishes of Polissya cuisine and game. Houses for rent.

Visiting the Medvyno Park is possible only with a prior reservation.

The Church of the Meeting of Lord was built in Sulymivka in 1905. The initiator of the construction was a resident of the village Pylyp Kyryk, who collected donations for the temple throughout the country. Yelyzaveta Dzevonovska allocated the land for the temple. She ordered a gilded iconostasis from the workshops of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.

The Streeten church was built in the Cossack architectural style traditional for this area. Master Kabanov supervised the works. It is a typical temple of that time with one head and an attached bell tower.

An architectural monument of local importance.

The Church of the Meeting of Lord is often confused with the Church of the Holy Intercession of the village of the same name Sulymivka in the same district.

The Memorial Sign "Zhytomyr Region. Homeland of Serhiy Korolov" with a model of the R-11 (SS-1 Scud) combat missile was installed in the village of Nebelytsia at the entrance to the Zhytomyr region on the M-06 highway from the Kyiv side.

The R-11 liquid single-stage ballistic missile was developed by two chief designers, Serhiy Korolov and Mykhaylo Yanhel, in 1953. Short firing range of up to 270 kilometers with the possibility of installing a nuclear warhead.

A training rocket for the monument with a height of about 12 meters was provided by one of the military units of the Sumy region.

There is a rest area opposite the monument, but the track in this place is separated by a solid fence between the lanes, so it is more convenient to stop when traveling in the western direction.

The building of the men's gymnasium in Skvyra was built in 1909 at the expense of a patron, the engineer of the All-Russian Railways Petro Suvchynsky.

The construction was carried out according to the project of the Ukrainian architect Oleksandr Kobelev, the author of the buildings of the State Bank and the Commercial Institute in Kyiv.

The Skvyra City Men's Gymnasium was classified as one of the gymnasiums that had the best facilities in the territory of the Russian Empire. Ivan Rosoptovskyi became the first director of the educational institution in 1909, but soon he was replaced by Ivan Hryhorovych.

In 1917, a museum of local history was opened by Karl Bolsunovsky at the Skvyra Men's Gymnasium.

Now it is the Skvyra Academic Lyceum.

The MIA of Ukraine Museum opened in 2004 in the premises of the National Academy of Internal Affairs in Kyiv. The exposition tells about the activities of law enforcement agencies of Ukraine from the times of Kyivan Rus to the present day.

In particular, in the museum you can learn about the work of the General Secretariat of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian People's Republic during the time of the Central Council, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian State under Hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi, law enforcement agencies of the Soviet period and the modern Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

Photographs, documents and personal belongings of famous law enforcement officers are presented; the most important legal acts related to the creation, organization and activity of law enforcement agencies; awards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs; samples of weapons and uniforms of different historical periods.

Collections of cold and firearms seized from criminals, counterfeit money and documents, as well as the tools used to make them, materials of high-profile criminal cases, physical evidence, etc. are exhibited.

There is a separate hall dedicated to the participation of units of the MIA of Ukraine in the Russian-Ukrainian war.