New Year Holidays are ongoing and different goodies on our tables don’t end. A novelty for Kyiv’s citizens was the appearance at the end of the year of a ‘tasty’ souvenir - artistically decorated metal cans and fancy packages with dry Kyiv jam (candied fruits).
The lecture about the history of Kyiv bridges and the role of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in their creation by famous Kyiv historian Valery Lysenko was the ending of December cycle of historical studios ‘Think about it’, organized by NTB of G.
On foreign trips, we are excited to look at houses that the owners possess for decades or centuries. For us it is a real rarity, so the more interesting is the history of dwelling-houses. The oldest residential building in Kyiv has already turned 250 years old.
On December 5, 2017, a memorial plate dedicated to the outstanding mathematician, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR Boris Hnedenko (1912-1995), was opened on the building on 10 Prorizna Str., where he lived with his wife and two sons in 1950s (at that time he was the director of the Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR).
n the Saturday morning of March 18th, 15 students in ІІІ year in Institute of Special Communication and Information Protection of National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" were doing the unusual for them thing – greening the territory of National natural reserve "Saint Sophia Cathedral".
The second Sunday of September celebrates Day of Ukrainian cinema. On this occasion in the studio complex on Troyeschina Film.ua held open house. We visited there Polytechnic. Film.ua Production - Production company produces full-length movies, TV serials and shows for television.
Quest excursion “The legend of big city”, which is traditionally held by students town NTUU “KPI” for first year students, took place in September 26. In interesting, living form students learned Kyiv, got to know about interesting places and legends of one of the best capital in Europe.
In NTUU "KPI" the Second Kiev Urban Fest (KUF2) took place from September 19 to September 27, 2015. This festival became a platform for discussions, exchange of experience and association of efforts of city initiatives.
Tornado of Chernobyl tragedy crippled the fates, took health, left the pain and emptiness. People selflessly fought with the consequences of the disaster. The National Museum "Chernobyl" exhibition says about this tragic event. It is located in the premises of the Podolsky fire station of Kiev.
If you have been in the Shevchenko lane, near Independence Square, I’m sure that you have been surprised: how among the metropolitan multiplicity, glass bank buildings, Kiev "skyscrapers", trendy shops and expensive cafes survived this colorful house of the first half of the nineteenth century (w
