Shuliavka which is more than 100 years ago gave shelter NTUU "KPI", has a long and interesting history. It was first mentioned in chronicles in the twelfth century. It is not surprising, therefore, that it is associated with numerous Kiev stories and traditions.
We continue to introduce the city museums.
You can verify this by visiting an excursion in Botanical Garden of Fomin, near the metro station "University". By the way, the old-timers remember: on the site of the present entrance to the subway was a delicate arch, and it was the main entrance to the University Botanical Garden. Now this green oasis occupies 22 hectares with its 17 greenhouses and 12 orangeries. His collection consists of 8 thousand plant species, 4 thousand among them - tropical and subtropical.
More than a century "House with Chimeras" attracts attention and excites the imagination of locals and visitors alike for its location, layout, decorations and even the number of floors: there are three of them if you look from Bankova and six from the square Franko.
Kyiv is the ancient and mysterious city, it is covered with gray legends, has a unique aura. Kyiv is beautiful at any time. There are many amazing places that we do not notice in the daily hustle and bustle.
In December 1881 Swiss businessman Jacob Grether, who lived in Kyiv, bought from the heirs of Colonel Leonovich the right to lifetime use four tithes (about 4.4 ha) state land on the western outskirts of Kyiv - Shulyavka.
I, as a historian, has long wanted to express my opinion on the said topics, but all the time something prevented.
Often from the media, we learn that such and such customs arrested the collection of cultural values, which would take over the state border of Ukraine. Here I must say that the cultural values are not only written, visual, film, photo, sound things, but the so-called real.
The pioneer of astronautics S.P. Korolev lifelong dreamed of the sky, the stars and the cosmos. His name is associated with milestones in our history. Therefore FASS decided to honor the anniversary of the great scientist, in particular, visiting the museums in Zhitomir.
This is one of the largest art museums in Ukraine. It is located on the territory of the National Kyiv-Pechersk Historical and Cultural Reserve in the former metropolitan chambers and the adjacent house of the Annunciation Church, a landmark of architecture of VIII - beg. XX century.
