100 Sights in Kyiv, Ukraine (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Kyiv, Ukraine! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Kyiv. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Kyiv1. Taras Shevchenko
The Taras Shevchenko Monument in Kyiv is a monument to the Ukrainian poet and artist Taras Shevchenko in Kyiv, located in Shevchenko Park, opposite the Red Building of Kyiv University. It was erected in 1939 on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the poet's birth. It is one of the symbols of modern Kyiv.
2. Нью-Навадвіпа Мандір
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu religious organization. It was founded on 13 July 1966 in New York City by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Its main headquarters is located in Mayapur, West Bengal, India.
Wikipedia: International Society for Krishna Consciousness (EN), Website
3. Babi Yar monument
Babi Yar or Babyn Yar is a ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and a site of massacres carried out by Nazi Germany's forces during its campaign against the Soviet Union in World War II. The first and best documented of the massacres took place on 29–30 September 1941, in which some 33,771 Jews were murdered. Other victims of massacres at the site included Soviet prisoners of war, communists and Romani people. It is estimated that a total of between 100,000 and 150,000 people were murdered at Babi Yar during the German occupation.
4. St. Michael Golden-Domed Cathedral
St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery is a monastery in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel. It is located on the edge of the bank of the Dnipro river, to the northeast of the St Sophia Cathedral. The site is in the historical administrative neighbourhood of Uppertown and overlooks Podil, the city's historical commercial and merchant quarter. The monastery has been the headquarters of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine since December 2018.
5. Valeriy Lobanovskyi
Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi was а Soviet and Ukrainian football player and manager. He was Master of Sports of the USSR, Distinguished Coach of the USSR, and a laureate of the UEFA Order of Merit in Ruby (2002) and FIFA Order of Merit, the highest honour awarded by FIFA. In 2002 he was awarded the Hero of Ukraine award (posthumously), his nation's highest honour, for his contribution to Ukrainian football. In 2008, Lobanovskyi was ranked 6th in Inter's list of the 100 Greatest Ukrainians following a nationwide poll that saw around 2.5 million people casting their votes.
6. House with Chimeras
House with Chimaeras or Horodetsky House is an Art Nouveau building located in the historic Lypky neighborhood of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Situated across the street from the President of Ukraine's office at No. 10, Bankova Street, the building has been used as a presidential residence for official and diplomatic ceremonies since 2005. The street in front of the building is closed off to all automobile traffic, and is now a patrolled pedestrian zone due to its proximity to the Presidential Administration building.
7. Saint Sophia Cathedral
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, is an architectural monument of Kievan Rus'. The former cathedral is one of the city's best known landmarks and the first heritage site in Ukraine to be inscribed on the World Heritage List along with the Kyiv Cave Monastery complex. Aside from its main building, the cathedral includes an ensemble of supporting structures such as a bell tower and the House of Metropolitan. In 2011 the historic site was reassigned from the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Regional Development of Ukraine to the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine. One of the reasons for the move was that both Saint Sophia Cathedral and Kyiv Pechersk Lavra are recognized by the UNESCO World Heritage Program as one complex, while in Ukraine the two were governed by different government entities. It is currently a museum.
8. Motherland Monument
Mother Ukraine is a monumental Soviet-era statue in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The sculpture is a part of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War. In 2023, the Soviet heraldry was removed from the monument's shield and replaced with Ukraine's coat of arms, the tryzub.
9. St. Volodymyr's Cathedral
St Volodymyr's Cathedral is a cathedral in the centre of Kyiv. It is one of the city's major landmarks and was the mother cathedral of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate before the Unification council of the Eastern Orthodox churches of Ukraine.
10. Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Serhiiovych Hrushevsky was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian and statesman who was one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century. Hrushevsky is often considered the country's greatest modern historian, the foremost organiser of scholarship, the leader of the pre-revolution Ukrainian national movement, the head of the Central Rada, and a leading cultural figure in the Ukrainian SSR during the 1920s.
11. Saint Andrew's Church
St Andrew's Church is an Orthodox church in Kyiv, constructed between 1747 and 1754 to a design by the Italian architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli. It is a rare example of Elizabethan Baroque in Ukraine. Situated on a steep hill, where Andrew the Apostle is believed to have foretold the great future of the place as the cradle of Christianity in the Slavic lands, the church overlooks the historic Podil neighborhood. Since 1968, the building has been a museum, part of the National Sanctuary "Sophia of Kyiv" as a landmark of cultural heritage.
