Attractions of Kyiv region

"Golden Gates" - one of the few monuments of the fortification of Ancient Kyiv. They were the main, ceremonial gate of the city of Yaroslav.

Mentioned in the chronicle article of 1037, which tells about the construction activities of Prince Yaroslav the Wise. However, recent research proves that the construction of Kyiv fortifications, together with the "Golden Gates", was begun by Volodymyr the Great, and completed by his son Yaroslav the Wise, who erected the Church of the Annunciation on them, consecrated in 1022. The name of the gate comes from the golden dome of the Annunciation Church, which crowned the structure.

In 1832, thorough archaeological excavations were carried out. In 1982, to the 1500th anniversary of Kyiv, the "Golden Gates" were reconstructed. During the reconstruction, the late masonry adjacent to the walls of the first half of the 11th century, and the buttresses of the 19th century were preserved. The modern superstructure does not put pressure on the old walls, it rests on metal structures hidden in its thickness. The ancient foundations can be viewed inside the building.

In 1983, the pavilion-reconstruction "Golden Gates" became a museum. It is part of the National Reserve "Sophia of Kyiv".

Nearby in the park is a monument to Yaroslav the Wise (1997), a cast-iron fountain (19th century). From here begins Yaroslaviv Val Street, laid along one of the defensive ramparts of Ancient Kyiv.

Bohuslav granite outcropping is a geological monument of nature. Rocks 10-12 meters high are located along the bed of the Ros River in the central part of Bohuslav.

In the valley of the river, granite blocks embedded in the ground are spectacularly scattered along its slopes. The age of the Bohuslav granites is 2 billion years. Picturesque rapids are formed in the place where Ros washes the granite island with two branches.

One such place with a deep bath overhanging a high rock is called "The Yama" by the locals.

The Museum of Hetmanship in Kyiv is dedicated to the history of state formation of Ukraine during the Zaporizhzhian Cossack Army and the Hetmanshchyna of the XVII-XVIII centuries, as well as the Hetmanate of the early XX century.

The museum's exposition reveals the essence of the specific hetman form of government and the structure of military-civilian administration in contemporary Ukraine, and tells about the history and traditions of the Cossack-Hetman era.

The Hetmanship Museum was founded in 1993 and is housed in a late 17th-century architectural monument known to Kyivans as "Mazepa's House." Indeed, this two-story mansion in the Baroque style typical of Cossack architecture was built during the reign of Hetman Ivan Mazepa, although there is no direct evidence of his stay here.

From 1717 the house was owned by the Cossack-bourgeois Sychevskyi family, whose representatives were part of the city magistrate. Among the few Podil mansions, this house survived the fire of 1811, as indicated by its location at an angle to later street planning. During the reconstruction of Podil, the architect Andriy Melenskyi completed the second floor and the pediment with columns.

In Soviet times, there were communal apartments. In 1992, the Ivan Mazepa Foundation carried out a restoration to create the Museum of Hetmanship.

The museum has more than 9,000 museum items. In the hall of Bohdan Khmelnytsky the banner of the hetman with his family coat of arms is presented. The scientific exhibitions "Hetman Ivan Mazepa", "Pylyp Orlyk - Hetman, the author of the first democratic constitution of Ukraine" and "Pavlo Skoropadskyi and the Ukrainian state of 1918" are constantly open. Among the exhibits: an engraving of 1706 "Mazepa among his good deeds", a map of Ukraine by Johann Baptist Homann in 1716, items from the personal collection of the Skoropadskyi family.

The museum periodically holds meetings of the discussion club "Hetman's Living Room".

The country house of Countess Nataliya Uvarova in Vorzel was built at the beginning of the 20th century by the manufacturer Karl Septer.

Countess Uvarova (in maidenhood Tereshchenko) liked the then fashionable architecture of the building with a romantic tower and weather vane. After buying it, the countess decorated her possessions with various rare plants and trees of valuable breeds. A fountain was installed near the house, gravel paths were laid.

After the February Revolution in 1917, the Uvarovys and the entire Tereshchenko family emigrated to England. In Soviet times, a school was opened in the house of the countess, where the Ukrainian writer Valeryan Pidmohylny studied.

