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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Kyiv

22 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Kyiv, Ukraine

Updated June 24, 2022

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Exhibit resembling reactor 4 which suffered the catastrophic failure, Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum, Kyev, Ukraine

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Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."
The Golden Gate of Kyiv, as it stands today.

Kyiv, Ukraine

Golden Gate of Kyiv

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

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Rodina-Mat : Mother Motherland

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

Kyiv, Ukraine

House with Chimaeras

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.
Museum of the Great Patriotic War

Kyiv, Ukraine

Museum of the Great Patriotic War

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

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Peeing Colors in Kyiv

When you've got to go, you've got to go.
The never-ending escalator ride.

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Arsenalna Metro Station

The deepest metro station in the world.

Kyiv, Ukraine

Museum of Unnecessary Things

A Kyiv-based repository for all manners of discarded curiosities.
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Stories About Kyiv

In late April, the city of Kyiv dismantled the workers' statue beneath the Arch of the Peoples' Friendship.

Toppling Ukraine's Russian and Soviet Past

In the midst of the current invasion, the country is grappling with how to commemorate its history.
by Pavlo Morkovkin
June 24, 2022
The mosaic panel "Blacksmiths of the Present," on a wall at the Institute of Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, in Kyiv, was created in 1974 by artists Galina Zubchenko and Grygoryi Pryshedko.

Preserving Ukraine’s Soviet Past, One Mosaic At a Time

“We’re trying to collect everything before it’s gone.”
by JoAnna Haugen
May 5, 2020

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