Attractions of Kyiv

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.

"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 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.

Museum-archive of the press in Kyiv is a project of the "Historical Truth" (Istorychna pravda) online publication. This is the first museum of this profile in Ukraine.

Located in Podil in Kyiv.

The basis of the collection is the private collection of periodicals and the self-publishing of journalist Vakhtanh Kipiani.

The museum opened in 2014 with the exhibition "For Ukraine, for her will! Periodicals of the OUN, UPA, UGVR and other liberation formations."

A monument to the heroes of the film comedy "Behind Two Hares" Pronya Prokopivna and Svyryd Holokhvastov is erected in Kyiv at the beginning of the Andriyivsky Uzviz, where the final episode of the film was filmed - the exposure of Svyryd Petrovych before the wedding in the Saint Andrew Church.

The film was shot at the Oleksandr Dovzhenko Film Studio in 1961 based on the satirical play of the same name, which sharply satirizes the bourgeois lifestyle of Kiev. The funny movie comedy with Oleh Borisov and Marharyta Krynitsyna in the main roles won the love of the whole nation. The actors perfectly embodied the images of Kyiv burghers of the 19th century, and the colorful surzhik of the Russian version of the film organically complemented the already comical language of the heroes, full of "noble" words. "In my chest - Vesuvius is still clattering! Decide my unfortunate fate: I ask you for your hand and heart", - the barber of Holokhwast, who was standing on his knees, addresses Pronya Prokopivna, a graduate of the "boarding house", with such a loud "hvason".

This episode of the film is depicted by sculptors Volodymyr Shchur, Vitaliy Sivko, and Ruslan Kuharenko.

There is also a themed restaurant on Andriiivskyi Uzvoz, which plays with the eccentric style of "Behind two hares".

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 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 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.

Sфште Macarius Church is considered to be the only ancient wooden church of Kyiv that has been preserved. Consecrated in 1897 in honor of the holy martyr Macarius, Metropolitan of Kyiv, Galicia and All Rus, who lived in the 15th century.

The remains of the church of Dmytro Rostovsky, transferred from the Baikove cemetery, became the material for the construction of the Makariivska church. The icons for the church were painted by the most famous master, Ivan Yizhakevych. The main shrine became an analog image of Macarius with a portion of the saint's relics.

Before the Bolshevik coup of 1917, there was a brotherhood at the church that was engaged in education and charity, a school, a day shelter for children, and a library. In 1922, the parish school was closed, but the church continued to function until 1938. In 1939, the domes were removed from the church, the premises were equipped for workshops. During the German-fascist occupation, religious services were resumed.

Now the temple belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Saint Michael Vydubytsky Monastery is one of the first Kyiv monasteries, founded by Prince Vsevolod Yaroslavych in the Vydubychy tract.

A wonderful view of the domes of the monastery against the background of the Dnipro River opens from the Central Botanical Garden.

According to legend, a wooden idol of the supreme pagan god Perun, thrown by Prince Volodymyr into the Dnipro from the temple on Starokyivska hill, floated ("dug out") to the shore at this place. And immediately he was drowned by supporters of Christianity.

Initially, the main church was the temple of the patron saint of Kyiv, the Archangel Michael. In the 18th century, a new Saint George's Cathedral was built, as well as a refectory and a bell tower.

The Church of Saint Nicholas on Tatarka "Memorial to the victims of Chornobyl" (also known as Chornobyl Church) was built at the beginning of the 21st century.

The church is the architectural dominant of the Memorial Complex in memory of the victims of Chornobyl, created according to the project of Mykola Zharykov. The shape of the facades of the church resembles the outlines of the first sarcophagus above the fourth power unit of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which makes its architecture unique. In plan, it looks like an octagonal star, which makes it look like the Star of Bethlehem and the Star Wormwood at the same time. Every year on the anniversary of the Chornobyl tragedy, solemn events take place here.

Adjacent to the church is the regional landscape park "Smorodynskyi", created in 2016 (total area 22 hectares).

The parish of Saint Nicholas "Memorial of Chornobyl victims" on Tatarka belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

On March 21, 2024, during a massive missile attack by the Russians on Kyiv, the Saint Nicholas Church was hit by fragments of a Russian ballistic missile - the crucifix was cut, the icons were broken by glass, the windows and doors were broken, the chapel nearby was destroyed, there was a hole near the church.

The church of Reverend Seraphim of Sarovsky was built in the country village of Puscha-Vodytsia near Kyiv in 1910 on the donation of country owners, among whom there were many wealthy Kyivans.

The architect Ipolyt Nikolayev designed the church in Neo-Renaissance forms, similar to the Oleksandr-Nevsky Church in Kyiv on Lypki.

The Seraphim Church was closed by the Soviet authorities in the 1930s and reopened in 1943, after which services were not interrupted. After the Second World War, the iconostasis was restored and reconstructed. Restoration was carried out in 2000-2003.

According to legend, the banker Volodymyr Kozakevych, who made the biggest contribution to the construction of the church, is buried in the chapel in the church yard.

There is a holy spring on the territory.

The first state science museum was opened in 2020 by the Small Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on the territory of the VDNH National Expocenter of Ukrainein Kyiv. The exposition demonstrates the most important scientific achievements of mankind, the laws of nature and their interaction in an understandable and accessible form.

The museum space is divided into five zones, where you can get to know individual branches of science. The "Strange Matter" zone is dedicated to materials science and work with the tiniest particles of matter - molecules and atoms. In the "Acoustics" zone, you can see your voice and hear it through acoustic mirrors. Interactive tables in the "Human" area allow you to look inside living organisms. The "Optics" zone invites you to discover the world of color and learn what light is made of. In the "Great Inventions" zone, you can see a bicycle with square wheels and learn about the discoveries of four of the most famous Ukrainian scientists.

Acquaintance with the exhibits takes place in the form of free exploration of the space without the help of tour guides, but interpreters work near the exhibits, who are happy to help find answers to all questions.

The sculptural composition "Stairs" is a three-meter art object installed on the Rusanivska Embankment in Kyiv.

It is a staircase with children and a dog walking on it, symbolizing the desire of youth to meet life.

The author of the sculpture is Oleksandr Lidahovskyi, who created the composition "River of Love" for Landscape Alley.