Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Kyiv, Ukraine
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4.3 km
239 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.
Activities in KyivIndividual Sights in KyivSight 1: Museum of Kyiv life of the first half of the XIX century
The estate on Kudryavka is a museum in Kyiv on Kudryavka, a branch of the Museum of the History of Kyiv, which recreates the atmosphere of the life of citizens in a typical city estate and shows the identity and national specifics of Kyiv in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Wikipedia: Музей побуту Києва першої половини ХІХ століття (UK)
Sight 2: Церква Василія Великого
The Church of St. Basil the Great is a Greek Catholic church at the Basilian Fathers Monastery in Kyiv, located at 7 Voznesensky Descent.
Sight 3: Пам'ятник репресованим митцям
The monument to the repressed artists was unveiled in 1996 on the territory of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv. It honors the memory of Ukrainian artists who were victims of the communist regime of the USSR. The authors are sculptor Borys Dovhan and architect Florian Yuriev.
Sight 4: Чорний квадрат
The Black Square Improvisation Studio Theatre is a Ukrainian independent theatre established in 1991. The theater-studio works on the creative principle of improvisation and "live" acting.
Sight 5: Anne of Kiev
Monument to Anna Yaroslavna, Princess of Kyiv, the future Queen of France in Kyiv, is a sculpture of a Ukrainian princess, daughter of Yaroslav the Wise, the future Queen of France Anne of Kyiv in the form of a child; is located in the city center in the Anne of Kyiv Square on Lvivska Square. The princess spent her childhood in Kyiv, and at the age of about 18 she became the wife of Henry I and moved to France.
Sight 6: Дитинка
Dytynka is a mountain in Kyiv, which is a wedge-shaped spur of Starokyivska Hill from the side of Podil. On the north side, Dytynka borders on the ancient Kozhumyaky tract, on the south — on Honchary, thus delimiting them.
Sight 7: 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
Sight 8: 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.
Sight 9: Міський музей духовні скарби України
The City Museum "Spiritual Treasures of Ukraine" is a private museum in Kyiv, founded by Kyiv cardiologist Igor Ponamarchuk.
Sight 10: Проні Прокопівні та Голохвастову
The monument to Pronya Prokopivna and Golokhvastov is a monument to the characters of the comedy "Chasing Two Hares" located in Kyiv on Andriyivsky Descent.
Wikipedia: Проня Прокопівна та Голохвастов (пам'ятник, Київ) (UK)
Sight 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.
Sight 12: 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.
Sight 13: 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.
Sight 14: Bulgakov Museum
Mikhail Bulgakov Museum is a museum in Kyiv, Ukraine, dedicated to Kyiv-born Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov.
Sight 15: Сквер ім. Василя Сліпака
Vasyl Slipak Cultural and Art Square is located in Kyiv, in the Podilskyi district, at the corner of Andriyivsky Descent and Borychiv Tik Street - Andriyivsky Descent, 33/6. It was named after the world-famous Ukrainian opera singer, soloist of the Paris National Opera, volunteer, participant in hostilities in the East of Ukraine. Knight of the Order "For Courage" of the first degree, Hero of Ukraine, Knight of the Order of the Golden Star Vasyl Yaroslavovych Slipak. A place of cultural and artistic recreation for Kyiv residents and guests of the capital, where Ukrainian musicians present their best works.
Wikipedia: Культурно-мистецький сквер імені Василя Сліпака (UK)
Sight 16: 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.
Sight 17: Церква Святого Миколи Доброго
The Church of St. Nicholas Dobrogo is a church in Kyiv's Podil district, built in 1807 by architect Andriy Melensky and destroyed in the 1930s.
Sight 18: 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.
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