Museum "Pirogovo"
Pirogovo is an open-air Museum of folk architecture and life. It is located on the outskirts of Kyiv and occupies area more than 150 hectares.

Pirogovo open-air museum will give you the opportunity to walk along quiet streets of unique Ukrainian village and watch different architectural forms from all over Ukraine.
Grab a blanket and something to eat and your ordinary walk along the streets of Pirogovo village can be transformed into a picnic and you can perfectly spend the day outdoors surrounded by the tranquil atmosphere of the ancient Ukrainian village.

About 300 monuments of folk building were brought here from different regions of Ukraine: Polesie, South of Ukraine, the Carpathians, Bukovina, Poltava, Slobozhanshchina. The territory of the Museum is divided into the regions, with the landscapes and the vegetation, which are also maximally corresponding to certain region of Ukraine.

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Andriyivsky uzviz
“Andriyivsky uzviz” is one of the most beautiful and well-known streets of Kiev, it links the ancient Old Kiev (Upper town) with Podol (Lower town).

At the time of Kyiv Rus “Andreevsky uzviz” was the shortest path between the upper town, the Golden Gate and Sofia Kyivska and the lower city, Podol, where the city port and craft quarters were located. The main construction of “Andreevsky uzviz” was performed at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Here lived and worked many famous scientists, writers, composers, painters and sculptors.

Today “Andreevsky uzviz” is known as the Kiev Montmartre - musicians and artists come here with their concerts and products for sale.

Here you can buy Ukrainian souvenirs - embroideries, painted pottery and figurines. All along the streets there are many art galleries, art shops. And every year open-air exhibition of folk art and crafts takes place at “Andreevsky uzviz” during celebration the day of Kiev

Historical name of “Andreevsky uzviz” was “Borichev uzviz”. The present name was given to this street in the middle of the 18th century, after the name of St. Andrew's Church.

At “Andreevsky uzviz” there are many little bars and cafes where you can relax and feel the atmosphere of the late 19th and early 20th century.

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Sofia Kyivska, Mikhailovsky Cathedral
The famous Sofia Kyivska — the main temple of Kievan Rus, was built by Prince Yaroslav in 1037 and survived through the centuries until our times. Today, complex is included to the world heritage list protected by UNESCO.

Also survived through the centuries, came to our days 260 sq.m. mosaics and 3 thousand sq.m. frescoes. Hardly anywhere else in Europe can be found where the Church with so many frescos survived from the 11th century. Around the Cathedral there are the monastery buildings of the 17th century, made in the architectural style of the Ukrainian Baroque. Interior of the Church almost have not been changed.

Mikhailovskyi Cathedral — was built in 1108-1113, by the grandson of Yaroslav, the Kiev prince Sviatopolk. The Cathedral was one of the biggest monasteries in ancient Kyiv. In 1934-1936 Mikhailovskyi Cathedral and some buildings were demolished. The Cathedral was rebuilt in the late 1990s.