Attractions of Kyiv region

The 500-year-old Perun oak, which grows on Solomyanka in Kyiv, on Henerala Henadiya Vorobyova Street, is the last surviving oak from Shulyavskyi Grove, better known as Cadet Grove.

In pagan times, it was a sacred place where rites of worship of the god Perun took place, whose sacred tree was the oak.

Since 1727, the Shulyavsky grove has been known as a place of rest for metropolitans, and later it was allowed to hold May holidays for students of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

In 1847, Shulyavshchyna was transferred to the treasury, where the construction of the Kyiv Cadet Corps began. Since then, the grove has been called the Cadet Grove.

Most of the grove was cut down during the Soviet-Ukrainian war, and later built over. The surviving oak has a girth of 4.4 meters and a height of 10 meters.

The monument to the military pilot Petro Nesterov was opened in 1990 on Kyiv Day on Beresteysky avenue near the central entrance to the Antonov aircraft factory.

The founder of aerobatics, Petro Nesterov, in 1913 in Kyiv over the Syretsky field, for the first time in the world performed a closed loop in the vertical plane on the "Newpor-4" airplane, which is now known as the classic figure of aerobatics "Nesterov Loop".

The author of the sculpture is Yevhen Karpov.

Two-story artillery and machine-gun caponir No. 152 in Kruhlyk - one of the three artillery Pillboxs of the Kyiv military district.

Equipped on an earthen rampart of the Kruhlyk hillfort. With his two 76-millimeter cannons of the model of 1900, he shot through the valley of the river Siverka (Vyta) and the road from Kruhlyk farm to Vyta-Poshtova. With machine gun fire from the embrasure, he controlled the bridge on the Ivankovichi - Khotiv road from the reverse side.

DOT 152 was taken on August 4, 1941.

One of Robert Durlacher's 1912 artillery carriages has been preserved inside.

Pillbox 180 (DOT) in Vita-Poshtova of battalion district No. 6 of the southern sector of the Kyiv Ukriparion (KyUR) was part of the first line of defense of the city of Kyiv.

The structure of thick reinforced concrete is a single-story frontal fire machine gun Pillbox with 4 embrasures (type B).

In August 1941, the garrison of Pillbox 180 for 6 hours repelled the attacks of the advancing Wehrmacht troops while crossing the bridge in the village of Vita-Poshtova. 6 out of 15 defenders of the capital of Ukraine died in battle, the fate of those who survived is unknown.

The fortification was cleared and restored by the forces of enthusiasts from the Kyiv historical and patriotic club "Poshuk" with the participation of the International Association of Fortification Researchers "Citadel".

In 2011, the exposition of the museum "Defense of Kyiv - Belt of Glory" was opened in it. The equipment and weapons of the Pillbox are presented, including the Maxim machine gun, as well as other finds of search engines: projectiles, mines, grenades, helmets of various types, parts of rifles and machine guns, etc.

The long-term firing point No. 186 (Pillbox 186) in Chabany was built in 1930 and is one of the 250 fortification structures of the Kyiv Fortified District (KiUR), covering Kyiv from the southwest in a semi-ring 85 kilometers long.

The 1.5-meter-thick walls are designed for a direct hit by a 203-millimeter projectile. Pillbox is single-story, has 4 embrasures and an additional embrasure of the rear firing. There were 4 machine guns "Maxim" and one manual DP. Ammunition - 90,000 rounds of caliber 7.62. The type of masking is an economic building.

In 1941, Pillbox 186 was part of the "Crimea" base. Garrison - 10-15 people (surnames of fighters are unknown).

Currently, the International Association of Fortification Researchers "Citadel" has created a museum on the basis of Pillbox 186. Part of the equipment has been restored, in particular one of the casemate machine guns.

"Captain Kiparenko's Pillbox" is called Pillbox 204 of battalion district No. 6 of the southern sector of the Kyiv fortified area (KFA) - the artillery command and observation post (AOP) of the circular observation sector.

Underground reinforced concrete structure of type "B", single-story, with two armored caps of the GAU and an entrance defense embrasure. In August 1941, Pillbox 204 served as the command post of the 28th separate machine gun battalion of Captain Ivan Kiparenko of the "Crimea" base of the KFA.

In 2010, Pillbox 204 was cleared and prepared for the placement of the exposition as the first stage of the museum complex "Defense of Kyiv - Belt of Glory" by the enthusiasts of VO "Patriot" and IAF "Citadel". However, later the object was destroyed by vandals. Now access is free.

"Vyetrov Pillbox" is the unofficial name of the legendary Pillbox205 of battalion district No. 6 of the southern sector of the Kyiv fortified area (KFA).

This six-embrasure machine gun mine group, built according to an individual project, is considered the most powerful and most impregnable structure of the entire fortified area. 5 casemates were connected to each other by underground passages with a length of 375 meters.

In August 1941, the garrison of Pillbox 205 from the 28th separate machine-gun battalion under the command of Lieutenant Heorhiy Vyetrov , contrary to the order, refused to leave the combat positions and fought heroically with the Germans for 10 days in complete encirclement, independently extracting ammunition and food during eye raids. It was later unblocked by Soviet troops and the garrison nevertheless retreated.

Pillbox 205 was cleared by the forces of the Kyiv "Search" club, it is planned to be included in the "Defense of Kyiv - Belt of Glory" museum complex.

