Attractions of Kyiv region

The Cheese Museum in Kyiv was created by farmers-cheesemakers from Bohuslav region to spread Ukrainian traditions of original cheesemaking. It is located in the city center, near Bessarabska Square and the "Palats Sportu" metro station.

The premises of the museum is a carriage drive into the yard of the house built in 1827, which was one of the first stone buildings on the descent of Shovkovychna Street. The authentic cobblestones and brickwork of the walls have been preserved.

The museum exposition presents a collection of unique cheese knives, an exact copy of a cheese press based on ancient drawings of the 18th century, an original lottery ticket for a cheese lottery in England, an engraving of the oldest cheese market in Holland from 1873.

Excursions are offered in Ukrainian and English. There are tastings of several types of cheese with wine, nuts and honey, as well as workshops for children on sculpting cheese horses. In the cheese shop, you can buy handmade farm cheeses made at the "Dooobra Farm" cheese factory.

The Cherniakhiv Museum of Local Lore was opened on the initiative of local educators in 2023 - almost half a century after its predecessor ceased to exist. It is located in the premises of the Cherniakhiv Village House of Culture.

The exposition tells about the ancient history of Cherniakhiv, the modern life of the village and its prominent residents. In particular, the archaeological section presents items of the Cherniakhiv culture from the stock of the Kaharlyk Museum of History and Local Lore.

The interior of a Ukrainian house of the 19th century has been recreated, where you can see ancient agricultural and household relics, embroidery, ceramics, vine and wood products. In the corner of household items of the mid-20th century, old radios, record players and typewriters are exhibited.

The oldest administrative building of Vasylkiv is the County Present Place, built at the beginning of the 19th century. The headquarters of the Chernihiv regiment, which on January 10, 1826, joined the Decembrist uprising against the Russian autocracy and for the abolition of serfdom, was located here.

The uprising of the Chernihiv regiment, organized by the Southern Society of Decembrists, was led by lieutenant colonel Serhii Muravyov-Apostol and battalion commander Mykhailo Bestuzhev-Ryumin. The uprising was crushed within a week, and the organizers were later convicted and executed. A monument to the Decembrists was erected on the square opposite the building.

The building of the headquarters of the Chernihiv regiment is two-story, brick, plastered. The facade is typical of Russian classicism. The building was rebuilt several times. It housed the places of attendance, then the district police headquarters.

The local history department of the "Decembrists in Vasylkiv region" museum, which covered the activities of the Vasylkiv administration of the Southern Society (now under renovation), still worked in the two rooms. In particular, the cell in which Serhii Muravyov-Apostol and Mykhailo Bestuzhev-Ryumin were kept after the arrest was preserved.

The mansion of the timber producer Semen Mohylyovtsev in Pechersk Lypky in Kyiv is nicknamed the "Chocolate House" for the color and texture of the exterior walls.

Academician of architecture Volodymyr Nikolaev is called the author of the project. Unique interiors are made in various artistic styles (modern, renaissance, gothic, baroque).

In the Soviet period, the building was used as a residence, then as the city's Palace of Marriages. Until recently, it was in a state of emergency.

Currently, the "Chocolate House" is a branch of the Kyiv National Art Gallery.

The Choral (Central) Synagogue was built in the 19th century at the expense of the Jewish community of Bila Tserkva. The building is made in the eclectic style.

At the age of 16, the cantor Pinkhas Minkovsky began his career here, about whom Babel wrote in one of his stories about Benya Kryk: "Yosyp's funeral will be in the first order: six horses, like six lions, two chariots with wreaths, a choir from the Brody Synagogue, Minkovsky himself will come to mourn your late son."

During the Soviet era, the synagogue was closed, now the building belongs to the Technological and Economic College of the Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University.

The Christmas Decorations Factory in Klavdiievo-Tarasove works from the beginning of September to the end of December.

During the excursion, you can get acquainted with the process of making glass Christmas tree decorations, buy signed balls - a very nice gift for the New Year, and just buy some nice toys. It is better to take a cardboard box with you - it is difficult to leave empty-handed, and the toys are so fragile.

It is better to arrange the tour in advance by phone, but if you are not going before the New Year, you can make arrangements on the spot. The closer to the New Year - the more excursions of schoolchildren by large buses.

The excursion includes: a visit to a glass-blowing workshop and an art workshop, a museum of the history of toys and exhibitions, the fairy-tale town of Lemax, an introduction to the main wizard of the factory, the post office of Santa Claus, a master class on painting a Christmas tree toy, a visit to a branded toy store.

The landscape reserve "Chubynsky Farm" was created on the site of the estate of the well-known folklorist, ethnographer and poet Pavlo Chubynskyi, the author of national fame of Ukraine.

In 1861, this land was bought by his father, Platon Chubynskyi. In 1862, a garden was planted and a house was built, which stood until the 1930s.

The reserve of national importance with an area of ​​10 hectares was created in 1994 to preserve the landscape, vegetation, and the picturesque area of ​​the oak grove. Oaks 200-300 years old grow here - the remains of forests that once covered the Left Bank of the Dnieper.

In memory of Pavlo Chubynsky, a memorial sign was installed in the park, and the chapel of Saint Paul was opened.

The wooden church in honor of Saint Onuphrius the Great in Lypovyi Skytok is the oldest wooden church in Kyiv region that has survived in its original place.

The Church of Saint Onuphrius was built in 1705 at the Saint Onuphrius Monastery, which was revived by Bishop Zachariy Kornilovych on the site of an ancient Rus monastery.

