Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #9 in Kyiv, Ukraine

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 6 km
Ascend 110 m
Descend 186 m

Experience Kyiv 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.

Activities in KyivIndividual Sights in Kyiv

Sight 1: Миколаївський собор

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Миколаївський собор

St. Nicholas Cathedral is an Orthodox church in Kyiv, the main building of the complex of the Intercession Convent. The most voluminous sacred building in Kyiv.

Wikipedia: Миколаївський собор Покровського монастиря (Київ) (UK)

919 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 2: Museum of Kyiv life of the first half of the XIX century

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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 life of citizens in a typical city estate and shows the originality and national specificity of Kyiv in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Wikipedia: Музей побуту Києва першої половини ХІХ століття (UK)

460 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Церква Василія Великого

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The Church of St. Basil the Great is a Greek Catholic church at the Basilian Fathers Monastery in Kyiv, located at 7 Voznesensky Descent.

Wikipedia: Церква Василія Великого (Київ) (UK)

69 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Пам'ятник репресованим митцям

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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)

789 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 5: Хрестовоздвиженська церква

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The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross of the Lord, the Church of the Exaltation of the Honorable Cross of the Lord "on Kozhumyaki" is a functioning church under the control of the UOC-MP in Kyiv, in Podil, an architectural monument of the XIX century. It is named after one of the most significant Christian holidays: the Exaltation of the Honorable and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord. The name of Vozdvyzhenska Street is associated with the church, which begins near it and ends at the intersection with Andriyivskyi Descent.

Wikipedia: Хрестовоздвиженська церква (Поділ) (UK)

657 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 6: Церква Миколи Притиска

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The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was erected at the end of the XVII century. on the site of an old wooden church. For some time it was considered the oldest building in Podil.

Wikipedia: Церква Миколи Притиска (UK)

123 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Кам'яниця київського війта

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Кам'яниця київського війта

The townhouse of the Kyiv military is an architectural monument of the turn of the XVII — XVIII centuries in Kyiv, located in Podil at ul. Konstantinovskaya 6/8. The oldest of the surviving residential buildings in Kyiv, it has an original volumetric and spatial composition with features of a defensive structure. Today it operates as part of the Kyiv Scientific and Methodological Center for the Protection, Restoration and Use of Monuments of History, Culture and Protected Areas.

Wikipedia: Будинок Петра I (Київ) (UK)

292 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Храм Успіння Пресвятої Богородиці Пирогощої

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The Pyrohoshcha Dormition of the Mother of God Church or simply Pyrohoshcha Church is an Orthodox church in Kyiv in the historical neighbourhood Podil. The original church was built in 1130s by the Mstyslav I the Great of Kyiv. It was the main church of Podil, and was a temporary cathedral of Kyiv Metropolitanate in the early 17 century. In 1613 the church was reconstructured in Renaissance style, and then in 18th-19th centuries was rebuilt in Ukrainian Baroque and Neoclassicism styles.

Wikipedia: Pyrohoshcha Church (EN), Website

333 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: Сквер ім. Василя Сліпака

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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)

102 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: One Street Museum

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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.

Wikipedia: One Street Museum (EN), Website

127 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Церква Святого Миколи Доброго

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Церква Святого Миколи Доброго

The Church of St. Nicholas the Good is a church in Kyiv, Podil, built in 1807 according to the project of the architect Andriy Melensky and destroyed in the 1930s.

Wikipedia: Церква Миколи Доброго (UK)

198 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Petro Sahaidachny

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The monument to Petro Sahaidachnyi is a monument to the Ukrainian hetman Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachnyi, erected on May 19, 2001 on Kontraktova Square in Kyiv.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник Петрові Сагайдачному (Київ) (UK)

236 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Fountain of Samson

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The Fountain of Samson or Felitsiyal is a Ukrainian Baroque fountain in the Podil raion of Kyiv. It was constructed in the 18th century, later demolished in 1934 or 1935, and rebuilt in 1981.

Wikipedia: Fountain of Samson, Kyiv (EN)

201 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Contracts House

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The Contracts House is a trade building in the Podil neighborhood of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The Contracts House received its name because the city's contracts were signed there. It is located on the Kontraktova Square, once one of the Podil's main trading centers. The building is considered one of the important Classical architecture constructions of the city.

Wikipedia: Contracts House (EN)

185 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Chornobyl Museum

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The Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum is a history museum in Kyiv, Ukraine, dedicated to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and its consequences. It houses an extensive collection of visual media, artifacts, scale models, and other items. The museum is designed to educate the public about the many aspects of the disaster. Several exhibits depict the technical progression of the accident. There is also many areas dedicated to the loss of life and cultural ramifications of the disaster.

Wikipedia: Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum (EN)

322 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Музей гетьманства

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Музей гетьманства НевідомийUnknown author / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Museum of Hetmanship is a state cultural, educational and research institution of historical profile, a concentration of monuments of material and spiritual culture related to the history and traditions of the Cossack-Hetman era.

Wikipedia: Музей гетьманства (UK), Website

318 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 17: Музей Національного університету «Києво-Могилянська академія»

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

Wikipedia: Музей НаУКМА (UK), Website

148 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Сонячний годинник, 1826 р.

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The sundial of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy is a sundial, a scientific monument of the late XVIII century. It is located in Kiev in the middle of the courtyard of the former Brotherhood Epiphany Monastery between the fraternal cells and the refectory at 2 Hryhoriy Skovoroda Street.

Wikipedia: Сонячний годинник Києво-Могилянської академії (UK)

376 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 19: Церква Миколи Чудотворця Набережного

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The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker of Naberezhny or the Church of St. Nicholas is an Orthodox church in Kyiv, Podil, a monument of Ukrainian Baroque architecture. It is located on the corner of Hryhoriy Skovoroda and Pochaininska streets. It was built according to the project of Ivan Hryhorovych-Barsky in 1772-1775, and is well preserved to this day.

Wikipedia: Церква Миколи Набережного (UK)

129 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 20: Іллінська церква

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St. Elias Church is one of the most historically interesting temple buildings in Podil, where the divine service was held for 1000 years, is 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)

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