12. Golden Gate
The Golden Gate of Kyiv was the main gate in the 11th century fortifications of Kyiv, the capital of Kievan Rus'. It was named in imitation of the Golden Gate of Constantinople. The structure was dismantled in the Middle Ages, leaving few vestiges of its existence.
13. Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian people
The Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People, formerly known as Peoples' Friendship Arch is a monument in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It was opened on 7 November 1982, amidst the celebration of the 1,500th Anniversary of Kyiv, to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the USSR and the "reunification of Ukraine with Russia in 1654".
14. National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War
The National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War is a memorial complex commemorating the German-Soviet War located in the southern outskirts of the Pechersk district of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, on the picturesque hills on the right-bank of the Dnipro River.
Wikipedia: National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War (EN), Website
15. Національний історико-меморіальний заповідник «Биківнянські могили»
The Bykivnia graves are a National Historic Memorial next to the former village of Bykivnia within Kyiv woodland, Bykivnia Forest. During the Stalinist period in the Soviet Union, it was one of the unmarked mass grave sites where the NKVD, the Soviet secret police, disposed of thousands of executed "enemies of the Soviet state".
16. Remains of Desiatynna Church
The Church of the Tithes or Church of the Dormition of the Virgin was the first stone church in Kyiv. Originally it was built by the order of Grand Prince Vladimir (Volodymyr) the Great between 989 and 996 by Byzantine and local workers at the site of death of martyrs Theodor the Varangian and his son Johann. It was originally named the "Church of Our Lady", in honor of the Dormition of the Theotokos. The church was ruined in 1240 during the siege of Kyiv by Mongol armies of Batu Khan.
17. Kyiv National Art Gallery
The National Museum "Kyiv Art Gallery" is a museum of fine arts in Kyiv, Ukraine. Until March 2017, it was the Kyiv National Museum of Russian Art. It is located in the premises of Fedir Tereshchenko's house.
Wikipedia: Національний музей «Київська картинна галерея» (UK), Website
18. Kyiv fortress
The Kyiv Fortress or Kiev Fortress is a historical and architectural monument complex of Russian fortifications in Kyiv, Ukraine built from the 17th through 19th centuries. Construction began after the 1654 Council in Pereiaslav, on the site of the already existing fortified monastery of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. Located on the hills of the high right bank of the Dnieper, bounded on the north by the Klovsky ravine, on the south and west – by the slopes of the Lybid River valley.
19. Chornobyl Museum
The Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum is a history museum in Kyiv, Ukraine, dedicated to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and its consequences. It houses an extensive collection of visual media, artifacts, scale models, and other items. The museum is designed to educate the public about the many aspects of the disaster. Several exhibits depict the technical progression of the accident. There is also many areas dedicated to the loss of life and cultural ramifications of the disaster.
20. Національний музей Голодомору-геноциду
The National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide, formerly known as the Memorial in Commemoration of the Holodomor-Genocide in Ukraine, is Ukraine's national museum and a centre devoted to the victims of the Holodomor of 1932–1933, a man-made famine that killed millions in Ukraine. The museum was opened on the day of the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor in 2008. It gained the status of a national museum in 2010. The museum is located on the Pechersk Hills on the right bank of the Dnieper River in Kyiv, adjacent to the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.
21. Church of the Saviour at Berestove
The Church of the Saviour at Berestove is a church located immediately north of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in an area known as Berestove. Although it is situated outside the Lavra fortifications, the Saviour Church is part of the Lavra complex and the related World Heritage Site.
22. Museum of Kyiv History
The Museum of the History of the City of Kyiv is a museum and exhibition complex consisting of a permanent historical exposition and an exhibition center. It represents a variety of historical, artistic and educational projects. It covers various aspects of history, literature, science, art, social and political life of the city.
23. National Museum of History of Ukraine
The National Museum of the History of Ukraine (MIST) (Ukrainian: Національний музей історії України) illustrates Ukraine's history from ancient times to the present. It is one of the leading museums in Ukraine. It holds about 800,000 items in its collection, and usually has approximately 22,000 items on permanent display. The museum holds world-famous archaeological, numismatic, ethnographic and weapons collections, examples of decorative and applied arts, manuscripts, prints, paintings and drawings, as well as relics of the Ukrainian national liberation movement of the 20th century.
Wikipedia: National Museum of the History of Ukraine (EN), Website
24. Kyiv Academic Molody Theater
The Kyiv National Academic Molodyy Theatre is a theatre in Kyiv in Ukraine. It was founded in 1979 and first played on 26 April 1980, with a focus on progressive productions. It is also known simply as Molodyy Theatre, and addresses people "young in mind". It is a member of the European Theatre Convention, and became a national institution in 2019.
