Notes: Architect G. Granatkin
and others. Faces on to the Arcenal
Plant.
6. Memorial to the legendary founders of Kiev.
Unveiled: 1982.
Location: On the waters edge of
Navodnytsky Park.
Notes: This magnificent monument,dedicated to the
founders of Kiev, the brothers Kiy, Schchek and Khoriv and their sister Lybed.
It is the work of the sculptor Vasily Borodai and the architect Nikolai
Feshchenko. A good way to discover this monument is walk from
Dnipro Metro Station (red line) south along the
bank of the Dnipro River for 20 minutes. Or a walk down the hill through the
park and under the main road from the Great Patriotic War Museum.
It is very traditonal for couples on their wedding day to throw
bouquets of flowers over their shoulders on to the boat. If the flowers land on
the boat, it is a sign of good luck for the future.
Notes: Hetman Bogdan Khmel'nitsky,
(1595-1657) who led the Ukrainian peoples war of national liberation against the
Polish nobility, which culminated in the reunification of Ukraine with Russia in
1654. The monument is 10.85 metres high and gives the illusion of being larger
than it really is.
Notes: In 1920s the monument
was stolen by the communists and for a long time was considered to be lost. But
in 1995 during the reconstruction of the Mykhailivska Square it was discovered
buried under the road. It was installed once again in its original spot.
Notes: Made of granite by
Sculptor E. Vechetich. Nikolai Valutin was the 1st commander of the Ukrainian
front that liberated Kiev. He was buried here in 1944 and the monument was
placed over his grave in 1948.
11. Monumemt To Grigory Skovoroda.
Unveiled: 1976.
Location: Kontraktova Ploscha.
Notes: Made out of bronze and
dedicated to the famous travelling philosopher and man of letters. the sculptor,
Ivan Kavaleridze, was 89 years at the time of making.
Notes: Bronze figure and chapel style pedestal,by
sculptors Vasily Demuth-Malinovsky and Peter Klodt also architect Konstantin
Thon. High up on the banks of the river Dnipro, with the foot bridge
in view.
14. Monument To
Yaroslav The Wise. (Andriyivsky Spusk.)
Notes: Made from carved and polished red
labradorite by well known sculptor Sergei Merkurov. The granite pedestal was
designed by architects Alexander Vlasov and Victor Yelizarov.
Notes: Taras Shevchenko, the famous Ukrainian Poet and
Artist.
24 The Friendship Arch.
Unveiled: 1982. Location:
Khreschaty Park.
Notes: Sculptor A.
Skoblikov and Architect I. Ivanov and others. Dedicated to the unification of
Russia and Ukraine, but called "The Yoke" by kievans. The rainbow shape arch is 50 metres in Diameter. There is a
viewing deck here (right picture) where most of the east bank can be viewed, Troeschina and towards the north of the city. Podil and Obolon.
Underneath the Friendship Arch there
are two statues The one in the left picture which is made of
bronze and depicts a Russian and Ukrainian worker holding up The
Soviet Order of Friendship of Peoples and the one in the right picture
is made from granite and depicts the participants of the Pereyaslavska
Rada.of 1654.
Notes: The figure is made of chrome
nickel steel and weighs 550 tons. It is 62 metres high, but in total, including the base
it stands at 102 metres! In the left hand the figure is holding shield
which is decorated with the state symbol of USSR. In the right hand there
is a sword which weighs 12 tons and is 16 metres long..
Unveiled:
Location:
Notes:
Unveiled:
Location: On the banks of the
river Dnipro, next to the River Station, north side.
