Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Kyiv, Ukraine
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5.8 km
130 m
Explore Kyiv in Ukraine with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in KyivIndividual Sights in KyivSight 1: Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Serhiiovych Hrushevsky was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian and statesman who was one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century. Hrushevsky is often considered the country's greatest modern historian, the foremost organiser of scholarship, the leader of the pre-revolution Ukrainian national movement, the head of the Central Rada, and a leading cultural figure in the Ukrainian SSR during the 1920s.
Sight 2: Taras Shevchenko
The Taras Shevchenko Monument in Kyiv is a monument to the Ukrainian poet and artist Taras Shevchenko in Kyiv, located in Shevchenko Park, opposite the Red Building of Kyiv University. It was erected in 1939 on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the poet's birth. It is one of the symbols of modern Kyiv.
Sight 3: Kyiv National Art Gallery
The National Museum "Kyiv Art Gallery" is a museum of fine arts in Kyiv, Ukraine. Until March 2017, it was the Kyiv National Museum of Russian Art. It is located in the premises of Fedir Tereshchenko's house.
Wikipedia: Національний музей «Київська картинна галерея» (UK), Website
Sight 4: Київський літературно-меморіальний музей-квартира М. Бажана
The Kyiv Literary-Memorial Museum-Apartment of Mykola Bazhan was opened on October 26, 2004 in the apartment where the famous Ukrainian poet, translator, public figure Mykola Bazhan lived for about forty years. According to the will of his wife N.V. Bazhan-Lauer, a museum was created in this building.
Wikipedia: Київський літературно-меморіальний музей-квартира Миколи Бажана (UK)
Sight 5: Національний академічний драматичний театр імені Лесі Українки
Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater is a theater in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is located in a building known as Bourgogne Theatre.
Wikipedia: Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater (EN), Website
Sight 6: Pinchuk Art Centre
PinchukArtCentre is a private contemporary art centre, located in Kyiv with a collection of works by Ukrainian and international artists. The museum was opened on 16 September 2006 by the steel billionaire Victor Pinchuk.
Sight 7: Кірха Святої Катерини
St. Catherine's Lutheran Church is a German evangelical church in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Sight 8: House of Crying Widow
The House of the Weeping Widow is an architectural landmark in the city of Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, located at 23 Lyuteranska Street.
Sight 9: Будинок Ікскюль-Гільденбанда
The Ikskül-Gildenband House is a historical and architectural monument in Kyiv, located at 19 Shovkovychna Street.
Sight 10: Будинок Ковалевського
Kovalevskyi's mansion is a historical and architectural monument of the early XX century, at the corner of Pylypa Orlyka and Shovkovychna streets in Kyiv. It was built in 1911-1913 by architect Pavel Alyoshin by order of the official Nikolai Viktorovich Kovalevsky.
Sight 11: Klov Palace
The Klov Palace is the seat of the Supreme Court of Ukraine in Kyiv. The building takes its name from Klov, a neighbourhood of Pechersk District.
Sight 12: Театр на Липках
The Kyiv Academic Theatre of Young Spectators is an academic theatre of young spectators in Kyiv, the oldest theatre stage in the city for children's spectators.
Wikipedia: Київський академічний театр юного глядача на Липках (UK), Website
Sight 13: Особняк Закса
The Sachs Mansion is an architectural monument in the Pechersk district of Kyiv, located at 4 Lypska Street. It was erected in 1873 by architect V. Nikolaev in the Neo-Renaissance style. In 1896, the architect A.-F. Krauss made a superstructure on the mansion. The building is a typical example of the Lypky buildings of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the main compositional accent of the quarter.
Sight 14: Війсково-історичний музей України
The National Military History Museum of Ukraine (NVIMU) is a leading museum institution in the structure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which researches and covers the history of military affairs in Ukraine, the origins and current state of Ukrainian military traditions, uniformology, phaleristics, vexillology, demonstrates weapons and military equipment of different eras.
Wikipedia: Національний військово-історичний музей України (UK), Website, Website
Sight 15: Музей Іграшок
The State Toy Museum is a museum institution with a unique collection of toys from the 30s of the last century to the present. The museum presents the history of industrial toys, Ukrainian folk toys, author's works. Located in Kyiv. It started working on January 1, 2005. The museum's collection includes more than 15 thousand exhibits. It is subordinated to the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
Sight 16: Workers Monument in Kyiv Arsenal factory
The 76 mm Model 1909 Mountain Gun was a 76.2 mm light mountain artillery gun produced in the Russian Empire from 1911 to 1915. It was actively used in the First World War, the Ukrainian-Soviet War, the Civil War in Russia and some other armed conflicts with the participation of the states that were part of the Russian Empire.
Wikipedia: 76-мм гірська гармата зразка 1909 року (UK), Website
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