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Kontraktova Square is a square in the historic Podil district. It is an important economic, cultural, and transport center, containing numerous architectural and historical monuments. The square is often used for various outdoor public festivities, including music concerts and fairs. The square is named after trade fairs (contracts), which took place on Podil. It was a great event, which every Kievan anticipated the whole year. There used to be a …
The square is named after the Post Office, which is used to be here. On this area you can find rather unusual mean of transport – funicular (cable car), which connects Podil District and the Upper Town.
The Fountain of Samson is a Ukrainian Baroque fountain in the Podil district of Kiev. It was constructed in the 18th Century, later demolished by the Bolsheviks either in 1934 or 1935, and rebuilt in 1981. It was constructed during 1748-1749 after the Podil magistrate’s decision to repair the water distribution system. The project was assigned to Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi, a descendant of a well-known Podil family and a graduate of the Kiev Mohyla …
The monument was introduced in July, 2006 on St. Andrew’s Descent. Locals know that this nose belongs to a famous writer Mykolay Gogol. It is believed that this is the place where Gogol got an idea to write his absurdist story “The Nose”. Those who read the story know that nose belonged to Major Kovalyov who once woke up and revealed the loss. Nowadays Kiev tour guides like to tell tourists that touching this nose wil help them to get rid of a …
The National Philharmonic of Ukraine started its concerts seasons in 1863, when the Kiev Branch of the Imperial Russian Musical Society (ERMS) was founded. At the beginning of the XIX century, the development of the musical art in Kiev assumes a great importance. Famous European musicians, as Franz Liszt and Weniawsky brothers, come with recitals to the famous Kiev Contract Fairs. Thus, the creation of the musical society turned out to be quite …
This old house was built in Kiev in the end of XIX Century. Since that time it became famous among locals who gave it different names, such as “House of Witches”, “Baron’s House”, “House of Blue Beard”, “House of Lonely Knight” and many others. It’s hard to imagine Yaroslaviv Val Street without this remarkable building.
By the Divine Providence, at the time of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Venerable Anthony, the founder of Russian monkhood, settled in a small cave in the hill not far from Kiev. In 1051 he came back from the Holy Mount Athos, where he became a monk. He chose a small cave not far from the village of Berestovo, as the place for his ascetic labors. Earlier Metropolitan Illarion isolated here. The cave, after Anthony settled there, began to attract the …
Dynamo Stadium named after Valeriy Lobanovskiy is a multi-functional stadium in Kiev, Ukraine that is modified for football use only. The stadium holds 16,873 people, and was built in 1934 as Vsevolod Balitsky Dynamo Stadium by the project of Vasyl Osmak. The stadium current name was given in the honour of the former Dynamo Kyiv and USSR national football team coach Valeriy Lobanovskyi in 2002, who died on 13 May that year, at age 63.
Established in summer in 1867 by Ferdinand Berger. Berger succeeded in inviting many talented singers, musicians, and conductors, and the city council (duma) had offered the newly created trouppe to use the City Theatre (constructed in 1856, architect I. Shtrom) for their performances. Officially, the theatre was named the City Theatre but was most commonly referred to as the Russian Opera. The day of the first performance, November 8 (October 27 …
The museum of outstanding writer Mikhail Bulgakov is situated in one of the most beautiful streets of Kiev, Andreyevsky Spusk, which was mainly built up at the end of the 19th century. The street is also famous for some older constructions that are considered to be of great historical value. For example, the famous Andreevskaya Church, dating back to the 18th century, is located here as well. The building number 13 was designed by architect I. I. …