One of the most interesting structures of the Kyiv Fortified District (KyUR) is the multi-story Pillbox (DOT) 402, located on the steep bank of the river Irpin.

Pillbox No. 402 was built according to an individual project and has three levels: ground level (classical with two machine-gun casemates and an entrance), the first underground and the main, lower underground level with an extensive system of underground communications 500 meters long.

On July 12, 1941, during the German offensive on Kyiv, after an unsuccessful attempt to immediately advance in the direction of Zhytomyr, General von Kleist, who commanded Army Group "South", tried to break through to the south of Bilohorodka. Its units were met by the 402nd Pillbox KyUR. Having suffered significant losses, the Germans retreated. The offensive of the aggressors was delayed until the departure of the main forces of the Red Army from Kyiv.

Episodes of the movie "The Tunnel" were filmed in Pillbox No. 402.

Pillbox (DOT) 578 of Battalion District No. 21 of Kyiv Ukrain District (KyUR) is located on the edge of the forest and rises above the floodplain of the Irpin River.

The structure is a two-gun artillery semi-cabinet intended for conducting flank artillery fire.

Pillbox was blown up, but some premises were preserved. In particular, one of the gun casemates.

Pillbox (DOT) 582 of Battalion District No. 21 of the Kyiv Ukrainary District (KyUR) is located in the forest north of the village of Liutizh, near the banks of the Dnipro.

The structure is a typical reinforced concrete one-story tri-embrasure Pillbox of the "M2" type, designed for 3 machine guns.

Pillbox 582 is also known as "Pillbox of Lieutenant Novakivsky". In August 1941, the DoT garrison, under the command of Lieutenant Ivan Novakivsky, engaged in a battle with German units advancing on Kyiv and defended itself until the Germans managed to blow it up. 14 fighters were captured. Lieutenant Novakivsky is the only one of the commandants of KiURu garrisons who remained alive.

"Pinchuk Art Center" (PinchukArtCentre) is an international center of contemporary art in Kyiv, an open platform for artists, art and society.

Created by one of the largest Ukrainian businessmen and philanthropists, Viktor Pinchuk, in 2006.

The Pinchuk Gallery is located in the ancient architectural ensemble of Kyiv's Bessarabian quarter, which was restored at the beginning of the 21st century. The architectural project and interior design of the art center was developed by the French architect Philippe Ciambaretta.

The center is located on 6 floors and combines exhibition halls on the 4th floor, a video lounge and a cafe on the 6th floor, as well as an administrative part. Main areas of activity: collecting, exhibitions, projects, communication, education, publication, research.

In addition to large-scale projects, the art center holds short-term exhibitions as part of the PAC-UA art space, which is designed to showcase exclusively new works by Ukrainian artists.

On the sixth floor of the "Pinchuk Art Center" is SkyArtCafe, decorated in exclusively white tones, which offers creative vegetarian dishes.

The residential building of the merchant Pokras in the center of Bohuslav was built in 1887.

At that time, it was the most imposing building in the city. Pokras was a successful businessman, and at the beginning of the 20th century he became the owner of the Bohuslav cloth factory, which previously belonged to the landowner Yuzefov.

Currently, the Pokras building houses the Bohuslav City Council.

In 2009, a monument to Prince Yaroslav the Wise, the founder of Bohuslav, was erected in the park next to it. The sculpture is bronze, height - 2.6 meters. On the granite pedestal, the ornament of the sarcophagus of Yaroslav the Wise, which is kept in Sophia of Kyiv, is reproduced.

The Post Museum of the "Ukrposhta" Kyiv City Directorate opened after a complete renovation in 2019, and is located in the premises of the Livoberezhny post office.

The museum presents unique exhibits from all regions of Ukraine: from dioramas and stained glass windows to the uniform of a postman of the early 20th century. Among the exhibits are a sorting center, a mail car and a miniature mail coach, a telegraph machine, stamping machines, a wax box, camisoles, typewriters, and more.

Also presented is a map of Ukraine, laid out from almost 10,000 stamps for 30 years of Independence, mailboxes of the Good Mail art project, mailboxes of the world's post office and many other interesting things.

The complex of buildings of the stagecoach post station has been preserved in Kalynivka since the time of the Russian Empire in almost its original form.

It was built according to the model project "Houses of the II category with a hotel", a characteristic feature of which is the arrow windows in the Neo-Gothic style. Such stations were massively built in the country in the middle of the 19th century, in particular on the postal route that passed through Kyiv on the Brest-Lytovske highway (now it is the international highway E40). The complex includes a coach house, a carriage house, and a stable.

The main building is still used for its intended purpose - it houses the post office. The other premises are occupied by the office of the road maintenance service.

The complex of buildings of the stagecoach post station has been preserved in Liubymivka since the time of the Russian Empire in almost its original form.

It was built according to the exemplary project "Houses of the II class with a hotel", a characteristic feature of which are arrow windows in the neo-Gothic style. Such stations were massively built in the country in the middle of the 19th century, in particular on the postal route that passed through Kyiv on the Brest-Litovsk highway (now it is the international highway E40). The complex includes a coach house, a carriage house, and a stable.

The buildings of the post office in Liubymivka are still used for their intended purpose - they house a roadside hotel and restaurant complex with a sauna.