Attractions of Kyiv region

The Museum of Public Transport of Kyiv was created in 2015 on the basis of the historical exhibition and restoration center of KP "Kyivpastrans".

It is located on the territory of the former bus park No. 3 near the "Beresteyska" metro station (entrance from Yuriy Matuschak lane).

The exposition presents rare buses, trolleybuses, trams and cars that worked on Kyiv's passenger routes in different years. Among them: ZIS-155, LAZ-695M, Skoda 8Tr, LiAZ 677 and others.

There is a workshop for the restoration and restoration of old equipment.

It is planned to create excursion routes on retro transport, conduct excursions in operating parks and depots.

The railway station in Bucha was opened in 1901. Since those times, the station building has been preserved, which is now the main architectural landmark of the city.

The building, built in an eclectic style with elements of Romanesque and Gothic, is decorated with towers and arched windows, which makes it look like a small castle.

The station was restored for the centenary of the city, and a commemorative plaque appeared on its facade on this occasion. The station still has a functioning steam locomotive hydraulic column, which is also a local rarity.

The Church of the Resurrection in Borodani, a village of Dybyntsi, was built in 1800.

With its simple architectural forms, this small three-headed church resembles early examples of Ukrainian wooden architecture.

In the Church of the Resurrection there is a wonderful icon of the Mother of God.

The Resurrection Church in the village of Voskresenske near Pereyaslav was built in the 18th century at the expense of the landowner Kanevsky.

The temple in the style of classicism is built in the form of a rotunda, which is rare for Orthodoxy. On the western side, there is a two-story vestibule with a balcony and a triangular pediment, on the frieze under which there is a row of Maltese-type crosses, which may indicate that the former owners of the estate belonged to a Masonic lodge.

Revyna Hill above the Chervona River is a historical place on the outskirts of the village of Hermanivka, where the Old Rus fortified settlement of Hermanych, known since 1096, was founded approximately at the end of the 10th century.

It is believed that the city was founded by Prince Volodymyr the Great of Kyiv on Serpent's Shafts for protection from nomads. Ancient Hermanych burned to the ground during the Mongol-Tatar invasion.

In commemoration of the foundation of the village, a talisman was erected on Revyna Hill, a chapel and a gazebo were built.

A picturesque view of the village of Hermanivka, which lies on the other side of the river, opens from the ramparts of the hillfort.

Picturesque rapids on the Ros River near the village of Khokhitva attract lovers of water tourism.

Nearby is the largest granite quarry in the Kyiv region.

The elegant building in the Art Nouveau style was built in Tomashivka in 1903 according to the project of the architect Valerian Kulykivskyi for the family of noblemen Khoyetsky, who owned Tomashivka since 1810.

The building is brick, two- and partly one-story, and has a complex plan. The appearance is diversified by numerous pediments, slats, cornices, enriched by an open veranda decorated with carved wooden bindings, and the same loggia.

In Soviet times, the building housed a secondary school. Currently, the premises and territory of the manor are at the disposal of the Rizopolozhenskyi Monastery of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate, restoration and construction work is being carried out by the brothers.

Churches of the Passion of Christ, the Resurrection of Christ, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, All the Monks of Pechersk, Paisius the Great, as well as the chapels of Saint Khoma, the prudent robber Rach, Saint Matron, Saint Uar and Saint Anastasia the Improviser were erected on the territory. The bell tower with the chapel of Saint Nicholas is under construction. It is planned to build a grand Cathedral of the Imposition of the Robe of the Mother of God in Blacherna.

The monks organized a mini-zoo where ponies, ostriches, and various birds are kept.

Visitors are asked to dress modestly (women in long skirts and headscarves, men in trousers) and refrain from taking photographs on the grounds.

The ruins of the Rulykivsky manor were preserved in the park of Velyka Motovylivka next to the rural council.

Polish landowner, historian and ethnographer, researcher of Right Bank Ukraine Edvard Rulykivskyi owned Motovylivka at the beginning of the 19th century. He built a two-story brick palace on the place where the castle of the Aksaki nobles used to stand.

Currently, only the basements and the crypt of the Catholic church remain from the manor house, which formed a single complex with the manor house. Tombstones on the former graves of Edvard Rulykivskyi and his brother Antoniy have been preserved in the crypt.

The Saint Elijah Church in Podil is called the oldest Orthodox church in Kyiv.

