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The Ukranian National Circus is a center of a circus art, and has achieved nationwide and worldwide recognition. The greatest performers, whose names are written in the history of Ukranian and world circus art in golden letters, had performed on its arena, and many generations of spectators know and remember them. It is a unique experimental platform where theme programs as well as amusement acts and performances in the classical style are …
This building was constructed by a famous Kiev architect Vladislav Gorodetskiy in 1903 — on the former bank of drained swamp. This place was prohibited for building up by Kiev house-building society. Many people at that time considered the construction of a house on the steep slope to be the madness. That’s why the house was primordially cloaked in legends: it is said that Gorodetskiy started building because of the bet with other architects who …
Kiev-Pechersk Lavra is the oldest Orthodox monastery of Rus and Ukraine. Its founder was a monk Anthony of Lubech, who took his monastiс vows on Mount Athos. He came to Kiev to spread monasticism in Rus and dwelled in a cave above the Dnypro. One of Anthony’s first diciples, Theodosius, became the co-founder of the monastery. At first the cenobities lived in caves and prayed in underground temples. Later on surface structures were built. Prince …
Taras Shevchenko University is the third oldest university in Ukraine after the University of Lviv and Kharkiv University. Currently, its structure consists of fifteen faculties (academic departments) and five institutes. It was founded in 1834 as the University of Saint Vladimir, and since then it has changed its name several times. During the Soviet Union era, Taras Shevchenko University was one of the top-three universities in the USSR, along …
The Motherland Monument is a giant titanum statue that celebrates The Soviet Union’s victory over the the Nazi Germany. 62m high and visible from varios points of Kiev, it is the most distinctive feature of the city. The museum of the Great Patriotic War lies in its basement and honours the soldiers who defended the city during the WWII.
The Chocolate House was built in 1880 in the style of the Venetian Renaissance and was a property of Semen Mogilevtsev, a first guild merchant in Kiev (1846-1917). The architect of the house was Nikolaev – the main architect of Kiev at that times. The architecture of the house itself is beautiful and harmonious. In addition, the building was unusually painted. The house is colored in monochrome chocolate color and Kievans started calling the …
Back in 11th century St. Demetrius’s Monastery stood here. It was founded by Prince Isyaslav of Kiev (Christian name – Demetrius). In July 1108 his son Sviatopolk (Christian name – Michael) started to bulid the stone St. Michael’s church inside the monastery built by his father. The dome was plated with gold, and the new cathedral became known as the St. Michael’s Monastery of the Golden Domes. By the middle of the 18th century and after numerous …
One of the best most well-known monuments in Kiev, it has even become one of the symbols of the city. Bogdan Khmelmitskiy is a national hero of Ukraine, the leader of the fighting for freedom against Polish oppression during 1648-1654. The sculptor who designed this monument was Mikhail Mykeshin. Firstly the project of the sculptur was more complicated, it supposed to be some figures of triumphant Slavs and their enemies (represented by a Jesuit, …
This temple can easily be recognized among all the other churches of Kyiv. Being reconstructed in the style of ancient Kyiv architecture, it looks very different and unusual.
Water Information Centre (Water Museum) is located in pictorial place on one of the hills in the central part of Kiev city. Structures of the Centre (water towers and reservoirs were built more than 130 years ago) are the fragment of natural-cultural complex known as “Khreschtyi” park. This place known before as TsarGarden which was founded in 1743 by the order of the empress Elisabeth is a great memory of the era of Ukrainian baroque. The main …