Today it is the Museum of History and Culture "Uvarov House", the exhibition hall is open. Concerts are held on weekends.

The greatest treasury of Ukrainian antiquities of all time is the National Museum of History of Ukraine (NMHU), located in the historic heart of Kyiv, on the ramparts of the Kyiv Dytynets (Citadel).

The museum was founded in 1899 and officially opened in 1904 as the Kyiv Art, Industry and Science Museum. It was originally housed in a museum building built by architect Vladyslav Horodetsky, which is now occupied by the National Art Museum. The first museum department of archeology was headed by the discoverer of Trypillya and Chernyakhiv cultures, a prominent Ukrainian archaeologist Vikentiy Khvoyka.

After the Second World War, the historical museum moved to the current building in the style of classicism, which was built on Starokyivska Hill in 1937-1939 for the art school. Today, the National Museum of History of Ukraine is one of the leading museums in Ukraine in terms of the number and importance of collections. Its stock collections number about 850 thousand exhibits. These are world-famous archeological and numismatic collections, ethnographic collections, collections of weapons, monuments of decorative and applied arts, manuscripts, old prints, paintings and graphics, relics of the Ukrainian national liberation movement of the twentieth century. They are located in 33 halls and reflect the history of Ukraine from ancient times to the present.

In particular, you can see the mysterious binoculars of Trypillya vessels, an anthropomorphic idol of pit culture, an iron Scythian sword with a golden handle from the Bielsko settlement. The diorama "Kyiv of the X-XIII centuries" gives a clear idea of the medieval city. The grand royal carriage of Empress Elizabeth Petrivna, which she presented to Kyiv Metropolitan Raphael Zaborovskyi, impresses with its luxury. The pride of the National Museum of History of Ukraine is the holographic exhibition "Golden Treasury of Ukraine", where you can see in detail the hologram of the famous golden Scythian pectoral. The largest numismatic collection of the museum in Ukraine has 120 thousand units.

In addition to classic tours, the National Museum of History of Ukraine offers author's themed tours, theatrical tours with a deep immersion in the atmosphere of the era, interactive children's tours and quests. The museum shop offers historical publications, postcards, souvenir plates, magnets, etc.

Admission to the museum is free every last Monday of the month.

The Holy Intercession Cathedral on Solomyanka in Kyiv is the work of Ipolit Nikolaev.

The church was built on the order of the Kyiv City Council during 1895-1897 in memory of the Metropolitan of Kyiv and Halytskyi Platon (Horodetskyi). It is also known by the name "Platon's Church" among Kyivans.

In 1905-1919, the future creator and first metropolitan of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, Vasyl Lypkivskyi, was the rector of the church.

Belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin is the oldest architectural monument of the Cossack era in Boryspil region.

The Church of the Intercession was built at the expense of Hetman Ivan Sulyma, and was a family tomb - 8 members of the family are buried here.

The church is distinguished by the strictness of its forms, characteristic of the defensive temple architecture of the 17th century. At one time, it could perform fortification functions. The Intercession church never had an interior painting. The walls are decorated with icons. In 1900, a three-tier bell tower was added.

During the Soviet era, the temple was looted. Currently, the restoration has been carried out, the iconostasis has been recreated.

The Church of the Holy Intercession is often confused with the Church of the Meeting of the Lord in the village of the same name, Sulymivka, in the same district.

The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Parkhomivka was built in 1906 by the will of the industrialist and philanthropist Viktor Holubev by his sons.

Architect Volodymyr Pokrovskyi implemented the project in a modern style, unconventional for Orthodoxy, using the architectural forms of Novhorod churches of the 13th century. The monumental mosaics "The Protection of the Mother of God" and "The Savior Not Made by Hands" were made based on the sketches of Mykola Rerikh, who was friends with the orientalist Viktor Holubev, one of the Holubev brothers.

The exterior and interior design of the Intercession Church contains many elements of Eastern symbolism, which is why the temple was consecrated only in 1907.

