Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 in Kyiv, Ukraine

Theremin Fountains are cast-iron fountains that were cast at the Kyiv Machine-Building Plant of Oleksiy Theremin in 1899-1901 according to the project of the architect Alexander Schiele based on the famous and fashionable at that time Parisian fountain from the Place des Vosges and installed in the squares and squares of Kyiv. The first Theremin fountain appeared on the European Square back in 1872. In 1899-1901, 7 identical cast-iron fountains were manufactured. Today, these fountains adorn the square near the Golden Gate, Mariinsky Park, the City Garden, the square near the theater. I. Franko, Mykhailivska Square, police garden on the street. Antonovich. Almost all fountains are in their original positions. The fountain from St. Sophia Square was moved to the square on the street. Gonchar in 1920 in connection with the reconstruction of the city's transport network.

Wikipedia: Фонтани Термена (UK)

The National Museum of Medicine of Ukraine is a museum in Kyiv, where exhibits demonstrating the development of medicine in Ukraine are collected. The museum was established in 1973 and officially opened on October 29, 1982.

Wikipedia: Національний музей медицини України (UK), Website

The Victor Kosenko Museum is a museum in Kyiv, Ukraine, which memorializes the life of Victor Kosenko, who was a prominent Ukrainian musician, teacher, and public figure in the early 20th century. The museum opened in 1938, the year of his death, and is housed in the building in which Kosenko lived in the last few months of his life from 11 May 1938 to 3 October 1938. The museum is maintained in its original 1930s style and is a popular tourist destination in the city. In addition, the building is used by the local Union of Composers to host concerts, lectures, and meetings. More than five thousand exhibits are kept in the apartment.

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The mansion of Ivan Mykolayovych Tereshchenko is an architectural monument in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv, located on Taras Shevchenko Boulevard, 34/11, at the intersection with Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi Street. The building is mostly two-storeyed, only the corner tower with one room is raised to three floors. The corner is accentuated by a rectangular bay window on the second floor. The main entrance of the house is located from the side of Taras Shevchenko Boulevard, and the main façade of the mansion is oriented towards the boulevard, and the side façade is oriented towards Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi Street.

Wikipedia: Особняк Івана Миколайовича Терещенка (UK)

St Volodymyr's Cathedral is a cathedral in the centre of Kyiv, and one of the city's major landmarks. Since the unification council of the Eastern Orthodox churches of Ukraine in December 2018, it has been under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Before that, it was the mother church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate.

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The monument to Mykola Lysenko in Kyiv is a monument dedicated to the Ukrainian composer, folklorist, founder of the national classical music school Mykola Vitalievich Lysenko on Theater Square next to the National Opera of Ukraine. Taras Shevchenko. Installed in 1965.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник Миколі Лисенку (Київ) (UK)

The Kyiv Opera group in Ukraine was formally established in the summer of 1867, and is the third oldest opera in Ukraine, after Odesa Opera and Lviv Opera.

Wikipedia: National Opera of Ukraine (EN), Website

The Monument to Panteleimon the Cat is a monument to the Persian cat Panteleimon in Kyiv, opened in 1998 in Zolotovorotsky Square, opposite the Pantagruel restaurant, where the cat lived. It was installed on voluntary donations from Kyiv residents in memory of an animal that died in a fire in a restaurant. Today it is one of the most famous and popular monuments of the city.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник котові Пантелеймону (UK)

Pidhirsky's House is a manor house on Yaroslaviv Val Street, No. 1, in the city of Kyiv, near the place of adjacent to Mykola Lysenko Street.

Wikipedia: Будинок Підгорського (UK)

The Karaite Kenesa of Kyiv is a former Karaite Jewish Synagogue, or kenesa, located at Yaroslaviv Val Street 7, close to the Golden Gates of Kyiv, in the Shevchenkivskyi District of Kyiv, Ukraine. The former synagogue building is listed as a monument of Architectural Heritage of National Importance of Ukraine.

Wikipedia: Karaite Kenesa (Kyiv) (EN)

Zolotovorytskyi Square is a square and botanical natural monument of local importance in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv. The total area is 0.57 hectares.

Wikipedia: Золотоворітський сквер (UK)

The Golden Gate of Kyiv was the main gate in the 11th century fortifications of Kyiv, the capital of Kievan Rus'. It was named in imitation of the Golden Gate of Constantinople. The structure was dismantled in the Middle Ages, leaving few vestiges of its existence.