The second monastery church did not survive.

The Parish Church of the Resurrection of Christ is located in Kyiv, next to the territory of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, in the Old Pechersk Fortress.

It was built in 1698 at the expense of the Cossack colonel Kostyantyn Mokievsky in the forms of Ukrainian Baroque. The bell tower was added in 1860-1862.

In Soviet times, it was closed, used as an archive storage, later - premises of restoration workshops. In 1978-1985, restoration was carried out with the restoration of authentic architectural forms. The old paintings in the interior have been preserved and restored.

From November 1991, divine services were resumed in the Resurrection Church. Today, the church is known as "Afhhanska" because it belongs to the UOC community, which consists of the families of fallen veterans of Afhhanistan (a monument to Afhhans has been installed in the square).

The Church of Mykola Naberezhny (Naberezhno-Mykylska Church) on Podil in Kyiv is one of the best works of the outstanding Ukrainian architect Ivan Hryhorovych-Barsky.

According to legend, the first wooden church of Mykola Naberezhny was founded in the 11th century at the place of a wonderful rescue of a drowned baby in Pochayna. The temple was first mentioned in written sources in 1552.

The stone church was rebuilt in 1772-1775 in the late Baroque style according to the project of Ivan Hryhorovych-Barsky. Nearby in 1863, according to the project of the architect Mykhaylo Ikonnikov, a tented belfry with a warm church in the diocesan style was built. Painting was carried out in the middle of the 19th century. The iconostasis installed in 1852, designed in the forms of late classicism, is of significant artistic interest.

A granite cross with the inscription "To those who laid down their lives on the altar of Ukraine" was installed near the church of Mykola Naberezhny.

The Church of Mykola Prytyska is one of the oldest in Podil.

According to legend, the fallen icon of Saint Nicolas was "pressed" by a thief who tried to rob the church. According to another version, the name comes from the image of Mykola Prytyska, which stood near the pier ("prityk").

The exact date of foundation of the original wooden church is unknown (probably it was built in the 16th century on the site of an ancient Rus temple), and the stone building was erected in the 17th century at the expense of a merchant nicknamed "Iron Hrosh".

The Church of Mykola Prytyska was reconstructed three times after fires. The last reconstruction was carried out according to the project of the architect Andriy Melensky, preserving the original forms.

Nearby is a two-story church building in which priests lived, a church school and a library.

The Church of Saints Borys and Hlib in Vyshhorod was rebuilt in the 19th century on the site of an ancient Rus hillfort on Hill Olha.

The first church was founded here by Prince Volodymyr. In 1030, on the site of the burnt church, Yaroslav the Wise built a temple-tomb in honor of Saints Borys and Hlib, where the relics of the holy martyrs were transferred, and in 1115 Yaroslav's grandsons built a stone cathedral.

The temple, destroyed by the Tatar-Mongols, was revived by archpriest Mykhaylo Sikachynskyi according to the project of the architect Kostyantyn Ton.

During Soviet times, the Church of Saints Borys and Hlib in Vyshhorod was turned into a museum. Now the temple is active. Nearby are the ramparts of the hillfort.

On June 17, 2023, the community voted for the transfer of the Church of Saints Borys and Hlib to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. On September 5, a service in the Ukrainian language was held for the first time in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in honor of Borys and Hlib.

The Church of the Tithes History Museum is located not far from Starokyivska Hill, on which a thousand years ago stood the Dytynets (cradle) of medieval Kyiv and the Tithes Church – the city's first stone Christian church, the oldest example of ancient Rus masonry architecture.

The museum exhibits materials from archaeological research into the foundations of the temple, built in 996 by Prince Volodymyr Svyatoslavych and destroyed in 1240 during the storming of Kyiv by Batu Khan.

A separate place is given to building materials and items of decoration of the temple of the 10th century (fragments of frescoes, floor and wall mosaics, glazed tiles, fragments of plaster stucco).

In the premises of the museum, video tours are held using archival video materials. Museum employees also conduct tours of Starokyivska Hill and Kyiv Dytynets.

The Cinema Museum was created in 2015 on the basis of the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Center - the state film archive of feature films of Ukraine, which also includes the state film copying laboratory.

The museum is located on the 5th floor of the Dovzhenko Center building.

Its purpose is to popularize Ukrainian and world cinema art, systematize information about its history, museify film archive funds, paper and material artifacts.

Availability information:
- the Dovzhenko Center building is equipped with ramps
- the width of the entrance to the passenger elevator is sufficient for the passage of a wheelchair (80 centimeters)
- toilets equipped for visitors in wheelchairs and changing tables are located in Dovzhenko Hall on the 1st floor and in the Cinema Museum on the 5th floor
- stay with baby carriages is possible

The Kyiv Museum of City Electric Transport was founded in 1992 for the 100th anniversary of the Kyiv tram.

It is currently located on the territory of the Darnytsa tram depot. On the open-air site, examples of old tram cars that have survived, as well as trolleybuses and buses of various brands and years of manufacture, including a rare horse-drawn carriage, are displayed.

In the museum exposition - books and photos, models of trams, a collection of tickets for city transport from different times, a real control panel of the "Tatra" wagon. Dioramas depicting different periods of Kyiv tram history are especially interesting: "Beginning" (Oleksandrivsky Descent, 1892), "Years of War" (1941-1945) and "Kyiv Today" (now).

To visit, it is necessary to submit a preliminary application.