Attractions of Kyiv region

The 43-meter obelisk "Kyiv Hero City" was installed in 1982 on Halytska Square (formerly Peremohy Square, Yevbaz), where two of the most beautiful highways of the capital of Ukraine diverge - Taras Shevchenko Boulevard and Beresteyskyi Avenue.

On September 15, 2023, the elements that were subject to the Law on Decommunization were removed from the obelisk - the Soviet stars on the sides of the high marble stele and the annotation board in Russian were removed, and the inscription "1941" was changed to "1939", the year when the Second World War began war.

The open observation deck of the "Oleksandrivskiy" residential complex is located on the roof of a 25-story high-rise building.

From a height of 100 meters, a large-scale panorama of the entire right-bank part of Kyiv opens.

The observation deck is equipped with chairs and binoculars. Visitors are provided with free Wi-Fi, coffee/tea, blankets.

The observation deck "Red Yard" was opened in one of the botanical gardens named after Hryshko - on the place where in the 11th century there was a country residence of the great prince of Kyiv Vsevolod, son of Yaroslav the Wise.

The Red Yard fortress was built in 1071, 25 years later it was burned down by the Polovtsy, but it was soon restored and still served the grandson of Vsevolod - Yuriy Dolhoruky.

The observation deck "Red Yard" is stylized as a fortress from the time of Ancient Rus: wooden gates, palisade, watchtower, wooden platforms and a path. From here there is a wonderful view of the Dnipro, the Potona Bridge, the left bank, the Vydubytskyi Monastery and the Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War.

Entrance through the territory of the botanical garden named after Hryshko.

The Obukhiv Museum of History and Local Lore is located in a modern library building in the city center. It bears the name of its founder - sculptor, artist and local historian Yuriy Domotenko.

Of the 11th halls, the most interesting is the archaeological one, where the sights of the archaeological cultures researched by the archaeologist Vikentiy Khvoyka are exhibited - Trypillya, Pidhirtsi, Zarubyntsi, and Chernyakhiv.

The exposition of the hall of the Cossacks is interesting, because all Ukrainian hetmans visited the territory of the present Obukhiv region. The diorama "Obukhiv fair of the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century" with an area of 30 square meters is impressive. Also interesting is the diorama "Trypillya in 1919", which reproduces an episode of the struggle of peasant units against Bolshevik aggression.

The hall of the Second World War has the largest area. There is a diorama that recreates the defense of the Trypillya bridgehead in 1941. The epic of forcing the Dnipro in the fall of 1943 is widely presented.

In 2024, the Memorial Hall of fallen heroes who gave their lives for Ukraine in the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war was opened.

A monument to the poet Andriy Malyshko was erected in front of the museum.

The Obukhiv People's Art Center opened in 2019 in the premises of a former department store in the center of Obukhiv on the initiative of the city's creative community. Its main purpose is the collection and preservation of household antiquities, research and popularization of local traditional clothing.

The basis of the exposition was antiquities from the private collections of famous Obukhiv masters Halyna Kucher, Mykola Mayko, local historians Nataliya Lyubychenko, Olena Artyushenko and other local residents. 40 types of embroidered shirts, more than 200 towels, icons, household items and much more are presented.

Exhibitions, concerts, and excursions are held on the basis of the Obukhiv People's Art Center.

The aquarium of the Ocean Plaza shopping mall in Kyiv is considered to be the largest in Ukraine.

The giant artificial reservoir with acrylic windows has a volume of 360 thousand liters. All the main galleries of the shopping complex have access to the 16-meter panorama of the aquarium.

Visitors can watch sharks, stingrays, moray eels, groupers, starfish and other inhabitants of the underwater world free of charge.

Kyiv Oceanarium "Sea Tale" (Morska kazka) in Darnytsia opened in 2012 in the shopping center "Children's World".

In the first gallery in the form of a sunken wooden ship there is an exposition of the coral complex. An underwater tunnel at a depth of 2 m leads to the second hall - all underwater life takes place in front of visitors. In the next hall you can see corals of acropolis, jellyfish, flocks of chrysipters, fish-surgeons, as well as an aquarium with more than 20 species of clownfish. The next gallery is home to fish-thinkers, several species of dangerous moray eels, seahorses, and a green sea turtle.

One of the pearls of the aquarium is the outdoor pool with starfish and stingrays, which can be touched by hand.

The Office of the President of Ukraine is the main government institution of the country.

The austere building in the style of classicism was built for the headquarters of the Kyiv Special Military District on the basis of two buildings of the 19th century. After the war, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine was located here.

Since 1991, the building has served as the residence of the President of Ukraine. Until 2005, it was called the Administration of the President. During the reign of Viktor Yushchenko, the Administration was renamed the Secretariat, then returned its name. During the administration of Volodymyr Zelenskyi, the Administration was renamed again - to the Office of the President of Ukraine.

The name of Bankova Street, where the Office is located, has become synonymous with the center of supreme power. The street is open for free passage, but is closed during official events.