The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God in Romashky is one of the largest and grandest provincial Orthodox churches in Ukraine.

This huge three-seated church was built in 1843 at the expense of landlady Trofimova. Two altars are dedicated to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker and Saint Anthoniy of Pechersk.

Late classicism, emphasized by the size of the building and bell towers, which are rare for Orthodox churches in the Dnipro region, puts the Romashky Church in the same line as the most outstanding architectural monuments of Ukraine. This was recognized even by the Soviet authorities, who not only preserved the church, but also restored it after the destruction during the Second World War.

The Church of the Intercession in Romashky is an architectural monument of national importance.

The wooden Church of the Holy Intercession was built in Krenychi in 1761 by order of the abbess of the Theological Convent of Ksanfiya Protanska.

The simple and archaic architecture of the temple goes back to the oldest examples of Ukrainian wooden architecture of the "house" type. The three-log church on a stone foundation is covered with a pitched roof with a barely protruding dome above the center. Nearby is the same archaic two-story bell tower.

Around the Intercession Church is a picturesque area reminiscent of mountains.

The Holy Trinity Cathedral was built on the central square of Yahotyn in 1800 at the initiative of Hetman of Ukraine Kyrylo Rozumovskyi.

The temple was made in the form of a rotunda.

It was completely destroyed in 1936. In 1999, restoration work began, which lasted for 17 years. On January 2, 2016, His Holiness Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv consecrated the newly built Trinity Cathedral.

The Holy Trinity Church was built in Bohuslav in the 19th century on the site of an old church. Most of the funds for the construction were allocated by Oleksandra Branytska.

The temple is made in the style of late classicism. An architectural monument of national importance.

Belongs to the community of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The artisan settlements in the Honchari-Kozhumyaki tract in Kyiv Podil arose during the time of Kyivan Rus. The names of the streets Honcharna, Kozhumyacka and Dehtyarna reflect the nature of the residents' activities.

During Soviet times, the area fell into decline. Since the early 2000s, the Honchari-Kozhumyaki microdistrict has been built up with elite mansions in the style of the 19th century, creating a new architectural ensemble of the historical center of Kyiv.

The famous Kyiv "House with Chimeras" is one of the most extravagant creations of the architect Vladyslav Horodetskyi (he lived in this building until 1920).

The house is located on a steep cave slope, has three floors on one side, and six on the other. The facades are decorated with intricate sculptures on the themes of ancient myths and hunting, which served primarily as an advertisement for a new building material - cement. The legend attributes the gloomy sculptural subjects to the grief of Horodetskyi for his daughter who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea.

In Soviet times, the "House with Chimeras" was a communal building, then a hospital of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. Currently, it is a small residence for receptions of the President of Ukraine. Tours to the "House of Chimeras" are organized by the Kyiv History Museum. The President of Ukraine Office is located opposite.

The Pereyaslav Collegium was opened at the Ascension Monastery in Pereyaslav in 1738. Its main purpose was to train the Orthodox clergy to fight against the union and Catholicism on the Right Bank.

The school had six classes: two grammars, one each - rhetoric, poetics, philosophy and theology. The term of study was six years. Children of the clergy, Cossack officers, burghers, and peasants studied here.

From 1750 to 1751, the outstanding Ukrainian philosopher-humanist, poet and educator Hryhoriy Skovoroda taught poetry at the Pereyaslav Collegium. To commemorate the 250th anniversary of his birth, a memorial museum was established in the reconstructed building. The atmosphere of the library, classroom, teacher's room is recreated. The atmosphere of the era is conveyed by antique furniture and interior items - cabinets, chairs, secretary, astronomical globe, ancient musical instruments. A copy of the Peresopnytsia Gospel, which was kept in the collegium until 1862, is presented.

In the art department you can see a portrait of Hryhoriy Skovoroda by an unknown artist of the XVIII century, a sculptural portrait of the philosopher Ivan Kavaleridze, rare folk paintings: "Cymbalist", "Near the house".

The Hryhoriy Skovoroda Memorial Museum is part of the National Historical and Ethnographic Reserve "Pereyaslav".