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.
- The Humanities Building of Schevchenko University
- Gates to Pokrovsky Monastery
- St. Nicholas Cathedral of Intercession (Pokrovsky) Monastery
- Kiev Museum of Western and Oriental Art
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Memorial sign - Darnitsa concentration camp
- Solitude of Kitaevo
- Monument to Mikhail Bulgakov
- Memorial sign to Kiev defence participants
- Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
- Eternal Flame
- Memorial to died workers of tramway depot
- Post Station
- The House of the Weeping Widow
- Memorial to died workers of Bolshevik factory
- Monument to Great Patriotic War heroes
- Red building of Taras Shevchenko National University
- Tanks near the Motherland
- The National Philharmonic of Ukraine
- Arsenal