Wikipedia: Golden Gate, Kyiv (EN)

The Kyiv National Academic Molodyy Theatre is a theatre in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was founded in 1979 and first played on 26 April 1980, with a focus on progressive productions. It is also known simply as Molodyy Theatre. It is a member of the European Theatre Convention, and became a national institution in 2019.

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The monument to Magtymguly in Kyiv is a monument to the Turkmen poet, philosopher, founder of the Turkmen language and literature Magtymguly (Fragi); located in the park at the intersection of Prorizna and Yevhen Chykalenko streets near the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Ukraine.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник Махтумкулі (Київ) (UK)

The monument to the literary character Panikovsky is a monument to the character of the novel by Ilf and Petrov "The Golden Calf", Mikhail Samuelovich Panikovsky, erected on the place where, according to the text of the novel, he was at the beginning of the XX century. He was engaged in fraud, pretending to be blind and deceiving gullible passers-by. The opening of the monument took place on May 31, 1998.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник Паніковському (Київ) (UK)

The monument to Les Kurbas in Kyiv is a monument to the Ukrainian actor, director, founder of the national modern theater, located on Prorizna Street in the park near house No. 8. Nearby, in the building that now has No. 17, there was the Young Theater, which was directed by Les Kurbas. The monument was unveiled on April 1, 2002.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник Лесю Курбасу (Київ) (UK)

The Taras Shevchenko Literary and Memorial House-Museum is a branch of the Taras Shevchenko National Museum. T. Shevchenko lived here from the spring of 1846 until his arrest on April 5, 1847.

Wikipedia: Літературно-меморіальний будинок-музей Тараса Шевченка (UK)

Lach Gates at Independence Square in Kyiv is a monument built in 2001 to commemorate one of the Medieval Kyiv city gates. At the top is a sculpture of Archangel Michael which is the city's symbol.

Wikipedia: Lach Gates (EN)

The Independence Monument is a victory column located on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv, commemorating the independence of Ukraine in 1991.

Wikipedia: Independence Monument (Ukraine) (EN)

The October Palace is a performing arts center in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is officially known as the International Center of Culture and Arts of the Trade Union Federation of Ukraine, while October Palace is used for its brevity.

Wikipedia: October Palace (EN), Website

Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi was а Soviet and Ukrainian football player and manager. He was Master of Sports of the USSR, Distinguished Coach of the USSR, and a laureate of the UEFA Order of Merit in Ruby (2002) and FIFA Order of Merit, the highest honour awarded by FIFA. In 2002 he was awarded the Hero of Ukraine award (posthumously), his nation's highest honour, for his contribution to Ukrainian football. In 2008, Lobanovskyi was ranked 6th in Inter's list of the 100 Greatest Ukrainians following a nationwide poll that saw around 2.5 million people casting their votes.

Wikipedia: Valeriy Lobanovskyi (EN)

Kyiv Academic Puppet Theater is a state academic puppet theater in Kyiv, the oldest puppet theater in Ukraine.

Wikipedia: Київський державний академічний театр ляльок (UK), Website

The Kyiv Water Museum is an educational centre that occupies one of the buildings from the early centralised water-supply system in the city, which was built at the middle of the 19th century. It is located in Khreshchatyi Park. The Water-Information Centre gives information about water resources and their rational consumption. The exhibition demonstrates the history of Kyiv's water supply system, water treatment and waste water treatment in contemporary Kyiv, while also showing water's role in people's activities using interesting and interactive examples.

Wikipedia: Kyiv Water Museum (EN)

The National Philharmonic of Ukraine, often referred to as Kyiv Philharmonic and National Philharmonic, is a complex of two adjacent concert halls in the Khreshchatyi Park in Kyiv, Ukraine. Formerly the Merchant's House, the building's use for musical performances is associated with the Philharmonic Society, established by Mykola Lysenko.

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The Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander also called Cathedral of St. Alexander of Kyiv is a Latin Catholic co-cathedral located in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.

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Volodymyrska Hill or Saint Volodymyr Hill is a large 10.6 hectares (0.106 km2) park located on the steep right-bank of the Dnipro River in central Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Its most famous and prominent landmark is the Monument to Prince Volodymyr. The monument, with its prominent location and overlooking the scenic panorama of the left-bank of Kyiv, has since become one of the symbols of Kyiv, often depicted in paintings and photographic works of the city. The Hill provides an excellent panorama of the Dinpro River, the Left Bank, and Podil.

Wikipedia: Saint Volodymyr Hill (EN)