Attractions of Kyiv region

The pedestrian bridge from Natalka Park to Obolonskyi Island in Kyiv is also known as the "Wave Bridge" due to the characteristic shape of the supports, which resembles five waves. According to the idea of ​​the architect Andriy Myrhorodskyi, the waves symbolize the dynamics and movement of the Dnipro River - the main water artery of the capital.

The wave bridge was built between 2021 and 2024 at the expense of patrons, including the Metropolis of Greater Paris and the government of Taiwan. About 300 tons of metal for the bridge were manufactured at the Azovstal plant on the eve of a full-scale Russian invasion.

The length of the bridge is 176 meters, the width of the new bridge is 3.5 meters. It is designed taking into account accessibility for the movement of people with limited mobility and does not interfere with the passage of small vessels to Obolon Bay.

Together with the construction of the bridge, the recreation area "Obolonskyi Island" was arranged. Pedestrian and bicycle paths were laid here, benches were installed, children's playgrounds were arranged, and public toilets were opened. New trees and bushes were planted on the island, including decorative apple trees, pink acacia and lilac.

The island has an equipped beach with changing rooms, coffee and ice cream outlets.

The House of Creativity of the Union of Writers of Ukraine in Irpen is located on the territory of the former house of the head of the Kyiv merchant assembly, yeast manufacturer Mykola Chokolov, after whom the Kyiv district of Chokolivka was named.

The build, built at the beginning of the 20th century in the neo-modern style, resembles a fairy-tale house.

In 1936, on the initiative of the poet Ivan Honcharenko, the "Irpin" House of Creativity of the Writers' Union of Ukraine was opened on the territory of Chokolov's house. Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Pavlo Tychyna, Mykhaylo Stelmakh, Mykola Bazhan, Ostap Vyshnia, Oles Honchar, Maksym Rylsky and others worked and rested here.

Kostyantyn Yefremov's country house (Dacha) is one of the most interesting surviving examples of pre-revolutionary country buildings in Puscha-Vodytsia.

A wooden house with a dome stands in the park at the intersection of Kvitky Tsisyk and 10th line streets. Made in the forms of historicism with elements of the Renaissance, neo-baroque and classicism. The compositional center is the veranda of the main facade, crowned by a massive dome resting on carved double wooden pillars. The veranda is distinguished by the successful use of wooden carved arches, panels, and small gables, elegant in design and proportions. The roof is surrounded by a carved wooden eaves.

In the interiors of Yefremov's dacha, stoves and fragments of stucco have been preserved.

In Soviet times, it was building No. 15 of the Pershe Travnia (1 May) sanatorium. Currently a dormitory for eight apartments.

Nearby is a more modest country house built in 1910 (building #13), currently abandoned.

The Museum-Exhibition Center "Kyiv History Museum" is a multifunctional complex representing various historical, artistic and cognitive projects.

Founded in 1978, until the end of the Soviet era it was located in the building of the Klovsky Palace in Pechersk, then huddled for a long time on two floors of the Ukrainian House. Today the museum is housed in a modern building on the corner of Khmelnytskoho and Pushkinska streets.

The museum's collection includes about 300,000 exhibits that are part of the archaeological, numismatic, ethnographic collection, as well as thematic complexes of the modern period. These are Kyiv monuments of the late Paleolithic period (Kyrylivska camp), and archeological finds of the Stone Age, Bronze Age (Trypillya culture), found by Ukrainian scientists during archeological excavations in Kyiv; rare Byzantine stone icons and unique frescoes from the excavations of the Prince’s Palace of Ancient Kyiv; relics of Kyiv self-government, in particular, seals of Kyiv craft shops and a symbol of city self-government – a bas-relief of Archangel Michael from the city hall.

The decoration of the collection is a collection of old prints of the XVI-XVII centuries, collections of faience and porcelain of the Kyiv-Mezhyhirya factory and Miklashevsky factory, paintings by Mykola Prakhov and Oleksandr Murashko. Typical interiors of a noble living room of the beginning of the XIX century, a musical living room with a collection of musical instruments of the XVIII-XIX centuries, a craft room, a Swedish workshop, a photo studio of the beginning of the XX century are presented.

In the inclusive museum space with ramps and elevators, specialized tours "Kyiv to the touch" are conducted.

The exposition pavilion of the Archaeological Museum of Pereyaslav was built in 1957 over the remains of the Savior Church of the XI century, which was located on the territory of the city suburb and served as the tomb of famous people of ancient Pereyaslav princely times.

Thus, it was possible to preserve and present to visitors fragments of the foundations and walls of the ancient Rus temple with the remains of a fresco, paved floor with ceramic tiles, burial in brick sarcophagi under slate slabs.

