Attractions of Kyiv region

The brick church of Saint Simeon Stovpnyk was built in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka in 1909 on the site of the old wooden church of 1755, built at the expense of the community.

Due to the rapid growth of the population in 1908, it was decided to build a new church. The contract for the construction of the church was given to Petro Temko, a peasant from Dymer, who had good recommendations after building churches in the village of Svaromia, Chernihiv province, and Boiarka, Kyiv district.

According to the project of the diocesan architect Yermakov, the church is two-story, 5-domed with a faceted aspid. It had three entrances - central and two side. The parish library was located on the second floor. The facades are made in eclectic forms of the "neo-Rus" style, and the decoration of the upper part of the church walls, parapet and decorative elements are taken from wooden architecture. The middle of the church was plastered and painted.

The Savior and Transfiguration Church in Ivankiv ​​was built in the first half of the 19th century. It does not belong to architectural monuments.

The church is in good, well-kept condition. Divine services are held. Belongs to the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Church of the Transfiguration in Neshcheriv was built in 1794 by the landowner Ivan Hudyma-Levkovych, a descendant of the Cossack elders of the Hudyma and Levkovych families.

The Church of the Transfiguration, which is shaped like a ship, is a model of architecture of the transitional period from Ukrainian Baroque to classicism. In the western corner of the temple there is a belfry with wooden shutters built into the building itself. In the basement of the church there is a crypt, the mysterious corridors of which have long given rise to legends about underground passages leading many kilometers from Neshcheriv.

In 2004, a hermitage of the Saint Jonas Men's Monastery was opened at the Transfiguration Church. On its territory you can see an ancient Cossack cross. The church is well restored.

The Church of the Transfiguration in the village of Sukholisy is an architectural monument of national significance.

The temple was founded in 1726, but in 1849 it was significantly rebuilt. Paintings of the 19th century have been preserved inside.

The church is wooden on a stone foundation, single-domed with outbuildings. The dome is an eight on a four with two folds, crowned with a small head. There are choirs in the babinka. All log cabins, except for the central one, are covered with a flat ceiling.

The Savior and Transfiguration Monastery in Kniazhychi was founded in the 12th century by Saint Mykola Svyatosha, Prince of Chernihiv.

Soon the monastery was burned by the Tatars. It was later restored, but in 1917 it was again destroyed by the Bolsheviks. In the 1980s, the restoration of the temple began, monastic life was restored.

In the monastery there are icons of the Mother of God of Pochaiv and All Sorrowful Joys.

There are two monuments on the territory of the monastery: to the liberating soldiers and to the villagers who died in 1942-1943.

The Transfiguration Monastery is part of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Savior Transfiguration Monastery in Rzhyshchiv is one of the oldest in Ukraine. According to legend, it was founded by Saints Anthony and Theodosius, who from time to time traveled here from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.

The year 1626 is considered the official foundation date of the Rzhyshchiv Transfiguration Monastery. The Polish landowners of Voronychs, giving their lands to the monastery in 1649, claimed that the monastery was founded by their ancestors. It was one of three monasteries in the Kyiv region, where old and sick Cossacks lived to the end.

In 1653, the ambassador of the Moscow tsar, the boyar Vasyl Buturlin, met here with the hetman of Ukraine Bohdan Khmelnitsky, where the terms of the alliance treaty were discussed.

At the beginning of the 20th century, there were 3 churches in the monastery: Saint Barbara, Transfiguration of the Lord and Life-giving Source. In 1927, the monastery was dissolved, a zootechnical school was placed on the territory, then a construction technical school.

In 1995, the Transfiguration Monastery was revived. Cells from the end of the 19th century have been preserved. Located on a hill above the Dnipro.

The first state science museum was opened in 2020 by the Small Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on the territory of the VDNH National Expocenter of Ukrainein Kyiv. The exposition demonstrates the most important scientific achievements of mankind, the laws of nature and their interaction in an understandable and accessible form.

The museum space is divided into five zones, where you can get to know individual branches of science. The "Strange Matter" zone is dedicated to materials science and work with the tiniest particles of matter - molecules and atoms. In the "Acoustics" zone, you can see your voice and hear it through acoustic mirrors. Interactive tables in the "Human" area allow you to look inside living organisms. The "Optics" zone invites you to discover the world of color and learn what light is made of. In the "Great Inventions" zone, you can see a bicycle with square wheels and learn about the discoveries of four of the most famous Ukrainian scientists.

