Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #7 in Kyiv, Ukraine

Kyiv River Station is the main river port of Kyiv, located on the right bank of the Dnieper in Podil in the historical part of the city.

Wikipedia: Kyiv River Station (EN)

St. Elias Church is one of the most historically interesting temple buildings in Podil, in which the divine service was celebrated for 1000 years, located at the corner of Naberezhno-Khreshchatytska and Pochainynska streets and is an important architectural accent in the development of Podil and a compositional dominant of the Dnieper embankment.

Wikipedia: Іллінська церква (Київ) (UK)

The Museum of NaUKMA (until 2011 the Museum of Ukrainian Victory) is a research, informational, cultural and educational structural unit of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Wikipedia: Музей НаУКМА (UK), Website

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)

"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.

Wikipedia: Замок Річарда (UK)

Ivan Kavaleridze Museum-Museum of Outstanding Ukrainian Sculptor, founded in 1993 on the Andreevsky Uzuz, in the house No. 21, where in 1911 the artist worked on the monument of Princess Olga.

Wikipedia: Музей-майстерня Івана Кавалерідзе (UK)

Monument to Prince Volodymyr, is a monument in Kyiv, dedicated to the Grand Prince of Kyiv Volodymyr the Great, built in 1853. It is located on Volodymyrska Hill, the steep right bank of the Dnipro. It is the oldest sculptural monument, a dominating feature of the Dnipro banks, and one of the city's symbols.

Wikipedia: Monument to Prince Volodymyr (EN)

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)

St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery is a monastery in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel. It is located on the edge of the bank of the Dnieper river, to the northeast of the Saint Sophia Cathedral. The site is located in the historical administrative neighborhood of Uppertown and overlooks Podil, the city's historical commercial and merchant quarter. The monastery has been the headquarters of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine since December 2018.

Wikipedia: St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery (EN)

The Tithe Monastery of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - an illegally established small architectural form (IAF), located on the site of construction of the First Cathedral of Kievan Rus in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. According to tradition, this place is considered to be the death place of the Russian first martyrs of Theodore Variag and his son John. According to the Moscow Patriarchate, the IAF is their acting male monastery.

Wikipedia: Десятинний монастир Різдва Пресвятої Богородиці (UK)

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

A baby is a mountain in Kiev, which is a wedge -shaped delicate of the Starokievskaya mountain from the side of Podil. On the north side, the baby borders with the ancient tract of Kozhumyaki, from the south - from the potter, thus delimiting them.

Wikipedia: Дитинка (UK)

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.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник репресованим митцям (UK)

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.

Wikipedia: Театр-студія імпровізації «Чорний квадрат» (UK)

Monument to Anna Yaroslavna, Princess of Kyiv, the future Queen of France in Kyiv — 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 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.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник Анні Ярославні (Київ) (UK)

Sikorsky's estate is a building in Kyiv, a historical monument of national importance, located at 15 B Yaroslaviv Val Street.

Wikipedia: Будинок Сікорського (UK)

The Baron's Castle is a complex of mansion, outbuilding and park of Baron Rudolf Shteingel, father of the Secretary General of Trade and Industry of the Central Rada and Ambassador of the Ukrainian State in Berlin Fedir Shteingel.

Wikipedia: Замок барона Штейнгеля (UK)

Yahymovskyi's House, better known among Kyiv residents as the House of Cats, is a historical and architectural monument in Kyiv, located at 23 Hoholivska Street. The house was built in 1909 in the Art Nouveau style. It belonged to Colonel Fedir Yagimovskyi. Due to the unusual design of the façade of the house, urban legends usually associate its construction with Vladislav Gorodetsky, but the famous architect never took part in the construction.

Wikipedia: Будинок із котами (UK)