Attractions of Kyiv region

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.

A monument to the great Ukrainian philosopher and educator Hryhoriy Skovoroda is erected on Kontraktova Square in Kyiv in front of the building of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, where he studied from 1738 to 1750, sang in the choir, and later taught.

Hryhoriy Skovoroda is depicted as if returning to his alma mater. According to the idea of the author of the sculpture, Ivan Kavaleridze, he was supposed to be barefoot, with a Bible under his arm and a cross around his neck, but at the request of the party leadership, the philosopher was put in shoes, and the Christian symbols were removed.

The Skovroda monument became the mascot of the students of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. According to tradition, every year on the day of the academy on October 14, the monument is washed, and on June 28, on the day of the awarding of diplomas, a bonnet - a black graduate cap - is put on Skovoroda's head. It is also a traditional place for informal youth meetings.

The wooden Intercession Church was built in Motovylivka in the middle of the 19th century on the site of a collapsed stone church, but in smaller sizes.

In the 1930s, the temple was closed by the Soviet authorities, the premises were used as a granary. During the German occupation, religious services were resumed and no longer stopped.

Today, the Intercession Church belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Intercession Church in Fastiv is a masterpiece of Ukrainian wooden architecture in Central Ukraine.

It was built in 1740 on the site of the ancient temple, founded by the famous Fastiv colonel Semen Paliy. The three-log Intercession Church is distinguished by harmonious proportions and completeness of forms. An arcade gallery surrounds the temple along its perimeter.

In 1781, the temple bell tower was built. In Soviet times, a thorough restoration was carried out.

On June 23, 2022, the Intercession Church officially transferred to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The National Center of Folk Culture "Ivan Honchar Museum" was created in 1993 on the initiative of the People's Artist of Ukraine Ivan Honchar, co-founder of the Ukrainian Society for the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments, and one of the largest open-air museums in the world - the Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine.

The museum is housed in an ancient building - an architectural monument of the 18th century. The exposition is based on the private collection of Ivan Honchar, who in Soviet times searched for and collected highly artistic works of Ukrainian folk art, as well as the works of professional painters who could not enter state museums for ideological reasons.

A large collection of icons of the 16th-18th centuries, fabrics, ceramics, and musical instruments is presented.

The Memorial Museum-Manor of Ivan Kozlovsky is located in the village of Maryanivka near Vasylkiv, where the outstanding Ukrainian tenor was born in 1900.

At the age of seven, Ivan went from here to Kyiv to study at a church school at the Saint Michael Monastery. He sang in Saint Sophia Cathedral.

His wonderful voice and the combination of folk motifs with classics in his work brought Kozlovsky world fame.

The singer visited his homeland many times. In a small house under a thatched roof, photographs, personal belongings, film materials, gramophone records with Kozlovsky's concerts are kept.

On the bank of the river, next to the house, there is a cozy park where mallows, apple trees, oaks, lindens, thuja and sycamores grow.

The memorial of Hetman Ivan Mazepa was created in the village of Mazepyntsi, where he was born in 1639.

It was here in 1994 that the first monument to Mazepa in Ukraine and Europe was opened (sculptor - Yevhen Horban.). The monument was built on the initiative and at the expense of Ukrainian philanthropist Mariyan Kots, who lives in the USA.

The memorial complex also included the wooden church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker (2007) and the Park of Cossack Glory (2009). Tree saplings were planted on the territory of the future park, a small museum was opened, and a cross was erected in honor of the Ukrainian Cossacks.

Rzhyshchiv Museum of Fine Arts named Ivan-Valentyn Zadorozhny is located in an administrative building in the center of Rzhyshchiv.

The permanent exhibition presents works by contemporary artist-monumentalist, a native of Rzhyshchiv Ivan-Valentyn Zadorozhny. He is the author of 24 monumental works located throughout Ukraine. These are stained-glass windows in the author's technique of cast glass, mosaics, carvings, concrete reliefs.

The artist's creative work also includes tapestries of hand weaving, sculptures, graphic illustrations to Taras Shevchenko's "Kobzar" and children's fairy tales.

Visitors to the museum can see the author's works, historical and documentary photographs, read excerpts from the artist's diary. The Rzhyshchiv Museum of Art also holds thematic exhibitions and other events.