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Established in the summer of 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 it was most commonly referred to as the Russian Opera. The day of the first performance, November 8 …
Currently there is a Kiev Charity Museum here. But the main exhibit still remains the building itself – one of the legendary Kiev buildings, which survived the fire in 1811. Known as The house of Peter I, it always attracted attention by its unusual architecture. Besides, it has a long history with unexpected turns.
The Ukranian National Circus is a center of a circus art, and has achieved nationwide and worldwide recognition. The greatest performers, whose names are written in the history of Ukranian and world circus art in golden letters, had performed on its arena, and many generations of spectators know and remember them. It is a unique experimental platform where theme programs as well as amusement acts and performances in the classical style are …
Taras Shevchenko University is the third oldest university in Ukraine after the University of Lviv and Kharkiv University. Currently, its structure consists of fifteen faculties (academic departments) and five institutes. It was founded in 1834 as the University of Saint Vladimir, and since then it has changed its name several times. During the Soviet Union era, Taras Shevchenko University was one of the top-three universities in the USSR, along …
Kiev main Passenger Railway Station services more than 170,000 passengers per day. The Railway Station provides long-distance service (including international) and a short-distance service (including nearby regions). Officially, Kyiv-Passazhyrskyi Railway Station is used to be the whole huge complex of passenger terminals, railways and depots. The old Kiev railroad station was constructed during 1868-1870. The new railway station’s main building …
This building was constructed by a famous Kiev architect Vladislav Gorodetskiy in 1903 — on the former bank of drained swamp. This place was prohibited for building up by Kiev house-building society. Many people at that time considered the construction of a house on the steep slope to be the madness. That’s why the house was primordially cloaked in legends: it is said that Gorodetskiy started building because of the bet with other architects who …
The Chocolate House was built in 1880 in the style of the Venetian Renaissance and was a property of Semen Mogilevtsev, a first guild merchant in Kiev (1846-1917). The architect of the house was Nikolaev – the main architect of Kiev at that times. The architecture of the house itself is beautiful and harmonious. In addition, the building was unusually painted. The house is colored in monochrome chocolate color and Kievans started calling the …
One of the best most well-known monuments in Kiev, it has even become one of the symbols of the city. Bogdan Khmelmitskiy is a national hero of Ukraine, the leader of the fighting for freedom against Polish oppression during 1648-1654. The sculptor who designed this monument was Mikhail Mykeshin. Firstly the project of the sculptur was more complicated, it supposed to be some figures of triumphant Slavs and their enemies (represented by a Jesuit, …
The monument in the honor of great Ukrainian poet is placed in a park just across the Red building of Kiev University were he once worked.
The Motherland Monument is a giant titanum statue that celebrates The Soviet Union’s victory over the the Nazi Germany. 62m high and visible from varios points of Kiev, it is the most distinctive feature of the city. The museum of the Great Patriotic War lies in its basement and honours the soldiers who defended the city during the WWII.