The exposition of the Archaeological Museum tells about the ancient history of the Pereyaslav region. In particular, you can see stone tools of primitive people, ceramic dishes of Trypillia culture, antique helmet made of gilded bronze, rare glassware of Chernyakhiv culture, products of Pereyaslav masters of the Princely era.

The Archaeological Museum is part of the National Historical and Ethnographic Reserve "Pereyaslav".

Babyn Yar in Kyiv is known throughout the world as a symbol of the genocide of the Jewish people. During the Nazi occupation of Ukraine, more than 100,000 civilians, prisoners of war, underground fighters, partisans, hostages, members of the OUN, mentally ill and other people were shot here. Now it is one of the most famous memorial sites associated with the Holocaust.

Deep between Syrets and Kurenivka in Kyiv, along the current Olena Teliha Street, has been known since the 15th century as the "Shalena Baba" tract. According to one version, this nickname was given to a local butcher who later sold these lands to a Dominican monastery.

A ramified 3.5-kilometer-long ravine stretches from the present Dorohozhytska metro station to the Kyrilivska Church. In the upper part of the ravine, since the end of the 19th century, the construction of the Lukyaniv Jewish cemetery began (the office building has been preserved).

During the Second World War, the natural topography of the ravine was supplemented with anti-tank ditches. They became the place of mass shootings and burials of Kyiv residents during 1941-1943. Only on September 29-30, 1941, the Nazis executed 33 thousand Jews here.

In 1976, a monument to shot citizens and prisoners of war was erected near Babyn Yar, which for a long time remained the only monumental embodiment of the tragedy. In 1991, a memorial sign "Menorah" in the form of a Jewish ritual seven-century candlestick was installed directly at the burial site. In 2001, a monument to the dead children was opened.

In 2007, the complex of monuments in the Babyn Yar tract was declared a national historical and memorial reserve.

Since 2016, the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center has been building a large museum-memorial complex on the territory of the reserve. In particular, in 2020, the installation "Mirror field" was opened, in 2020 - the symbolic synagogue "A place for reflection", as well as the installation "Looking into the past" dedicated to the Kurenivka tragedy.

Every year on September 29, mourning events take place in Babyn Yar.

 Earthen ramparts and a defensive moat have been preserved at the home of the historical Hillfort  Bilhorod on the bank of the river. Irpin in present-day Bilohorodka.

The city of Bilhorod was founded in 990 by the Kyiv prince Volodymyr the Great as a princely residence and became one of the key strongholds of ancient Kyiv's defense against Pecheneg and Polovtsy raids.

According to the legend, during one of the long Pecheneg sieges, the people of Bilhorod dug two wells, lowered a barrel of jelly into one of them, and a barrel of honey into the other, and invited the Pechenegs to negotiations. Seeing that the land itself feeds the besieged, and they can hold out for a long time, the Pechenegs decided to lift the siege.

In 991, the first church in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord was built in Bilhorod, and soon an episcopal chair was founded in Bilhorod. Later, the Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles was built, the remains of which were discovered by archaeologists.

In 1240, Batya's hordes destroyed Bilhorod.

Currently, the ramparts of the fortress can be seen both at the entrance to Bilohorodka from the Kyiv side and at the exit in front of the bridge over Irpin.

100 meters from the monument at the foot of the shaft next to the bridge, you can see a spring, which is associated with the legend of the wells.

The estate with a park in Kmitiv Yar on Tatarka in Kyiv served for some time as the residence of the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, Mykyta Khrushchev, and since then it has been called "Khrushchev's dacha".

The construction of the first manor house, according to the project of the architect Mykola Kazansky, for the apothecary assistant Octavian Bilsky, began here in 1893. This house has remained unchanged.

After the revolution and nationalization, the manor was set up as a government residence. In 1934-1937, People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR, Vsevolod Balytskyi, one of the organizers of the Holodomor in Ukraine, lived here. It was the heyday of the park - a complex of park bridges, gazebos, park sculptures, and artificial lakes were built.

After the liberation of Kyiv in 1943, Mykyta Khrushchev settled here. With him, the park continued to sparkle with its luxury - bears lived in a small castle above the precipice, peacocks walked around the park.

After Khrushchev's departure to Moscow, the estate remained the residence of the first secretaries of the party's central committee. In 1978, the Institute of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology moved to the building near the park, and its administration was located in the country houses.

Today, the park has preserved only the remnants of its former luxury and is in a rather neglected state. Entrance through the passage from Platon Mayboroda Street. Free entrance.

The Branitsky Winter Palace served as the city residence of the count family in Bila Tserkva, while in the summer the Branitskys lived in a country palace on the territory of Oleksandriya Park.

