Attractions of Kyiv region

The State Historical and Memorial Lukyanivskyi Reserve in Kyiv was created in 1994 on the basis of the complex of historical and cultural monuments of the Lukyanivske Civil Cemetery, founded in 1878.

On the territory of more than 20 hectares, tombstones made at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries in the workshops of pre-revolutionary Kyiv have been preserved. The authors of some tombstones are famous sculptors and architects Ivan Kavaleridze, Vasyl Krychevsky and others. The ancestral tombs of many prominent families have been preserved: the Symyrenko, Polubotko, Leontovych, Samoilovych, Hrushevsky, Ohievsky, and others.

Many Kyiv artists, scientists and public figures are buried at the Lukyanivske cemetery. The burials of the victims of the repressions of 1918-1944 have also been preserved. In 2017, the remains of Ukrainian writer Oleksandr Oles and his wife Vira Kandyba were reburied at the Lukyanivskyi Cemetery.

Excursions are conducted around the territory, the museum room is open.

The State Museum of Toys in Kyiv is a division of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. The collection, with more than 15,000 exhibits, was assembled for about 70 years.

Toys from different years are presented: policeman dolls from the 30s, the first transformers from the 30s, celluloid figures from the 40s, retro teddy bears from the 50s, stuffed animals from the 60s, clockwork animals from the 60s.

In addition to industrial samples, you can see original and Ukrainian folk toys.

The only collection of printed board games in Ukraine is exhibited here.

The unique steam locomotive K-15776 Cuckoo ("Zozulya"), which is permanently parked at the "Boiarka" railway station, is considered a symbol of the city.

This is one of the monuments to the boyar narrow-gauge railway, thanks to which Kyiv was saved from freezing in the cold winter of 1921-1922. Such steam locomotives transported firewood harvested in nearby forests.

The "Cuckoo" steam locomotive in Boyarka is considered the only representative of this series that has survived in Ukraine.

The world's only copy of the high-speed pre-war Soviet steam locomotive FDP 20-578 (IS).

Developed in 1932, the IS (Yosyp Stalin) mainline steam locomotive became the most powerful passenger steam locomotive in Europe at that time, for which it received the Grand Prix at the World Paris Exhibition (1937).

The first IC locomotives served long-distance passenger trains "Red arrow" on the route Moscow - Leningrad, then worked on such important routes as: Moskva - Kursk - Kharkiv - Synelnykove, Kharkiv - Mineralni Vody, Moskva - Smolensk - Minsk and others. During the Second World War, most of the IS locomotives were transferred to the eastern regions of the USSR.

In the early 1960s, during the struggle against Stalin's personality cult, the designation of the series changed to FDp. At the same time, with the transition to diesel and electric traction, the sunset of the era of steam locomotives began. Most of them were disposed of in the 1970s.

The sample, installed on a pedestal near the entrance to the locomotive depot, near the South Railway Station in Kyiv, was preserved at the initiative of the head of the South-Western Railway, Petro Kryvonos.

The manor house of Shtamm, an adviser to the board and one of the creators of the Kyiv-Kovel railway, built in the 1900s, is located in a park area on the western edge of Bucha.

The two-story building in the neo-Romanesque style is decorated with complex brick decor. The main facade of the manor is flanked by two round towers with decorative loopholes and a tented finish. Under the loopholes there is a real arcature frieze. The windows of the second floor have semicircular finials and are decorated with platbands.

Service buildings and farm buildings have also been preserved near the main building. The mansion is surrounded by an abandoned park, through which a landscape alley leads to the facade of the estate.

Thanks to its exquisite and original architecture, the Stamm manor has a significant historical and cultural value, but it is not officially an architectural monument. Until 2004, the "Druzhniy" children's sanatorium was located here. After the fire in 2004, it stopped working. At the moment, the manor is in an abandoned state.

A small recreation area on the Dnipro embankment near the new high-rise buildings near the Pivnichny Bridge on Obolon is called the "Garden of Stones" in Kyiv.

A miniature park with an area of ​​0.35 hectares with cobbled paths is decorated with many sculptures. 24 high basalt stone columns and 5 artificial, several bronze sculptures, 16 benches for rest, 24 decorative lanterns were installed in the park. All stones were brought for the park from different parts of Ukraine.

The main decoration of the square was a large fountain with a diameter of 11 meters, made of granite. In the center of the fountain there are three female bronze figures under an umbrella. A bronze mermaid sitting on a stone and holding a seashell in her hands attracts special attention. it is believed that love will surely come to those who touch her breasts.

Sulymivsky Park, a monument of horticultural art, with an area of 23.6 hectares, now looks more like a dormant forest.

It was founded in the 18th-19th century by representatives of the rich Sulyma family - descendants of Hetman Ivan Sulyma, who in 1615 received the Sulymivka estate as a gift from the Polish magnate Stanislav Zholkevskyi.

In 1886, Prince Petro Bagration, the nephew of the famous commander, was buried next to the Intercession Church, which stands nearby. The prince's sisters were the last owners of the estate.

During the Soviet rule, almost all manor buildings were destroyed (only one wooden one-story house next to the church remained), the park was opened.

The park's collection includes 30 species of local and exotic trees and shrubs. Some oaks are 200 years old or more. There are also three artificial lakes in Sulymivsky Park. One of them was cleared by the efforts of local enthusiasts.

The tomb-chapel of the Sveikovskyi (Świejkowski) family in Tetiiv was built in 1805 next to the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, founded by them. A sculpture of Saint Yan Nepomuk once stood in front of the main entrance to the church, so the church was also called by his name.

The chapel is built in the forms of classicism and outwardly resembles an ancient temple. On the four-column Ionic portico there is an inscription in Polish: "Tym ktorzy zmartwychwstaną" ("To those who will rise"). Above the forged door is the coat of arms of the Świejkowski family.

