Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Kharkiv, Ukraine

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 2.9 km
Ascend 48 m
Descend 85 m

Experience Kharkiv in Ukraine in a whole new way with our free 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 Kharkiv

Sight 1: Shevchenko Monument

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Shevchenko Monument Сергій Клименко / CC-BY-SA-3.0

The monument to Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko in Kharkiv is a monument to the Ukrainian poet, writer, artist and thinker Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko in the city of Kharkiv, one of the best examples of monumental Shevchenko in the world.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник Тарасові Шевченку (Харків) (UK)

174 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: 50 Паралель

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The monument to the 50th parallel is an original sign in Kharkiv, symbolizing that the city is the largest on the 50th parallel of north latitude. Installed in the City Garden. Shevchenko along the line of the 50th parallel of northern latitude.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник 50-й паралелі (UK)

274 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Kharkiv State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Mykola Lysenko

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Kharkiv State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Mykola LysenkoSerhii BobokIf you have any questions please contact with me. Other photos see here.Якщо у Вас є якісь запитання будь ласка зв'яжіться зі мною. Інші фотографії Ви можете переглянути тут / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Kharkiv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Mykola Lysenko is a theater in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The postmodern theater building was built in 1991 and features tufa tiles.

Wikipedia: Kharkiv State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Mykola Lysenko (EN)

479 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: Taras Shevchenko Garden

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The Taras Shevchenko Garden is a botanical natural monument in the center of Kharkiv, one of the oldest in the city.

Wikipedia: Сад імені Тараса Шевченка (Харків) (UK)

502 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: Kharkiv Zoo

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Kharkivskyi State Zoological Park is an object of the Kharkiv nature reserve fund of national importance. It was founded in 1895 and announced by the resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR of July 22, 1983. Located on the street. Sumsky, 35. The area of the zoo is 22 hectares.

Wikipedia: Харківський зоопарк (UK), Website

480 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: Vasily Karazin

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Vasily Karazin

The Vasyl Karazin Monument is a monument to Vasyl Karazin, an outstanding Ukrainian scientist and educator, inventor, public figure, founder of the first university in eastern Ukraine (1805), in the center of Kharkiv. The monument is one of the first in Kharkiv after the monument to the foundation of the city, the monument to Shevchenko and the monument to Pushkin. Now it is the oldest monument in Kharkov preserved in the city.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник Василю Каразіну (UK)

112 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Studbativtsiam

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Monument to the Student Battalion Soldiers, officially — Monument to KSU Students — Volunteers of the Student Battalion — is a sculpture in the center of Kharkiv on Freedom Square, dedicated to the feat of students of Gorky Kharkiv University, who enlisted at the very beginning of the Soviet-German war as volunteers in the active army and went to the front in July 1941. The vast majority of students died in battles in the area of Bila Tserkva and during the defense of Moscow in the fall of 1941.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник харківським студбатівцям (UK)

897 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 8: Свято-Пантелеймонівський храм РПЦ

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St. Panteleimon Church is a church in the city of Kharkiv, Kharkiv region, consecrated on July 27, 1885. It is located in the city center near the spring of St. Panteleimon at the address: Klochkivska Street, 94. The main holiday of the temple: August 9 — in honor of the Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon.

Wikipedia: Свято-Пантелеймонівський храм (Харків) (UK)

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