Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 in Kyiv, Ukraine

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Number of sights 11 sights
Distance 2.9 km
Ascend 24 m
Descend 24 m

Experience Kyiv in Ukraine in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Kyiv

Sight 1: Києво-Подільська Введенська церква

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The Vvedenskaya Church is an Orthodox church in Kyiv, Podil, built during 1883-1885 and destroyed in 1936. Since 2006, the temple has been rebuilt.

Wikipedia: Києво-Подільська Введенська церква (UK)

474 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Dymchuk Gallery

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Dymchuk Gallery is a private contemporary art gallery in Kyiv. The founder is Dymchuk Anatoly Vladimirovich.

Wikipedia: Dymchuk Gallery (UK), Website, Facebook

555 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: Церква Миколи Притиска

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The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was built at the end of the XVII century. on the site of an old wooden church. For some time it was considered the oldest building in Podil.

Wikipedia: Церква Миколи Притиска (UK)

126 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Кам'яниця київського війта

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Кам'яниця київського війта

The townhouse of the Kyiv voyt is an architectural monument of the turn of the XVII-XVIII centuries in Kyiv, located in Podil at ul. Konstantinovskaya 6/8. The oldest surviving residential building in Kyiv has an original three-dimensional composition with features of a defensive structure. Today it operates as part of the Kyiv Scientific and Methodological Center for the Protection, Restoration and Use of Historical, Cultural Monuments and Protected Areas.

Wikipedia: Будинок Петра I (Київ) (UK)

294 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Contracts House

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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.

Wikipedia: Contracts House (EN)

188 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Chornobyl Museum

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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.

Wikipedia: Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum (EN)

325 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Музей гетьманства

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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.

Wikipedia: Музей гетьманства (UK), Website

316 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Музей Національного університету «Києво-Могилянська академія»

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The Museum of NaUKMA (until 2011 the Museum of Ukrainian Victory) is a research, informational, cultural and educational structural unit of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Wikipedia: Музей НаУКМА (UK), Website

148 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Сонячний годинник, 1826 р.

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The sundial of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy is a sundial, a scientific monument of the late XVIII century. It is located in Kiev in the middle of the courtyard of the former Brotherhood Epiphany Monastery between the brotherhood cells and the refectory at the address: Grigory Skovoroda Street, 2.

Wikipedia: Сонячний годинник Києво-Могилянської академії (UK)

376 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: Церква Миколи Чудотворця Набережного

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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.

Wikipedia: Церква Миколи Набережного (UK)

129 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Іллінська церква

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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.

Wikipedia: Іллінська церква (Київ) (UK)

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