Vyshhorod or Vyshgorod (Ukrainian: Ви́шгород; Russian: Вы́шгород) is a city in Kiev Oblast (region) in central Ukraine, the immediate northern suburb to the national capital Kiev, located upstream along the Dnieper River. It serves as the administrative center of Vyshhorod Raion.
Population: 22,080
Latitude: 50° 35' 5.14" N
Longitude: 30° 29' 23.28" E
Mariyinsky Palace (Ukrainian: Маріїнський палац, Mariyins'kyi palats) is the official ceremonial residence of the President of Ukraine in Kyiv and adjoins the neo-classical building of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine. It is a Baroque pala…
The National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II (of 1939-1945) (Ukrainian: Національний музей історії Великої Вітчизняної Війни 1941-1945 років, Russian: Национальный музей истории Великой Отечественной войны 1939-1945 годов) is a memo…
The Saint Andrew's Church (Ukrainian: Андріївська церква, Andriyvs'ka tserkva; Russian: Андреевская церковь, Andriyvskiy tserkov) is a major Baroque church located in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The church was constructed in 1747–1754, to a design…
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA) (Ukrainian: Національний університет «Києво-Могилянська академія» (НаУКМА), Natsional'nyi universytet "Kyyevo-Mohylians'ka akademiya") is a national, coeducational research university located in Ki…
Dynamo Stadium named after Valeriy Lobanovskyi is a multi-functional stadium in Kiev, Ukraine that is modified for football use only.
Khreshchatyk (Ukrainian: Хрещатик, Khreshchatyk; Russian: Крещатик, Kreshchatik) is the main street of Kiev, Ukraine. The street has a length of 1.2 km. It stretches from the European Square (northeast) through the Maidan and to Bessarabska Square (…
The Kiev Palace of Sports (Ukrainian: Київський Палац Спорту, Kyivskyi Palats Sportu) is a sport-concert complex situated in the center of Kiev, Ukraine.
The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Національна академія наук України, Natsional’na akademiya nauk Ukrayiny, abbr: NAN Ukraine) is the highest research body in Ukraine, as a self-governing state-funded organization. It is the mai…
Andriyivskyy Descent (Ukrainian: Андріївський узвіз, Andriyivs’kyi uzviz; Russian: Андре́евский спуск, Andreyevskiy spusk, literally: Andrew's Descent) is a historic descent connecting Kiev's Upper Town neighborhood and the historically commercial P…
The St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral (Ukrainian: Костел Св. Миколи; translit.: Kostol Sv. Mykoly) is the second Roman Catholic cathedral built in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Today the building is shared between the Roman Catholic Church of Uk…
St Volodymyr's Cathedral (Ukrainian: Патріарший кафедральний собор св. Володимира, Patriarshiy kafedralniy sobor sv. Volodimira) is a cathedral in the centre of Kiev.
Kiev Passenger Railway Station (Ukrainian: "Київ-Пасажирський", Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi) is a complex of the non-terminus Kiev's Central Station building and adjoining "Southern Station" building that are connected by a broad passenger viaduct, plus the a…
Hotel Ukrayina (Ukrainian: Готель Україна; Russian: Гостиница Украина) is a four-star hotel located in central Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The hotel was built in 1961 as the Hotel "Moscow" in a location which originally was occupied by Kiev's firs…
The Church of the Tithes or Church of the Dormition of the Virgin (Ukrainian: Десятинна Церква, Desiatynna Tserkva; Russian: Десятинная Церковь, Desyatinnaya Tserkov') was the first stone church in Kiev. Originally it was built by the order of Grand…
Syrets concentration camp (also: Syretskij concentration camp) was a Nazi concentration camp established in 1942 in Kiev's western neighborhood of Syrets (Syretsk, Сирець ), part of Kiev since 1799. The toponym was derived from a local small river.
The National Art Museum of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Національний Художній Музей України) is a museum dedicated to Ukrainian art in Kiev, Ukraine.
Kyiv City Council (Ukrainian: Київська міська рада - Kyivs'ka mis'ka rada), better known as Kyivrada (Ukrainian: Київрада), is the city council of Kyiv municipality, the highest representative body of the city community. The members of city council …
The Central Election Commission of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Центральна виборча комісія України, commonly abbreviated in Ukrainian as ЦВК (Tse-Ve-Ka); sometimes referred to as the Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine) is a permanent and independent col…