The two-story building in the style of classicism was built at the end of the 18th century on the bank of the Ros River to the west of Castles Hill. The main facade is decorated with a four-column portico of the Ionic order.

Now the building of the former Winter Palace houses the Art School named after Yuriy Pavlenko. Almost no interiors have been preserved.

A small, elegant country palace surrounded by a park was built at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries by Crown Hetman Frantsysk-Ksaveriy Branytskyi, the founder of the Oleksandriya Park in Bila Tserkva.

A bas-relief above the portal reminds of Branytskyi's romantic relationship with his wife Oleksandra.

In the basement next to the palace, according to legend, the miracle-working icon of the Mother of God from Rudoselska appeared to Stanislav Zalevskyi, the new owner of the estate.

To this day, the building has survived in a deplorable state and continues to crumble.

The chapel in honor of Saint Andrew the First-Called Apostle, who, according to legend, foretold the foundation of Kyiv, was built on the slopes of the Dnipro near Askold's grave.

The construction was carried out at the expense of the Public Fund of Saint Andrew the First-Called, the project was developed by the architect Mykola Zharikov. The temple facing upwards is made in the style of a modern interpretation of the Ukrainian Baroque. According to the peculiarities of style and territorial affiliation, the chapel was included in the Lavra complex.

A commemorative sign in honor of the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Christ has been installed nearby. Across the road from the church, a monument to Andrew the First-Called (architect Mykola Zharikov) was opened in 2000. The monument is made of a solid block of granite. The pedestal in the upper part is stylized as clouds, which emphasizes the holiness of the apostle.

The Pereyaslav City Gymnasium was built in the 19th century and originally belonged to the complex of buildings of the Ascension Monastery. The brick building, which housed the dormitory of the seminary until 1917, still impresses with its monumentality.

Until 1941, an orphanage was located here, during the war - the German commandant's office. During the war, the building lost most of its magnificent decoration. After the restoration, in 1958, the educational building of the pedagogic school was opened in it.

In 2000, the building was reorganized into primary school No. 6 and a gymnasium, then into the Pereyaslav Academic Lyceum named after Ivan Mazepa.

The cultural and entertainment complex "Mamayeva Sloboda" in Kyiv is a reconstruction of a Cossack village of the 18th century. Located in the "Vidradnyi" park, near the sources of the Lybid River.

There are 98 different objects on the territory of 9.2 hectares, the wooden church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos occupies a prominent place among them. There is also a Cossack chieftain's tenement house, a regimental treasury in the Ukrainian Baroque style, a palanka (Cossack outpost), a blacksmith's and a potter's manor, a tavern, and many other ethnographic objects that reproduce the life of Cossacks.

The complex is named after the legendary Cossack Mamay, one of the most popular characters in Ukrainian folk tales. On major holidays, folk festivities take place here. It is possible to organize wedding ceremonies in the national style, as well as various corporate events.

Eternal Glory Park in Kyiv was opened in 1957 on the site of the ancient Commandant's Garden on the slopes of the Dnipro.

The central place of the complex is occupied by the Memorial of Eternal Glory to the soldiers of the Second World War, which is a 27-meter obelisk made of dark marble. At its foot is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, over which an eternal fire burns. The Alley of Fallen Heroes leads to the obelisk with 34 graves of soldiers who distinguished themselves with special valor during the war.

The monument was created according to the project of architects Avraam Miletskyi, Volodymyr Baklanov and Volodymyr Novikov.

In 2008, a memorial complex commemorating the victims of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine was opened next to the park.

Holosiyivskyi Park named after Maksym Rylskyi with the adjacent Holosiyivskyi Forest is the largest protected area in Kyiv.

A beautiful park with lakes, which smoothly transitions into a forest thicket, occupies about 140 hectares. Holosiyivskyi Park was opened in 1957 and named after the outstanding Ukrainian poet Maksym Rylskyi, who lived in a house next to this area. Now a literary memorial museum of the poet has been opened in his house. The main entrance of the park is decorated with a monument to Maksym Rylskyi, a stele to the participants in the defense of Kyiv in 1941 and a memorial to soldiers, teachers and students who died during the Second World War.

Holosiyivskyi Park is popular as a place for family recreation, picnics and walks. There is an amusement park, sports fields, cafes and many other entertainments on its territory.

The park has a cascade of 4 ponds with boat stations and observation decks. However, the virgin forest area, where you can enjoy the beauty of nature, feed squirrels and birds, is of particular value to vacationers.

Holosiyivska desert is located here, which gave the park its name (it was founded on a desert place where a forest park was "sown" on "bare land".

Maksym Rylskyi Park is part of the "Holosiyivskyi" National Nature Park created in 2007.