16 Sights in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine (with Map and Images)
Explore interesting sights in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 16 sights are available in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine.
List of cities in UkraineSightseeing Tours in Bila Tserkva1. Богдан Хмельницький
Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmelnytskyi was a Ruthenian nobleman and military commander of Ukrainian Cossacks as Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host, which was then under the suzerainty of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He led an uprising against the Commonwealth and its magnates (1648–1654) that resulted in the creation of an independent Cossack state in Ukraine. In 1654, he concluded the Treaty of Pereyaslav with the Russian Tsar and allied the Cossack Hetmanate with Tsardom of Russia, thus placing central Ukraine under Russian protection. During the uprising the Cossacks led a massacre of thousands of Jewish people during 1648–1649 as one of the most traumatic events in the history of the Jews in Ukraine and Ukrainian nationalism.
2. Holy Transfiguration Cathedral
The Transfiguration Cathedral is a religious building in the city of Bila Tserkva, the cathedral of the Bila Tserkva diocese. It was built in 1833-1839 in the courtyard of the dilapidated St. Nicholas Church. The customer, Alexandra Branitskaya, was buried on August 15, 1839 in the unconsecrated chapel of Alexander Nevsky, before she reached the completion of construction. It was built according to the project of the Odessa Cathedral.
3. Зимовий палац Браницьких (1796 р.)
The Branicki Winter Palace is a monument of civil architecture in the city of Bila Tserkva. It was built in 1796 as a residential winter building of the Branicki landowners, and in summer the counts lived in the summer palace of the park "Alexandria". Located in the central part of the city, the building is one of the brightest examples of palace construction in Ukraine. Located on Alexandria Boulevard, 7.
4. Парк Слави
Park of Glory is one of the parks in Bila Tserkva. Initially, it was a memorial complex dedicated to the fallen liberators of Bila Tserkva — soldiers of the Red Army and soldiers of the 1st separate Czechoslovak infantry brigade. Now it is filled with monuments that highlight the heroic deeds of Bila Tserkva residents. Near the central monument to the Fallen Liberators, an eternal flame burns.
5. Serpent walls of Kyiv (Dragon walls), fragment
Serpent's Wall is an ancient system of earthworks (valla) located in the middle Dnieper Ukraine (Naddniprianshchyna) that stretch across primarily Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. They seem to be similar in purpose and character to Trajan's Wall situated to the southwest in Bessarabia. The remaining ancient walls have a total length of 1,000 km and constitute less than 20% of the original wall system.
6. Льотчикам-визволителям Білої Церкви
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Its nicknames include: "balalaika", because its planform resembles the stringed musical instrument of the same name; "Ołówek", Polish for "pencil", due to the shape of its fuselage, and "Én Bạc", meaning "silver swallow", in Vietnamese.
7. Пам'ятник Тарасові Шевченку
The monument to Taras Shevchenko in Bila Tserkva is a monument-bust of the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko, erected in Bila Tserkva in 1991. Taras Hryhorovych repeatedly visited Bila Tserkva, but a full-fledged monument to him was erected only in 1991, actually a few months before independence. The installation itself was timed to the 130th anniversary of the poet's death.
8. Mount Palij
In the stately "pile mountain" of Ukraine, in the southwest suburb of the city, the white church, on the high bank of the Rossi River. The Monument to the Nature of Plants, declared Resolution No. 311 of the Council of Ministers of the County of Urs, dated 22.0. 1983, entered the Arboretum of the River Uruguay State, Henan State, Uruguay, Ukraine.
9. Ансамбль споруд пошти (Стара пошта, 1833 р.)
The Ensemble of Post Office Buildings in Bila Tserkva is a complex of public architectural monuments in the city of Bila Tserkva. Located on Alexandria Boulevard, 47. It received the status of a monument of national significance in accordance with the decree No 442 of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR of 06.09.1979.
10. Yaroslav the Wise
The monument to Yaroslav the Wise in Bila Tserkva — a monument to the Grand Duke of Kyiv Yaroslav the Wise, the founder of the fortress settlement of Yuriiv, the predecessor of the city of Bila Tserkva, was opened to the 950th anniversary of Bila Tserkva and installed on the Castle Hill in 1983.
11. Taras Shevchenko Park
Bila Tserkva City Park of Culture and Recreation named after T. G. Shevchenko is one of the parks in the city of Bila Tserkva. It is located in the central and historical part of the city — near the Cathedral Square, along Alexandria Boulevard between Yaroslava Mudroho and Les Kurbas streets.
12. Колонада «Луна»
Colonnade "Luna" is an architectural monument of the XVIII century in the arboretum "Alexandria". It got its name for its excellent acoustic properties. Considered one of the symbols of Bila Tserkva, in Soviet times it was depicted on the coat of arms of Bila Tserkva.
13. Local History Museum (1924 yr.)
Bila Tserkva Museum of Local Lore is a regional museum of local lore in the city of Bila Tserkva, Kyiv region; significant collection of monuments of material and spiritual culture of Southern Kyiv region; city and regional center of culture, science and education.
14. Church of St. John the Baptist (1816 yr.)
A fossil of St. Hebrew Patriarch, a pre-worshiped Catholic building, lies at the historic heart of a white church on Castle Hill. Now it is used as an organ hall. Gothic itself peeps from many places, and even objects are quite far away.
Wikipedia: Костел святого Івана Хрестителя (Біла Церква) (UK)
15. Літак Ту-16
The Tupolev Tu-16 is a twin-engined jet strategic heavy bomber used by the Soviet Union. It has been flown for almost 70 years, and the Chinese license-built Xian H-6 remains in service with the People's Liberation Army Air Force.
16. Музично-драматичний театр імені П. К. Саксаганського
Kyiv Academic Regional Music and Drama Theater named after P. K. Saksaganskogo - regional academic music and drama theater in the city of Bila Tserkva; significant cultural center of the city and region.
Wikipedia: Київський академічний обласний музично-драматичний театр імені П. К. Саксаганського (UK), Website
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