Wikipedia: Kyiv National Academic Molodyy Theatre (EN), Website
25. The Gate Church of the Trinity
The Gate Church of the Trinity is a historic church of the cave monastery of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Originally being built as in the church style of Kievan Rus', the Gate Church of the Trinity is now decorated in the Ukrainian Baroque style, having been reconstructed many times through its history.
Wikipedia: Gate Church of the Trinity, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (EN)
26. Bohdan Khmelnytsky
The Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument is a monument in Kyiv dedicated to Bohdan Khmelnytsky, the first Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host. It was built in 1888 and is one of the oldest sculptural monuments in Kyiv. It is a dominating feature of Sophia Square and one of the city's symbols.
27. October Palace
The October Palace is a performing arts center in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is officially known as the International Center of Culture and Arts of the Trade Union Federation of Ukraine, while October Palace is used for its brevity.
28. Церква Різдва Христового
The Church of the Nativity of Christ is an Orthodox church belonging to the OCU, located in the historical area of Podil in Kyiv, built in 1809-1814 according to the project of architect Andrei Melensky.
29. House of the Metropolitan
The Metropolitan's House is a monument of palace architecture of the XVIII century, the former residence of the Kyiv metropolitans. Now it is a museum institution as part of the National Conservation Area "St. Sophia of Kyiv". Located at: Kyiv, st. Vladimirskaya, 24.
30. Війсково-історичний музей України
The National Military History Museum of Ukraine (NVIMU) is a leading museum institution in the structure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which researches and covers the history of military affairs in Ukraine, the origins and current state of Ukrainian military traditions, uniformology, phaleristics, vexillology, demonstrates weapons and military equipment of different eras.
Wikipedia: Національний військово-історичний музей України (UK), Website, Website
31. Great Choral Synagogue
The Great Choral Synagogue of Kyiv, also known as the Podil Synagogue or the Rozenberg Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, located in the Podil, a historic neighborhood of Kyiv, Ukraine. Built in 1895, it is the oldest synagogue in Kyiv and is under the leadership of Rabbi Yaakov Bleich Chief Rabbi of Ukraine.
32. All Saints Church
The Church of All Saints above the Economic Gate is a temple as part of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, an architectural monument of the XVII century. Built at the expense of Hetman Ivan Mazepa in 1696-1698 in the Ukrainian Baroque style, the interior paintings were made at the beginning of the XX century. under the direction of Ukrainian artist Ivan Yizhakevych. It is dedicated to the holiday, which is celebrated on the first Sunday after Trinity.
33. Lavra
Kyiv City Art Gallery "Lavra" is the main municipal gallery of the city of Kyiv at the address: st. Lavrskaya, 1, in the historic building of the provision store of the Kiev Fortress. It was opened in 1996. Since 2013, the Kyiv City Art Gallery "Lavra" has been headed by director Tetyana Mironova, an art critic, winner of the 2021 Platon Biletsky KONSHU Prize.
34. Іллі Муромцю
The monument to Ilya Muromets is located in Kyiv in Muromets Park. The monument was created by Volodymyr Zhuravel, a sculptor who is known to Kyiv residents as the creator of the monument to Anatoly Kuznetsov in Kurenivka, the sculpture "Kids Launching Boats" on Poshtova Square and the monument to Igor Sikorsky at the international airport "Kyiv". I. Sikorsky. The architect is Oleg Selivanov, the graphic designer is Stanislav Topolsky. The opening of the monument took place on August 2, 2018.
35. Volodymir the Great statue
Monument to Prince Volodymyr, is a monument in Kyiv, dedicated to the Grand Prince of Kyiv Volodymyr the Great, built in 1853. It is located on Volodymyrska Hill, the steep right bank of the Dnipro. It is the oldest sculptural monument, a dominating feature of the Dnipro banks, and one of the city's symbols.
36. Покровська церква
The Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a church by Hippolyt Nikolaev in Kyiv, in Solomyanka. It was built by order of the city community of Kyiv during 1895-1897. in memory of Metropolitan Platon (Gorodetsky) of Kyiv and Galicia. It is located at the corner of Patriarch Mstyslav Skrypnyk and Stadionna streets. In 1905-1919. the rector of the church was the creator and first metropolitan of the UAOC Vasyl Lypkivsky. Until 2018, the church belonged to the UOC-KP. As of May 2022, it is under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
37. Леся Українка
"The Mohyla of the Poetess and Public Figure Lesya Ukrainka" is a historical monument of national importance, 1913, protection number 260003/80-N. Located in Kyiv at the Baikove cemetery (old), district number 3.
