Virtual tour of Kiev.
On the streets of Kiev, the picturesque capital of Ukraine, you can see a large number of architectural and historical attractions. A special place is occupied by the original monuments, which in quite a lot. The most interesting of them are very rarely left unattended. There are always people happy to attend such unusual sights.
On one of streets of Kiev, near the metro station Golden gate, on a tree near the road, installed the monument to the cat, made of ordinary disposable forks. The unusual sculpture was created by sculptor Konstantin Skretutsky in 2009. Find plastic cat can be reached at: Vladimirskaya, 40A.
Monument to the first tram and the first passengers was established on the Vladimir descent in 1992. The event was timed to the 100th anniversary of the launch of the first in Western Europe passenger electric tram, which ran in Alexander descent line with a length of 1.5 km and the project Architect were made by V. M. Sabzov and sculptor – Y. O. Kiselyov. There is a monument at the Postal square in Kiev.
In the children’s Park, which is located on the Mall Landscape, erected a monument to the main hero of the tales by Antoine de Saint-exupéry – the Little Prince. The first sculpture, donated to the French children the Ukrainian children was established by the French Embassy in November 2010, but in 2011 it was destroyed. By patrons and residents of the city, the monument was restored already known sculptor – Constantine Skretutsky.
The sculptural composition “the Tree 12 chairs” is a metal tree weighing 300 pounds, the branches of which are hanging chairs. An unusual monument situated in the center of Kiev on Independence Square, was created by renowned artist-blacksmith, Vladimir Belokon.
10 metres from the sculpture of the tree with chairs, in the Central square of the city, is another creation by the same author – “lanterns in love”. Composition showing a bench on which sit nice merged in the arms of the lamps, was installed on the eve of Valentine’s Day in 2009. According to the sculptor, in this place the feelings of lovers never fades, and the lights transfer heat very well, which is present between close friends.
Continuing the theme of affection, Vladimir Belokon became the author of yet another stunning sculpture called “Hugging chairs”. This composition is a bench with two sitting on it in the arms of the chairs. Is the statue in the Passage on Khreshchatyk street, 15.
Near stately resting on the bench chairs is the last part of the trilogy dedicated to this piece of furniture – a Bicycle mounted with a high chair.
The monument to the famous heroes of the film “meeting Place cannot be changed” – Gleb Zheglova and Volodya Sharapova – installed in front of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine. The bronze sculpture was created especially for the 90th anniversary of criminal investigation Department. To find the monument to the great detectives at the address: Akademika Bogomoltsa, 10.
The original monument to the ballet dancer, carved from Linden, was created by the famous Kyiv sculptor Kostiantyn Skretutsky. Tutu dancers made of metal mesh, hands and face made of ceramics, and her hair was replaced by red manmade fibers. Initially, the author was erected on this place a monument to the match, but just a couple of days it appeared an anonymous note, which was a request to build a monument in the neighborhood and deserved a ballerina. Skretutsky gladly complied with this request. The sculpture is located at the intersection of Candlemas and the Musketeers, near the metro station “Golden Gate”.
The monument to the main character of the Soviet cartoon “Hedgehog in the fog” – perhaps one of the most popular unofficial sights of Kiev – appeared in the capital in 2009. The figure of the animal made from pine needles and served as the screws stuck in the tree. The composition depicts a hedgehog sitting on a high stump with a bundle in his hands. The author of the sculpture – Konstantin Skretutsky, the establishment of the monument was engaged in “Kyiv landscape initiative”. Posted by hedgehog at the intersection of George lane and street Zolotovorotskaya and reitarskaya.
Not far from “Hedgehog in the fog” is another wooden work of Konstantin Skretutskiy – a monument to the donkey. The sculpture is a cute donkey with huge ears, who pulls a small cart with flowers. Established in 2010, the monument is located in Rylsky lane, near Sophia square.
The monument to the hero red-breasted fairy – Pinocchio – was created in 2008. A four-meter sculpture, created by Vladimir Skretutsky in 10 days, located on Olesia Honchara street, 57b.
Near sculpture of Pinocchio, on the street Oles Gonchar, 30, installed the monument “Dorm white Raven”. She is a tree on which sits a cheerful brood of white birds – crow-mother and her seven cubs. The author of this positive work – K. Skretutsky, settled them here in 2008.
“Monument to Victims of Holodomor 1932-33.”, located near the main entrance of St. Michael’s monastery, was created by the sculptor Vasyl Perevalsky and architect Nicholas Acidic in 1993. The sculpture depicts the cross, which is the figure of the mother with the child in the chest. Located at: Mikhailovskaya square, 6.
The monument to the great Prince of Kiev, Yaroslav the Wise, was erected in Kiev in 1997. He engaged in the creation sculptor Vladimir Chepelyk and the architect Nikolai Sour by the great playwright and sculptor I. P. Kavaleridze. The monument is a figure of Yaroslav the Wise, who holds in his hands the layout of St. Sophia Cathedral. The monument can be seen near the Golden Gate.
On Andreevsky Spusk, on the facade of the Literary-memorial Museum of Bulgakov is situated the sculpture of the cat Behemoth, a character in the famous novel of Mikhail Bulgakov “Master and Margarita”.
Thanks to the efforts of the talented sculptor K. Skrebtsova in 2009 Peizazhna the walk on Bolshaya Zhitomirskaya street in Kiev, there was a fabulous mosaic Park. There is also the wonder-beasts with benches inside, giant cats-centipedes, welcoming all Cheshire smiles, huge sparrows, hugging zebras and elephants-fountains. In 2010, Park joined the children’s Playground “Alice in Wonderland”. Here you can see many fairy tale characters: the Cheshire cat, magic rabbit and the magic caterpillar.
In the Obolon district of Kiev is sitting on a huge suitcase metal ball-travelerwho stopped for a rest before the upcoming journey to Siberia, Lapland or Africa that are designated on the adjacent pointer. Funny globe glasses was made in Dnipropetrovsk workshop “Ptah” involved in artistic forging. Resting Shar-traveler is located at the address: prospect Geroev Stalingrada, 8.
Another unusual creation of the Kiev sculptor K. Skretutskiy – “Flying cow” – was installed on the street Oles Gonchar in 2009. The installation consists of the torso, made of metal mesh, and limbs made of wood, which is very cleverly attached to the frame.
The installation “Sphere of Revival”, designed by artist Oksana Mas in 2010, is a hemisphere covered 3000 unique wooden Easter eggs. It is installed as a permanent exhibition on the territory of the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, in the street of Ivan Mazepa, 25.
“Piano in the bushes” is a very interesting sculpture of Konstantin Skretutskiy, which can hardly be called such, as it is more like a huge music box. White piano mounted on one of the streets of Kiev in 2011, has a unique feature – when he is approached by a man, it begins to play the melody created by the Polish composer frédéric Chopin. Is “piano in the bushes” Bogdan Khmelnitsky street, 37/2.
To see all installed on the streets of Kiev stunning works of talented Ukrainian sculptors and artists have to spend more than one day, but impressions will surely be the brightest.