The Sveikovskyi chapel is an architectural monument of national importance. Now it belongs to the Roman Catholic parish of All Saints in the city of Tetiiv. Holy Mass is held on Sundays.

A new format of recreation and training is offered by the Cultural and Educational Center "Svitlytsya" in Brovary.

It was created in 2019 to acquaint visitors with interesting facts from the life and work of Taras Shevchenko, as well as with the history of Brovary city. This uses modern computer technology, including augmented and virtual reality.

There are also workshops for children, parties, literary and musical evenings, activities, competitions and quests.

The historic town of Svyatopolch (Novhorod Svyatopolchyi) was founded in 1095 by the Kyiv prince Svyatopolk II Izyaslavych on the Vytachiv hill. Here the prince will resettle the inhabitants of the city of Yuryiv, destroyed by the Polovtsy.

Chronicles show that after the defeat of the army of the Rus princes in the battle of Kalka in 1223, the Mongols marched into Rus, but only reached Svyatopolch, from where they turned back. After that, Svyatopolch is no longer mentioned in the annals.

According to archaeological research, the remains of historical Svyatopolch are located in the Horodyshche tract between the villages of Vytachiv and Staiky. Hillfort occupied a triangular cape with an area of about 0.5 hectares. Fragments of earthen defensive ramparts with three towers have been preserved, and the remains of settlements have been investigated. Remains of a post with a pottery workshop can be traced on the ground side and on the slopes.

In 2009, the monument of archeology "The settlement of the historical city of Svyatopolch of the IX-XIII centuries" was entered into the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine under the number 100014-Н. A memorial sign has been installed.

The Syniava ostrich farm is located at the exit from Syniava in the direction of the village of Busheve, opposite God's Mountain.

Founded in 2002 by the family of local resident Vasyl Kovinko. A small flock of ostriches is kept in enclosures. Excursions are held. In summer, there is a cafe where you can taste ostrich meat and ostrich eggs. The complex also includes a mini zoo with an aviary.

Syretsky Park in Kyiv is a monument of garden and park art of national significance.

It was established at the end of the 19th century by the German Meyer as a demonstration park for ornamental crops in flower farming. The yews, thuja, spruces, maples and lindens planted at that time are still preserved.

Work on expanding the park territory, forming decorative tree-shrub groups, as well as expanding the collection of ornamental plants was continued in the 50s and 60s of the 20th century by the famous dendrologist, a great enthusiast of his work, Mykola Ptitsyn.

Currently, the park covers an area of 6.5 hectares.

The Arboretum does not have its own entrance. To get to its territory, you need to go through the transit agro-firm "Flowers of Ukraine".

The Syrotkin House - an elegant building in the Renaissance style at the corner of Volodymyrska and Prorizna Streets was once the tallest residential building in Kyiv.

Once upon a time there was a small building that belonged to the nobleman Andriy Tarnovsky. In 1898, he sold the plot to the merchant Mykola Hryhorovych-Barsky. Soon, the construction of a profitable building started here according to the project of the architect Karl-Johan Szyman.

Construction was completed in 1902 by the new owner, merchant Oleksandr Syrotkin. On the first floor of the new building was the famous Marquis cafe in Kyiv, which is mentioned in the novel "The White Guard" by Mykhaylo Bulhakov: "The lamps, wrapped in gypsy shawls, cast two lights - a white electric one down, and an orange one up and to the side. The ceiling was covered with a star of blue dusty silk, big diamonds sparkled in blue beds and reddish Siberian furs shone."

In Soviet times, the popular restaurant "Leipzig" operated.

After the recent restoration, the building is preserved.

The Literary Memorial House-Museum of Taras Shevchenko sheds light on the Kyiv period of the poet's life.

It is located in the house of the official Ivan Zhytnytskyi, built in Kyiv in 1835 on the former Goat Swamp (now Maidan Nezalezhnosti). The poet lived here from the spring of 1846 until his arrest on April 5, 1847.

The Kobzar Museum was created in 1928, now it is a branch of the Taras Shevchenko National Museum. The fund collection consists of unique values: memorial items of Shevchenko, his etchings, autographs, photographs, the first works of the poet.

Mykhaylo Sazhyn's watercolors, unique engravings of Kyiv landscapes, 19th century photos, works of outstanding artists on the Shevchenko theme, works of decorative and applied art are presented.

According to the memories of contemporaries, the room in which Shevchenko lived has been recreated. Special attention is drawn to the poet's desk, where unique exhibits are presented: a pen, a quill, an inkwell, a coffee pot, Taras Shevchenko's flask, a pipe given to the poet by Mykola Kostomarov.

The Taras Shevchenko Literary Museum in Baryshivka was created in 1987 on the initiative of Ukrainian historian, writer and statesman Vasyl Kostenko. It was his private collection of various editions of the works of the outstanding Ukrainian poet that formed the basis of the museum exposition.

The reason for founding the museum was the fact that Taras Shevchenko was in Baryshivka, which he mentions in the story "A walk with pleasure and not without morals". Here Shevchenko visited the family of Tymofiy Boryspolets, the father of Platon Boryspolets, his fellow student at the Academy of Arts. According to various sources, he could visit Baryshivka one or more times between 1843 and 1846. It was during this period that the poet visited the nearby Berezan, where he wrote the well-known poem "The Plundered Grave".

The main part of the collection consists of more than 500 editions of "Kobzar", including contemporary editions. Drawings and illustrations of the poet's works with gift inscriptions by artists, a collection of stamps, commemorative badges, ceramics with a portrait of Kobzar are presented. One of the four posthumous masks of Taras Shevchenko is kept in the museum.