A beautiful baroque church near the Dnipro embankment was built on the site of the first Christian temple of the ancient city. According to legend, the wooden church of Saint Elijah was founded by representatives of the Varangian family of the Ryurykovychis. In 945, the soldiers of Prince Ihor of Kyiv took an oath here during the signing of peace with the Greeks.

In its present form, the Saint Elijah Church was rebuilt in 1692 by the burgher Pavlo Hudyma. In plan, it repeats its predecessor. A small belfry was added in the 18th century.

Currently, the Saint Elijah Church belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.

A commemorative cross in honor of the baptism of the people of Kyiv was installed near the temple gate.

The grandiose temple complex in the village of Buky was built in 2000 at the expense of the Skvyra businessman Ivan Suslov according to the project of the architect Yuriy Babych.

The dominant feature of the complex is the church of Saint Eugene the Great Martyr with five gilded baths. During the construction of the temple, the historical canons of Ukrainian architecture were combined with modern architectural forms.

The complex also includes the chapels of Saint Oleksandr and Saint Nicholas, the bell tower of Saint Daniel.

In 2007, the temple complex in Buky was awarded the State Award in the field of architecture. In 2008, the National Bank of Ukraine issued a jubilee silver coin with a denomination of 10 hryvnias, which depicts the church of Saint Eugene in Buky.

In 2011, the Friendship of Peoples fountain, which used to stand on Independence Square in Kyiv, was opened on the square in front of the church.

The Church of the Holy Great Martyr George the Victorious has the status of the Cathedral of Railway Workers of Ukraine.

Located on Privokzalna Square of Kyiv Railway Station (South Terminal). The temple was built during the construction of the South Station in a record short time (in 72 days), for which it was entered into the Guinness Book of Records. Another 40 days were needed to make the interior decoration of the temple.

The temple with a height of 42 meters is made in the Byzantine style. The author of the project was the prominent Ukrainian architect Roman Syvenky. An addition to the temple was a belfry in the Art Nouveau style, in the form of two intersecting arches. The wall paintings, made by the masters of the Art Academy of Ukraine under the guidance of the famous Ukrainian academician Mykola Tytov, successfully combine picturesque biblical scenes and bright patterned ornaments. The interior is decorated with a wooden iconostasis with a carved dome above the altar and gilded figures of angels.

A part of the relics of Saint George the Victorious is kept Cathedral.

The wooden church of Saint Great Martyr George was built in the village of Selyshche in 1910-1914 at the expense of Cossack landowners.

A sample of Cossack cult architecture of the beginning of the 20th century. Five domes give the unusual strength and fundamentality of the building, and the four auxiliary ones are almost as large as the main one.

In Soviet times, a granary was located here. Officially, the Church of Saint George does not belong to the monuments of architecture.

The Church of John Chrysostom was built in the village of Pivni in 1868 on the site of the old church founded in 1738.

In the harmonious forms of the building, the influence of the classical style, more characteristic of stone temples at that time, can be felt.

The Church of Saint John Chrysostom is an architectural monument of national significance. Belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

Currently, restoration works are being carried out in the temple. Two compositions have already been restored - myrrh-bearing women and Saint Peter the Apostle.

The wooden church in honor of the holy apostle John the Theologian in Haishyn was built in 1870 (according to other data - in 1884).

The temple is single-domed, eight-by-four in shape, with an attached belfry. The height of the building is 25 meters. Outside, the temple is painted blue, the pediment is decorated with carved geometric patterns. Above the central exit, on the pediment of the porch, there is an icon of the Mother of God of Kazan. Above the porch, at the height of the middle tier, there is a full-length icon of John the Theologian. The interior is painted with biblical scenes by local artist Oleksiy Kondratenko.

A parochial school operated at the church.

In 1935, the church was closed by order of the Soviet authorities, but in 1942 the services were resumed and have not stopped since then.

Currently, the church of John the Theologian is in good condition.

The wooden church of Saint Joseph the Betrothed in Zhytni Hory was founded in 1756. At first, the church was three-story.

The church acquired its modern appearance in 1854, when a vestibule was added to it. There is one light and two decorative domes with extensions. Domes, completed with capitals, cover the log cabins of the temple, and peculiar vaulted ceilings - side aisles and vestibule.

Paintings of the 19th century have been preserved in the interior.

The Church of Saint Joseph the Betrothed in Zhytni Hory belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.