38. Museum of Medicine
The National Museum of Medicine of Ukraine is a museum in Kyiv, which contains exhibits demonstrating the development of medicine in Ukraine. The museum was established in 1973 and officially opened on October 29, 1982.
Wikipedia: Національний музей медицини України (UK), Website
39. Будинок актора
The Karaite Kenesa of Kyiv is a former Karaite Jewish Synagogue, or kenesa, located at Yaroslaviv Val Street 7, close to the Golden Gates of Kyiv, in the Shevchenkivskyi District of Kyiv, Ukraine. The former synagogue building is listed as a monument of Architectural Heritage of National Importance of Ukraine.
40. Кесон «Сталінського метро» (титул №10)
Tunnel under the Dnieper — two unfinished railway tunnels in Kyiv: North and South. Together with auxiliary engineering and other structures, they were to become the basis for a complex of underground railway crossings, designed primarily to ensure the safe and hidden crossing of troops and cargo under the Dnieper.
41. Меморіальний комплекс Бабин яр
The Babyn Yar National Historical and Memorial Reserve was created to convey to citizens the history of the tragic events of the mass extermination of Kyiv residents and prisoners of war in Babyn Yar by the Nazis.
Wikipedia: Національний історико-меморіальний заповідник «Бабин Яр» (UK)
42. Покровська церква
The Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a functioning brick church in Kyiv, Podil, an architectural monument of the XVIII century. The parish of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos in Kyiv belongs to the Kyiv Diocese of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
43. Park «Victory»
Peremoha Park is a park in the Dniprovskyi district of Kyiv, dedicated to the victory of the peoples of the world in the German-Soviet war. The chief architect is Konstantin Semenovych Cherniy. Architects — Mikhail Grechyna, Valentin Yezhov, I. Y. Zhilkin, Alexey Zavarov, Samuil Weinstein, Igor Mezentsev. It is located near the Darnitsa metro station.
44. Церква Миколи Чудотворця Набережного
The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker of Naberezhny or Naberezhno-Mykilska Church is an Orthodox church in Kyiv, Podil, a monument of Ukrainian Baroque architecture. It is located at the corner of Hryhoriya Skovoroda and Pochaininskaya streets. Built according to the project of Ivan Hryhorovych-Barsky in 1772-1775, it is well preserved to this day.
45. Іллінська церква
St. Elias Church is one of the most historically interesting temple buildings in Podil, in which the divine service was celebrated for 1000 years, located at the corner of Naberezhno-Khreshchatytska and Pochainynska streets and is an important architectural accent in the development of Podil and a compositional dominant of the Dnieper embankment.
46. Vladimir's Hill
Volodymyrska Hill or Saint Volodymyr Hill is a large 10.6 hectares (0.106 km2) park located on the steep right-bank of the Dnipro River in central Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Its most famous and prominent landmark is the Monument to Prince Volodymyr. The monument, with its prominent location and overlooking the scenic panorama of the left-bank of Kyiv, has since become one of the symbols of Kyiv, often depicted in paintings and photographic works of the city. The Hill provides an excellent panorama of the Dinpro River, the Left Bank, and Podil.
47. Schevchenko Park
Taras Shevchenko Park is a park located opposite the main building of the Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, which is on the street. Vladimirskaya, 60. It has the status of "Park-monument of landscape art of local importance".
48. The Historical Locomotives and Cars Exhibition
The exhibition of rolling stock of historical locomotives and wagons is an open-air museum of railway equipment at the Kyiv-Pasazhyrsky station of the South-Western Railway. It was opened in 2011. The museum's exposition includes steam locomotives, diesel locomotives, electric locomotives, railway cars, other types of rolling stock and track equipment.
Wikipedia: Виставка рухомого складу історичних локомотивів та вагонів (Київ) (UK)
49. Planetarium
Kyiv Planetarium in Kyiv, Ukraine is one of the largest planetaria in former Soviet states. Opened on January 1, 1952, by the initiative of the scientist-astronomer Serhiy Vsekhsviatskiy (1905–1984), the planetarium has a dome of 23.5 meters in diameter, and seats 320 people.
