Monday, April 28, 2014

Unknown Kiev


Unknown KievKiev is a city of endless experiences. But if you are tired of led visiting friends templated routes from the attractions And to the monument in the capital you can find a lot of interesting objects that will impress no less than Lavra or the House with chimeras.

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Original monuments


To begin the examination of the capital with unusual monuments, sculptures, and simple shapes in the style of hand-made. For example, near the Golden gate on one of the trees in the Park hiding fork kitten - made baleen miracle of plastic Cutlery.




At the intersection of Golden gate, talents and George lane immortalized the main character of the legendary cartoon "Hedgehog in the fog". Taurus animals carved from wood and thorns is a set screw in the base screws. With cartoon hedgehog happily photographed not only children but also adults.




Another reminder about the Soviet cinema - the monument to the heroes of the film "the meeting Place cannot be changed" Guglovo and Sharapova at the entrance to the interior Ministry building (street Bogomolets, 10).




Superstitious people will have to like the monument walk (street Welt) - character film "the Golden calf" by Ilf and Petrov. Say, if under his raised boot (on the underside of which the mirror can be considered the fico score) put a coin, and ear to whisper the desired amount of money in the near future you will be enriched by exactly as much as he wanted.




Artema street (house 37/41) is not immediately possible to see the sculpture "Animated match" because it is not on a pedestal in a special place, and modestly nestled along the roadway, reminding people about the excessive pollution of the city and lost in it the plants.





Worth seeing:


- House with giraffes (St. Vladimir, 77).


- Monument Flying cow (Ul. Yaroslaviv Val, 1).


- Monument Nose (Andrew's descent, 34).


Monument and Golohvastov prone Prokopovna (Andrew's descent).


- The candle of memory (Glory Park, near the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra).


- Animal Playground (Landscape alley, trans. of the tithe).


Kiev pelicans (Ul. B. Vasilkovskaya, 12).





Surprise in museums


Look in the recycling Museum (St. S. of Sagaidak, 112). This is an amazing collection of outdated things located on the territory of the plant "Kievgorstroy", decided to unite under a simple name. In his exposition of the pre-revolutionary gramophone, samovar with boots, shells during the First world war, old sled, a machine for processing hemp, radios, instruments of torture Royal gendarmerie, irons, vases, lanterns and much more.




But in the Museum complex "Kyiv fortress" took considerable area under unusual exhibits - painted bowls, schemes ancient sewer systems, a collection of toilet paper and so on. This so-called Museum of toilets, in which more than 400 exhibits. Among them you can see the gold, wood and even foam toilets.




The creators of the toy Museum (Klovsky Uzviz 8) a collection of almost a hundred years. Fabulous atmosphere of childhood and the unusual abundance of fun exhibits, which at one time entertained the kids, will not leave indifferent any visitor.




In the capital in some private places you can see and very original exposure, as, for example, in the Museum gift Kiev mayor's office (street Khreshchatyk, 36). There are presented to the mayor Chernovetsky and his deputies Souvenirs, among which dolls-Lazy, Easter eggs, cognac 59-year old, icons - more than a thousand items. To get to this amazing place, you must make a request by phone 278 13 47.





Worth seeing:


- Museum of history of Kyiv charity (St. Constantine, 6).


- Indoor Museum-mail account on the phone 230 08 27).


- The Museum of the circus (Avenue of Victory, 82).


Museum of bread (Ul. Vyshgorod, 19).


Museum of tea ware (Ul. January Uprising, 21).


Museum, water street, Lviv Hrushevsky, 1).





Extreme rides


The object, dubbed the abandoned biochemical laboratory (Protasov Yar, district ski descent), one of its name attracts adventurers and lovers of mysteries. There are several legends associated with the origin of the laboratory. One of them, it was developed biological weapons, on the other tried to take a perfect view of the man. According to the official version, the institution worked on a vaccine for AIDS, but in the early 90's, scientists inexplicably left their jobs. Still in the laboratory are huge metal cages, packaging syringes, medicines, gauze bandages and hovers persistent smell of medicines. People with weakened nervous system to visit is not recommended.




The next object of study may be caves in Kitaeva (Ul. Kitaevo, 1), which served as a refuge for ancient people. Over time, the area near the entrance to the cave was covered wooden Christian buildings in which dwelt the monks. Many of them chose to spend their days in solitude, and, therefore, were left in the caves, some of which were transformed into an underground monastery.




Though Lukyanovskaya cemetery (near metro station "dorogozhychi") - not a Museum, to visit his inquisitive person will be interested. If the courage and patience and walk through the neatly paved paths, you will see many beautiful sculptural forms. It is the resting place of famous artists, architects, military and political figures, representatives of the clergy. By the way, at Baikove cemetery in places it is even more astonishing.




It turns out that in the Ukrainian capital, there is an unfinished subway, which was planned to start in 1943. The longest land plot abandoned tunnel is on the Zhukov island, its length is 700 m. the Object was top secret and was to be used for underground and rapid transportation of weapons, but was not completed due to the outbreak of the great Patriotic war.





Worth seeing:


- Parachute tower (center Trukhanov island, 200 m from the Pedestrian bridge).


Memorial complex "Holodomor" (the Park of Glory, the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra).





Romantic routes


Wishing to plunge into the romantic atmosphere of the city should start with a visit to the cell in which the family lives crows - Cyril, Carlos and Corbin (Reitarska street, 9). In the ordinary capital of the yard birds live for 15 years. The birds have learned to mimic the passers-by, to extort sausages and other Goodies, robbing, misbehave and scaring rushing past cats and dogs.




After that you can take a ride on the unique Elevator, designed for one person (Prorizna street, 11-B). Restricting together in the narrow cabin, the lovers will be very hard to embrace, because the size of the Elevator in width and length is not more than 50, see




If you get tired of wandering in search of adventure and you want to have fun, you can wait until Friday night and go to the outdoor stage at the Mariinsky Park. This is where weekly fans of salsa and Latin happy dance "dirty dancing". Come everyone, but most shy repeat PA for instructors, remaining near benches for spectators.




Worth seeing:




- Planetarium (Krasnoarmeyskaya street, 57/3).


- Love bridge (near the stadium "Dynamo").


- Monument to the beloved of the lights (Maidan Nezalezhnosti).


The alley of love (navodnitskiy Park).




Excursions in the style of mini




In the Museum of miniatures exhibited works of the artist Nikolai syadristy. Through a huge magnifying glass can be considered the smallest in the world "Kobzar" of size 0, 6 mm, rose in the hair, savvy flea life-size portrait of Taras Shevchenko, carved on thorns bone, a family of swallows, who settled in the nest, made out of half a poppy seed, and many other tiny works of art.




It is interesting to visit miniature Kiev Botanical garden on the street Chudnovsky. In this unusual Park you can admire the tiny plants, check visual acuity and immerse yourself in the romantic atmosphere surrounded by unusual wildlife, many wrought-iron benches and beautiful lanterns.




Numerous sights of Kiev it is possible to see in one day, without wasting time on tedious travel from one object to another. And it's all thanks to miniature replicas of the most interesting architectural complexes of the capital, which was located near the metro station "Park" (Brovarsky prospect, 9-In). On the square in two acres is a small copy of Kiev with 48 items. You can be photographed in an embrace with the Saint Sophia Cathedral or kissing Independence monument, to consider the building of the Verkhovna Rada, which is unlikely to be you on the belt, small copies of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, Golden gate and other memorable places of the capital of Ukraine.




Mystic places of Kiev


Khrushchev was resting on Lukyanovka


Cave city






Source:

Weekly.com
















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