Acquaintance with the exhibits takes place in the form of free exploration of the space without the help of tour guides, but interpreters work near the exhibits, who are happy to help find answers to all questions.

The sculptural composition "Stairs" is a three-meter art object installed on the Rusanivska Embankment in Kyiv.

It is a staircase with children and a dog walking on it, symbolizing the desire of youth to meet life.

The author of the sculpture is Oleksandr Lidahovskyi, who created the composition "River of Love" for Landscape Alley.

The Museum of the world-famous film director, artist, classic of Ukrainian national cinema Serhii Paradzhanov was created at Kyiv International University in 2020. Its goal is to preserve, study and popularize the creative heritage of the outstanding artist, author of the epoch-making film "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors", which became the hallmark of Ukrainian cinema and world cultural heritage.

Exhibits related to the life and work of Paradzhanov, his family, associates, and other Ukrainian artists are presented. In particular, you can see some of the director's personal belongings, as well as author's installations dedicated to the work of Serhii Paradzhanov.

In 2025, the exhibition was updated.

The Museum of the History of Kyiv Sewage is open for the centenary of the foundation of the centralized sewage system in Kyiv in 1894.

The museum is located in one of the production premises of the former sewage pumping station on the Left Bankof Dnipro, in the Stara Darnytsia district.

Numerous exhibits of sewage management are presented: modern and ancient pipes, in particular wooden ones, which are about 200 years old, samples of collectors, valves and pumps, hatches of different periods, models of pumping stations and special equipment, as well as various tools and means for cleaning networks.

During an unusual excursion, museum visitors will learn about the birth of the drainage system in the world, the construction and operation of the Kyiv separate drainage system - the first in the territory of the Russian Empire at the end of the 19th century, as well as about the modern life of the capital's sewage system.

The tour is conducted by an audio guide. Free admission.

The Shandra Village History Museum was opened in 2001 at the Shandra Gymnasium on the initiative of the local historian Ivan Redko, who became the first director of the institution. The Shandra Village History Museum is a branch of the Myronivka Historical and Local Lore Museum.

The exhibition in eight halls tells about the foundation of Shandra village, important moments in its history, famous people who were born or lived in the village.

One of the halls is decorated in the style of a Ukrainian hut with a traditional oven, where old dishes and other household items are presented.

A separate exposition is dedicated to the memories of the residents of Shandra, who were eyewitnesses to the terrible events of the Holodomor of 1932-1933.

Sholom Aleichem Museum in Kyiv is the first state museum of Jewish themes in modern Ukraine.

Opened in 2009 to the 150th anniversary of the writer's birth on the site of the house where he lived in 1896-1903.

The exposition tells in detail about the life and work of Sholom Aleichem, as well as introduces Jewish culture. Some ceremonial Jewish objects, objects of traditional Jewish life are presented.

On the monitors installed in the hall, you can see fragments of films and performances based on the works of Sholom Aleichem, Jewish architecture, Jewish tombstones (matzevot), ancient Jewish books, ancient manuscripts, copies of Jewish calligraphy.

The museum program includes many lectures and presentations.

The silver spring "Kalynoviy Hay" is located 8 kilometers south of Yahotyn, behind the Trubivshchyna farm.

The source got its unofficial name due to the fact that the water in it contains a large amount of silver, due to which it has a pleasant taste and does not spoil for a long time.

There is a chapel near the Silver Spring.

The City People's Museum of Local Lore of the Skvyra City Council was founded in 1987.

The exposition in 8 halls has more than 3600 exhibits. The archeological collection presents things from different epochs found during excavations in the surrounding villages.

You can also see everyday objects of the XV-XX centuries.

In addition, the museum has an exhibition of military glory and an art gallery.

The Slaven Oak, over 300 years old, grows in the courtyard of the estate of the State Enterprise "Bohuslav Forestry", next to its administrative building in Bohuslav. Its height is 21 meters, and the trunk circumference is 450 centimeters.

This tree is considered one of the oldest oaks in the Kyiv region, it has important ecological and historical significance. The Slaven Oak could already be an adult when the Bohuslav region was at the epicenter of the Cossack uprisings led by colonels Semen Paliy and Samiylo Samus, the campaigns of Hetman Pylyp Orlyk and the Haidamak movement in the Kyiv region.

Since 2024, the Slaven Oak has had the status of a natural monument of local importance, which guarantees it protection from damage and destruction.