50. Замок Річарда — Левине серце
"Richard's Castle – Lionheart" is the poeticized name of the house No. 15 on Andrew's Descent, a monument of the early 20th century, built in the English Gothic style. It was named by the people of Kiev in honor of the English king Richard I the Lionheart, the hero of Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe. The house in the form of an ancient castle stands on the complex relief of the former annalistic mountain Uzdykhnytsia below St. Andrew's Church. The monumental facades are decorated with architectural elements of fortress and castle structures — various types of towers, spires, crenellated wall tops, etc. On the left side of the house rises a high tower with fortress features.
51. Музей гетьманства
The Museum of Hetmanship is a state cultural, educational and research institution of historical profile, concentration of monuments of material and spiritual culture related to the history and traditions of the Cossack-Hetman era.
52. National Philharmonic of Ukraine
The National Philharmonic of Ukraine, often referred to as Kyiv Philharmonic and National Philharmonic, is a complex of two adjacent concert halls in the Khreshchatyi Park in Kyiv, Ukraine. Formerly the Merchant's House, the building's use for musical performances is associated with the Philharmonic Society, established by Mykola Lysenko.
53. Bronze cat
The Monument to Panteleimon the Cat is a monument to the Persian cat Panteleimon in Kyiv, opened in 1998 in Zolotovorotsky Square, opposite the Pantagruel restaurant, where the cat lived. It was installed on voluntary donations from Kyiv residents in memory of an animal that died in a fire in a restaurant. Today it is one of the most famous and popular monuments of the city.
54. St Nikolas Church
The Church of St. Nicholas is a small refectory church on the territory of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, an architectural monument of the late XVII — early XVIII centuries. It was the central building of the complex of the Nikolsky Hospital Monastery as part of the Lavra. It is named after the patron saint of its founder, Nicholas of Myra, Nicholas of Myra. The church building is a typical example of Ukrainian Baroque architecture.
Wikipedia: Церква Святого Миколи (Києво-Печерська лавра) (UK)
55. Contracts House
The Contracts House is a trade building in the Podil neighborhood of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The Contracts House received its name because the city's contracts were signed there. It is located on the Kontraktova Square, once one of the Podil's main trading centers. The building is considered one of the important Classical architecture constructions of the city.
56. Cathedral of St. Pantaleon
The Cathedral of St. Panteleimon is a large Eastern Orthodox cathedral in the Kyivan neighbourhood of Feofaniia. It shares similarities with the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn and is considered a high point in Russian Revival ecclesiastical architecture.
57. Музей-майстерня Івана Кавалерідзе
The Ivan Kavaleridze Museum-Workshop is a museum of the outstanding Ukrainian sculptor, founded in 1993 on Andriyivsky Descent, in the house number 21, where in 1911 the artist worked on the monument to Princess Olga.
58. Muromets park
Muromets Park is a park in the Desnyansky district of Kyiv, located between two residential areas of the city of Obolon and Troieshchyna on Trukhaniv Island and on the island of Muromets. The area of the park is 219.4 hectares.
59. Будинок із котами
Yahymovskyi's House, better known among Kyiv residents as the House of Cats, is a historical and architectural monument in Kyiv, located at 23 Hoholivska Street. The house was built in 1909 in the Art Nouveau style. It belonged to Colonel Fedir Yagimovskyi. Due to the unusual design of the façade of the house, urban legends usually associate its construction with Vladislav Gorodetsky, but the famous architect never took part in the construction.
60. Дуб Ґрюневальда
Grunewald's oak is a botanical natural monument of Ukraine, an oak 800-900 years old, which is called the oldest oak in Kyiv. It is located in Koncha-Zaspa, on the 27th kilometer of the Stolichnoye highway on the territory of the Zhovten sanatorium. The trunk of this tree has an embrace of 7 meters and a height of 20 meters. It is named after the German artist of the 15th-16th centuries, Matthias Grünewald, who painted fabulous and fantastic trees. In addition, according to the documents on the monument, the name of the tree is somehow connected with the Battle of Grunwald.
61. Особняк І.М.Терещенка
The mansion of Ivan Mykolayovych Tereshchenko is an architectural monument in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv, located at 34/11 Taras Shevchenko Boulevard, at the intersection with Mykhailo Kotsyubynskoho Street. The building is mostly two-storey, with only the one-room corner tower raised to three floors. The corner is accentuated by a rectangular bay window on the second floor. The main entrance of the house is located on the side of Taras Shevchenko Boulevard, and the main façade of the mansion is oriented towards the boulevard, and the side façade is oriented towards Mykhailo Kotsiubynskoho Street.
