The Motherland
Lavrskaya 24
: 10am- 6pm, Monday - day off
: 10am- 6pm, Monday - day off
The Motherland Monument is a giant titanum statue that celebrates The Soviet Union's victory over the the Nazi Germany. 62m high and visible from varios points of Kiev, it is the most distinctive feature of the city.
The museum of the Great Patriotic War lies in its basement and honours the soldiers who defended the city during the WWII.
- Monument to Great Patriotic War heroes
- The building of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine
- Kiev Museum of Western and Oriental Art
- Peizajnaya Alley
- Memorial to shot mentally disabled people
- St. Alexander Cathedral
- National Art Museum of Ukraine
- The Castle of Richard the Lionheart
- Memorial to died workers and students of Polytechnic University
- Red building of Taras Shevchenko National University