Attractions of Kyiv region

National Nature Park "Zalissya" offers visitors outdoor recreation, wildlife observation, cycling routes, horseback riding and other activities in a pine-oak forest near Kyiv, 40 kilometers from the center of the capital along the Chernihiv highway.

This protected area on the left bank of the Desna River covers an area of ​​14,836 hectares. Most of it, fenced off, is one giant enclosure, where about 1,500 deer live in semi-free conditions, as well as hundreds of fallow deer, roe deer, elk, wild boars, hares, etc.

The park was created in 1957 as Zalissya State Forestry and Hunting Farm to organize recreation and hunting entertainment for senior state officials and official delegations of foreign countries. Soviet general secretaries Mykyta Khrushchov and Leonid Brezhnyev, as well as the secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, had their country residences here. Their houses are located in the closed part of the national park, which is still one of the presidential residences as part of the State Administration of Affairs.

Since 2014, the main territory of the Zalissya National Park has been open to all visitors. Tourist routes and eco-trails for hiking, cycling and car tourism have been laid across its territory. There is an opportunity to visit the Museum of Nature, see the Big and Small Lakes, visit the stables with thoroughbred horses, etc.

But the main attraction of the park is the opportunity to see large herds of wild animals up close. The best conditions for this are in winter, when the animals approach the feeders located along the roads, and the green mass of the undergrowth does not interfere with observations.

The Zalissya National Nature Park remains a restricted object, so visiting it must be agreed with the administration in advance. You can only move around the territory accompanied by a gamekeeper. Visiting the closed territory of the residence is possible only by organized groups according to previously agreed lists.

The National War Memorial Cemetery in Markhalivka near Kyiv is the main military memorial of Ukraine, created in 2025 to commemorate the heroes who died during the Ukraine Independence War against the Russian invaders.

Sectors for about 6 thousand burial places have been prepared on the territory of 259 hectares. The project provides for more than 120 thousand places, which makes the National War Memorial Cemetery one of the largest in Europe. Sectors of honorary burials have been arranged on the territory, two columbaria have been erected, and the symbolic Alley of Limes has been planted.

In the future, it is planned to build a House of Mourning, a Central Memorial, a monument to the unknown defenders, a museum and exhibition complex, a chapel, and other elements of a single national space of memory.

The cemetery chapel in honor of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in Hnativka near Bilohorodka was built in 1905 by a local resident, Hvozdyk.

Throughout the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th, the majority of the population of Hnativka consisted of Jews. Due to the small number of the Christian community in Hnativka, a full-fledged church was never built, and its functions were performed and continue to be performed by the cemetery chapel of the Nativity of the Virgin.

A crypt looted during Soviet times has been preserved under the chapel. Currently, the chapel is restored, services are held.

In 2013, a memorial plaque was solemnly installed on the wall of the church commemorating the historical event that took place in Hnativka on February 9, 1918. On this day, in Hnativka, under the leadership of Acting Minister of War Oleksandr Zhukivskyi, the re-formation of all existing troops into the Separate Zaporizhzhia Detachment took place - this is how the first regular armed formation of the Ukrainian People's Republic was formed.

The Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in Rokytne was built in 1897-1901 in the then popular "brick" style.

An architectural monument of local importance.

The Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in Kovalivka was opened in 1997.

Architect Anatoly Antonyuk and a group of artists led by Vugar Mamedov took part in the construction.

The temple is built in the form of a ship on the shore of the lake in the center of the village. Paintings of the temple and icons are done in a highly professional manner. The main shrines are icons of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, Saint Sergius of Radonezh.

The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in the village of Hoholiv is mentioned in "Journey of Antiochian Patriarch Macarius to Russia" by Pavlo of Aleppsky (1656), but it has not survived to this day.

The current wooden Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin was built in 1827 on the site of the old Cossack church. The church was rebuilt several times: in 1861, a bell tower was added to the architectural ensemble, in 1880, reconstruction was carried out and the five-part church became a nine-part one.

During the Soviet rule, the church remained active for a long time, it was closed only in the 1960s. In 1988, divine services were resumed, and in 1995, the church was handed over to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Among the features: on the porch from the side of the bell tower, the All-Seeing Eye looks down on the parishioners.

The large stone church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in the village of Kivshovata was built in 1886.

In Soviet times, the temple was closed, the premises were used as a warehouse.

Currently, the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin is functioning again, restoration has been carried out. In the interior you can see a luxurious carved iconostasis.

The wooden church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in Tulyntsiis located on a hill on the outskirts of the village.

It was built in 1779-1784 on the site of an old church known since the 17th century. The unique triban temple with a two-story bell tower is made of oak logs and covered with boards.