62. Музей непотрібних речей
The museum is one of the most amazing museums in Kiev. It is located on the territory of the Kyivmiskvtorresursi recycling plant. This enterprise carries out the harvesting, processing and processing of paper, polymer, textile, rubber and glass waste of recyclables, as well as harvesting of metal and ferrous metal. This museum is called the Antiques Museum, Rearrander, or the Museum of Unnecessary things.
63. Поштова станція
The Post House is a one-story house in the style of classicism in Kyiv on Poshtova Square, a monument of history and architecture. It was erected in 1853-1865 as the main building of the Podolsk postal station complex; It is the only building of the complex that has survived to this day.
64. Хата на Пріорці
The house on Priorka is a branch of the Taras Shevchenko Museum. Staying in Kyiv for the last time in August 1859 before his departure for St. Petersburg, Taras Shevchenko lived in this house for two weeks.
65. Козицький Пилип Омелянович
Pylyp Omelyanovych Kozytskiy was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer, musicologist, professor, head of the department of history of music at the Kyiv Conservatory, and Honored Art Worker of the Ukrainian SSR (1943).
66. Георгіївський собор
St. George's Cathedral is the central building in the architectural ensemble of the Vydubychi Monastery in Kyiv. One of the best masterpieces of Ukrainian Baroque, an architectural monument. The temple was erected in honor of St. George the Victorious at the expense of Colonel Mikhail Miklashevsky during 1696-1701.
67. Свято-Вознесенська Церква
The Church of the Ascension of the Lord is an Orthodox church in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv, in the area of Demiivka. It belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. It is a monument of history and architecture.
68. Театр драми і комедії на лівому березі
The Kyiv State Drama and Comedy Theatre on left bank of Dnipro river (Ukrainian: Київський академічний театр драми і комедії на лівому березі Дніпра) is a theatre in Kyiv in Ukraine. The Kyiv State Drama and Comedy Theater on the Left Bank (Left Bank Theater) - the first theater on the left bank of Kyiv - was born on September 7, 1978.
Wikipedia: Kyiv Academic Theatre of Drama and Comedy on the left bank of Dnieper (EN), Website
69. Храм ікони Божої Матері «Знамення»
The Church of the Icon of the Mother of God of the Sign is a church of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, located in the Solomensky district of Kyiv, on the territory of the maternity hospital No. 5 at the address: 2 Valery Lobanovsky Avenue. The rector is Archpriest Grigory Foya.
70. Маєток барона Рудольфа Штейнгейля
Baron Castle is a complex from the mansion, outbuilding and the park of Baron Rudolf Steingel, the father of the Secretary -General of Trade and Industry of the Central Rada and the Ambassador of the Ukrainian State in Berlin Fyodor Steingel.
71. Сквер Героїв добровольчих батальйонів, що несуть службу в зоні АТО
The Square of Heroes of Volunteer Battalions serving in the ATO zone is a square located in the center of Kyiv at the intersection of Kudryashova and Lyudmila Protsenko streets in the Solomyansky district of Kyiv.
Wikipedia: Сквер Героїв добровольчих батальйонів, що несуть службу в зоні АТО (UK)
72. Храм великомученика Димитрія Солунського
The Church of the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica is an Orthodox church in the village of Zhulyany in the city of Kyiv. After the annexation of Zhulyany to Kyiv, it became the oldest wooden church in the city. Confessionally, it belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. The patronal feast day is the feast day of the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica. The rector of the church is Archbishop Nikolai (Pochtovyi) of Vasylkiv, the priests of the church are Archpriest Vasily Muzyka, Archpriest Georgy Gaborets.
Wikipedia: Церква великомученика Димитрія Солунського (Київ, Жуляни) (UK)
73. Пам'ятник Олені Телізі
The monument to Olena Teliha and her associates is a sculptural composition that perpetuates the memory of Olena Teliha and her associates. It was installed on the territory of the National Historical and Memorial Reserve "Babyn Yar" in Kyiv.
74. Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater
The Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater, located in Kyiv, was founded in 1920. It rightfully plays an important role in the history of Ukrainian culture. Real masters worked here and continue to delight their fans: actors, directors, composers, set designers. The repertoire is based on national and World Classics. You can watch performances both on the main stage and in the chamber. Each performance is a separate world, a variety of ways of artistic solution, and unusual Productions. Bohdan Benyuk, Anatoly Khostikoev, Ostap Stupka, Natalia Sumskaya work on the stage of this theater.