Excursions can be organized. Opposite is the famous "House with chimeras".

The old part of the building of the current Vasylkiv Secondary School No. 1 is a synagogue built in Vasylkiv in 1812.

Later, a Jewish school was located here. After the Second World War, a comprehensive school was opened in the premises of the former synagogue. For some time, a museum operated under it.

The museum of the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Film Studio invites you to get acquainted with the work of the legend of Ukrainian cinema - film director Oleksandr Dovzhenko.

On the territory of the film studio, the setting of the director's personal office is reproduced: a table under a green cloth, an old telephone, an openwork lamp. The exposition presents Dovzhenko's personal belongings, rare posters of his films, declassified documents from party archives.

Group and individual tours are available.

The branch of Oshchabank in Vorzel is located in a one-story brick building with a wooden veranda - the former dacha of the Russian nationalist and monarchist, anti-Semite and Ukrainophobe Vasyl Shulhin, which was built at the beginning of the 20th century.

In 1917, Shulhin was a member of the Temporary Committee of the State Duma, accepted the abdication of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II. He was one of the ideologues of the creation of the White Guard, one of the founders of the Volunteer Army, as well as the author of memoirs "Days", "1920", "Three capitals", "Letters to emigrants" and others.

The interior of Shulhin's house is partially preserved.

The ruins of the palace of the Nemishaieve Osten-Saken's estate are located in the park next to the Nemishaieve plant of biochemical preparations in Nemishaieve, on the outskirts of the village of Myrotske.

It is not known for sure who built the palace and when. Perhaps it existed already in the middle of the 19th century, when the estate was owned by the Counts of Osten-Saken from Courland. The one-story building with towers is made in the Renaissance-Neo-Gothic style, has rich decor and resembles a fairy-tale castle. From the end of the 19th century, the estate belonged to Count Vorontsov-Dashkov, then to the rich landowner Andriy Kulyk.

In Soviet times, the building housed a factory club, which burned down during a fire. Since then, the palace has not been restored, it was partially dismantled for building materials. In 2007, the ruins were leased to the local community of the UOC MP for the creation of a temple of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. Divine services are occasionally held in the surrounding area, but restoration has not yet begun.

Since May 2018, the ruins of the Osten-Saken`s palace have been returned to the communal property of the Nemishaieve hromada.

Ostrytsia Hill above the Stuhna River opposite Kopachiv in ancient Rus times was one of the strongholds of the first (northern) defense line of Kyiv, erected against the nomads by Grand Duke Volodymyr the Great.

Two more groups of Stuhna earthen fortifications extended in three lines and several spurs to the south of Stuhna. In the fortifications, a special place was occupied by anti-horse defensive embankments, known as "Snake ramparts", the construction of which began back in Scythian times.

According to one of the versions, the historical fortress of Tumasch stood on Ostrytsia, mentioned since 1150 (according to another version, the hillfort in Stary Bezradichy should be associated with Tumasch).

In 1240, in the fields at the foot of Mount Ostrytsia, a small detachment of Kyiv soldiers engaged in an unequal battle with the Mongol-Tatar army of Khan Batiy, numbering several thousand. It was the last open battle between the Rus and the Mongols. After her, the Horde captured and destroyed Kyiv.

In 2008, a memorial sign - a metal cross - was installed on Mount Ostrytsia.

The outlet town "Manufactura" is located in Khodosivka near Kyiv. This is the first shopping complex in the outlet format in Ukraine, which presents collections of clothes and accessories of well-known brands with constant discounts.

The complex is stylized as an old Northern European town with a town hall, three streets, canals, fountains and street sculptures.

In one space there are about 100 boutiques, as well as restaurants, cafes, pastry shops, a children's playground and a special "zone for dads" with Wi-Fi and a small hotel. There is a large parking lot.

Entertainment events and fairs are often held in the "Manufactura" outlet town.

The monument to Mykhaylo Samuelovych Panikovsky, a character in the novel "The Golden Calf" by Ilf and Petrov, is located in the center of Kyiv, at the beginning of Prorizna Street.

It was at the intersection of Khreshchatyk and Prorizna that, according to the text of the novel, the "big blind man" worked before the revolution: "I used to go out on Khreschatyk in glasses and with a cane and asked a gentleman to better help the poor blind man cross the street. The gentleman took me by the hand and led me. On another sidewalk, he was missing his watch, if he had a watch, or his wallet."

The monument to Panikovsky was erected in 1998 at the initiative of the bank "Etalon". Sculptors Volodymyr Shchur and Vitaliy Sivko gave the nationally beloved character a portrait likeness of Zinoviy Gerdt, who played the role of Mykhaylo Samuelovych in the film "The Golden Calf" directed by Mykhaylo Shveytser. Panikovsky is depicted as a blind man crossing the road wearing dark glasses and a cane. With one foot he hastens to step on the coin lying on the cobblestone. On the sole of his shoe is depicted a figure of three fingers - shish.