In 1931, the temple was closed, but during the period of German occupation, it became active again. Later it was closed again due to the state of emergency. The service has recently been resumed.

The Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in Tulyntsi is an architectural monument of national importance, considered one of the best examples of wooden religious architecture of the Right Bank of Ukraine.

The wooden church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in the village of Vladyslavka on the outskirts of Myronivka was built in 1910 at the expense of parishioners with the active support of local industrialist Mykhaylo Korzhuyov.

Architect Jürgens designed a wooden temple typical of the Right Bank with one bathhouse and a bell tower.

The temple is in good condition. Divine services are held.

The Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary was built in the village of Trostynka in 1745.

The church is baptized, five-arched. In the church, the vestibule log is wide and the side doors lead to the borders located on the sides of the main entrance.

Nativity of Holy Virgin Church is not included in the State Register of Architectural Monuments.

The wooden church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin with an attached bell tower was built in Berezna in 1890 on the site of the old Cossack temple of the 17th century.

The church building is five-domed: around the main dome there are four small ones. Cornices are richly decorated with wooden carvings.

The blue temple looks especially elegant against the background of winter snow.

The wooden church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in Peremoha (Yadlivka) was built in 1892 with donations from local residents.

Probably, the church is located on the site of the ancient Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin, which was mentioned by Paul of Aleppo in the 17th century in "Journey of the Antiochian Patriarch Macarius to Russia": "We drove another half a mile and arrived at a small bazaar with a beautiful fortress, named Yadloka (Yadlivka ). It has a beautiful church in the name of the Nativity of the Virgin..."

The temple was pentagonal with a bell tower above the vestibule.

In 1934, the church was closed by the Soviet authorities, its premises were not used for their intended purpose. In August 1944, the village of Yadlivka was completely burned down, the church was the only structure that survived.

In 1992, the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin was handed over to the church community of the village. On January 21, 2019, the parish community decided to join the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

An architectural monument of local importance.

The Men's Monastery of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a lonely monastery in the Tserkovshchyna tract (Khutir Vilniy) at the exit from Kyiv on the Novoobukhivsky highway.

The emergence in the 11th century is associated with the name of one of the founders of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Reverend Feodosius Pecherskyi, who secretly secluded himself here in the Hnyletskyi caves during Great Lent. Later, the Immaculate Hnyletsky Monastery with an underground church was founded in the caves, which was destroyed in the XIII-XV centuries.

In toponymy, the names have been preserved: the Tserkovshchyna tract and the Khodosivka village - distorted Feodosiivka.

The caves were reopened by Saint Innocent only in the 19th century, and in 1902, the Nativity of the Virgin Monastery was founded near the caves, which was named the "Hermitage Immaculate".

In Soviet times, a colony for minors, a camp for prisoners of war, then a hospital, a sanatorium of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (it still operates) were located here. One of the temples was destroyed, an assembly hall was arranged in the premises of the other.

Divine service in the Church was restored in 1999 under the auspices of the Holosiivsky Hermitage, and the Saint Nicholas Church was restored. Monks conduct tours to the caves.

The Natural History Museum "Porossya Pearls" in Tarashcha has been operating at the Center for Extracurricular Education "Veselka" since 2008. The museum was created on the initiative of the local historian Valeriy Romanyuk with the participation of the famous archaeologist Svitlana Bessonova.

The exposition presents archaeological materials collected on the outskirts of Tarashcha by activists of the Nevryda archaeological club.

In particular, you can see a considerable collection of bronze products of various functional purposes from the Scythian era, early Scythian ceramic dishes, fragments of molded ceramics from other eras.

Household items from the times of Kyivan Rus, household items from the Lithuanian and Polish era, Cossack weapons are also presented.

The Aviation Museum of the National Aviation University in Kyiv was opened in 1972. Its exposition is dedicated to the history and achievements of the educational institution, includes rare old prints, photographs, models of aviation equipment and much more.

There are 28 exhibition stands in a cozy hall with an area of 350 square meters.

The historical part of the exposition tells about the activities of the Kyiv Aviation Society, the work of the first Kyiv aircraft designers, record flights of Ihor Sikorsky, the opening of regular air traffic on the route Kharkiv - Kyiv, the creation of the first Soviet passenger plane K-1 and other events of socio-economic life in Kyiv to open a higher educational institution of aviation profile. The following stands cover the activities of the school in different periods.

The aviation training hangar of the museum houses aircraft of a wide range of design schemes, from different periods of development and operation. Here you can see airplanes, helicopters and gas turbine engines, which reflect the various stages of the development of domestic aviation.