Wikipedia: Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater (EN), Website
75. Парк імені Миколи Зерова
Mykola Zerov Park is a city park located in the Solomensky district of Kyiv, along Povitroflotskyi Avenue between Solomenska and Preobrazhenska streets. The area is 4.11 hectares. The park is dominated by deciduous trees — maples, lindens, poplars. The number of bushes is relatively small.
76. The church of the Transfiguration of Jesus
The Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior is an active church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in the Solomensky district of Kyiv, on the territory of the Mykola Zerov Park at 29 Povitroflotsky Avenue.
77. Березовий гай
"Berezovyi Hai" is a recreation park in the Podilskyi district of Kyiv at the corner of Vyshhorodska and Bilytska streets. The area of the park is 7.46 hectares. The park is a monument of landscape art of local importance since 1972.
78. Monument to Kyiv founders
The Monument to the Founders of Kyiv is a statue located on the banks of the river Dnipro in Navodnytskyi Park, Kyiv, Ukraine. It was designed by sculptor Vasyl Borodai, and created to commemorate the 1500th anniversary of Kyiv. The monument was constructed with reinforced concrete and covered in copper leaf. Completed in 1982, it partially collapsed in 2010, but was restored within a few months. The monument is considered a symbol of Kyiv.
79. Pinchuk Art Centre
PinchukArtCentre is a private contemporary art centre, located in Kyiv with a collection of works by Ukrainian and international artists. The museum was opened on 16 September 2006 by the steel billionaire Victor Pinchuk.
80. Національний науково-природничий музей
The National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is a natural history museum in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. It is one of the largest scientific research museums of its type.
Wikipedia: National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (EN), Website
81. Monument to the Magdeburg Rights
The Monument to the Magdeburg Rights is a monument commemorating the return to Kyiv of its Magdeburg rights, which granted its right to self-government. It is located in Podil Raion, Kyiv, at the foothills of the former Mykhailo Hill, next to the Shore Highway. It is considered to be the city's oldest monument. It is also called the Column of the Magdeburg Rights, the Baptizing of Ruthenia Monument, and the Lower Monument of the Saint Volodymyr. It is a scenic spot overlooking the Dnipro river, popular for local baptisms.
82. Паніковському
The monument to the literary character Panikovsky is a monument to the character of the novel by Ilf and Petrov "The Golden Calf", Mikhail Samuelovich Panikovsky, erected on the place where, according to the text of the novel, he was at the beginning of the XX century. He was engaged in fraud, pretending to be blind and deceiving gullible passers-by. The opening of the monument took place on May 31, 1998.
83. Water Museum
The Kyiv Water Museum is an educational centre that occupies one of the buildings from the early centralised water-supply system in the city, which was built at the middle of the 19th century. It is located in Khreshchatyi Park. The Water-Information Centre gives information about water resources and their rational consumption. The exhibition demonstrates the history of Kyiv's water supply system, water treatment and waste water treatment in contemporary Kyiv, while also showing water's role in people's activities using interesting and interactive examples.
84. Будинок Ковалевського
Kovalevskyi's mansion is a historical and architectural monument of the early XX century, at the corner of Pylypa Orlyka and Shovkovychna streets in Kyiv. It was built in 1911-1913 by architect Pavel Alyoshin by order of the official Nikolai Viktorovich Kovalevsky.
85. Будинок Сироткіна
The Sirotkin House is a former apartment building, a monument of architecture, history and monumental art, one of the most beautiful buildings in the historical center of Kyiv, at the time of construction it was the tallest residential building in Kyiv. It is located at the corner of Volodymyrska and Prorizna streets.
86. «Zheleznyakov» monitor
Zhelezniakov is a river monitor of the Soviet Navy, the lead ship of its class of six ships. Completed during the 1930s it participated in World War II and was the only one of its class that survived the war.
87. Махтумкулі
Monument to Magtymguly in Kyiv - a monument to the Turkmen poet, philosopher, founder of the Turkmen language and literature Magtymguly (Fragi); is located in the park at the intersection of Prorizna and Yevhena Chykalenko streets near the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Ukraine.
88. One Street Museum
The One Street Museum is a museum on Andriyivskyy Descent in Kyiv, Ukraine. It houses many of the historic items of the descent, containing more than 7000 exhibits. They include information about the Saint Andrew's Church, the castle of Richard Lionheart, and the many other buildings of the Descent. The museum hosts historical documents, manuscripts, autographs, antique postcards, photos, and a great number of objects of the antique interior.
89. Сквер імені Василя Стуса
Vasyl Stus Square is a square located at the corner of Beresteyskoho and Palladin avenues. It is named after one of the most active representatives of the Ukrainian cultural movement of the sixties, Hero of Ukraine Vasyl Stus.
90. Микола Гоголь
The monument to Nikolai Gogol is a monument in honor of the writer Nikolai Gogol. It was opened in Kyiv in 1982, in the year of the 130th anniversary of the writer's death and the 1500th anniversary of Kyiv. It is located at the junction of Rusanivska Embankment and Rusanivsky Boulevard.
91. Музей історії туалету
The Toilet History Museum is a private museum in Kyiv, Ukraine, that contains the largest collection of toilet-related souvenirs and items in the world, including historic chamber pots, squatting pans, and urinals. The museum was founded in 2006 by a Ukrainian couple who worked in the plumbing business and is currently housed in a building within the Kyiv Fortress. In 2016, the Guinness World Records recognized it as "the largest collection of souvenir toilet bowls in the world".
92. Ніс Гоголя
Gogol's Nose Monument in Kyiv is a humorous monument dedicated to the nose of the outstanding Ukrainian writer Mykola Gogol. Originally created based on the author's novel of the same name "The Nose", most Kyivans are strongly associated with a part of the writer's face. It is located opposite St. Andrew's Church, at 34 St. Andrew's Descent, at the entrance to the Triptych Art Gallery. Installed in July 2006.
93. Monument of Eternal Glory at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a war memorial located in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, dedicated to the soldiers of the Red Army killed in the Second World War. It is situated at the Memorial of Eternal Glory inside the Park of Eternal Glory. The memorial is a 27 meters high obelisk, with an eternal flame burning at the tomb. The Alley of Heroes leads to the tomb.
94. Navodnitsky Park
Navodnytsky Park is a park in the Pechersk district of the city of Kyiv. It is owned by a municipal enterprise for the maintenance of green spaces in the Pechersk district. The park has been declared a monument of landscape art and a complex natural monument of local importance.
95. Парк «Юність»
Park "Youth" is a park in the Sviatoshynskyi district of the city of Kyiv. It was created in 1979 by students of the surrounding schools. On the territory of the park there are several playgrounds, the Church of St. Spyridon of Trimythous of the UOC-MP, and the abandoned summer cinema "Crystal".
96. БРЕМ-1
Armored repair and evacuation vehicle 1 is designed to evacuate stuck and damaged equipment, including from enemy fire. Provides necessary repairs and maintenance in the field. It was created on the basis of the chassis of the T-72 main tank, in the city of Omsk under the leadership of A. A. Morov. It entered service in 1975.
97. Храм Успіння Пресвятої Богородиці
The Pyrohoshcha Dormition of the Mother of God Church or simply Pyrohoshcha Church is an Orthodox church in Kyiv in the historical neighbourhood Podil. The original church was built in 1130s by the Mstyslav I the Great of Kyiv. It was the main church of Podil, and was a temporary cathedral of Kyiv Metropolitanate in the early 17 century. In 1613 the church was reconstructured in Renaissance style, and then in 18th-19th centuries was rebuilt in Ukrainian Baroque and Neoclassicism styles.
98. Київський літературно-меморіальний музей-квартира М. Бажана
The Kyiv Literary-Memorial Museum-Apartment of Mykola Bazhan was opened on October 26, 2004 in the apartment where the famous Ukrainian poet, translator, public figure Mykola Bazhan lived for about forty years. According to the will of his wife N.V. Bazhan-Lauer, a museum was created in this building.
Wikipedia: Київський літературно-меморіальний музей-квартира Миколи Бажана (UK)
99. Монумент бойової слави
The Monument to Teachers and Students of the Polytechnic Institute is a monument in honor of the teachers, staff and students of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute who died during the Soviet-German war. It was opened on November 3, 1967 in the north-eastern part of the KPI park, at the entrance from Beresteysky Avenue, on a site paved with concrete slabs. The authors are sculptors Hanna Morozova, O. G. Surovtsev, architect E. P. Veresov.
Wikipedia: Пам'ятник викладачам і студентам Політехнічного інституту (UK), Website
100. Church of the Elevation of the Cross
The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross or the Exaltation of the Life-Giving Cross is an architectural monument of the XVIII century, the most significant building of the ground complex above the Near Caves of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. Three entrances lead from the church to the caves.
Wikipedia: Хрестовоздвиженська церква (Києво-Печерська лавра) (UK)
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