Podol district of Kiev is a historical heart of the city. Podol is very popular for its special architecture and atmosphere, many bars, cafes and restaurants, proximity to Dnirpo river and sightseeing points.
Next to Post Square (Poshtova Ploscha) there is the river station where motor boats depart for sightseeing tours on one side and the funicular can take you up the hill to St Michael, St Sophia and Maidan.
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- Podol church
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- Kontraktova square and Samson fountain
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- The architect Grigorovich-Barsky above a fountain that was part of Kyiv’s first water supply system built this arched brick pavilion decorated with double Corinthian columns in 1749. To mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava in 1809, a naive wooden sculpture of Samson grappling a lion’s mouth was added. If the ancient hero was meant to symbolize Peter I in his victory over the Swedish, it has to be said that Kyiv’s Samson was less of a tribute to the Tsar (as in Peterhof) than a parody. There is a legend that anyone who drinks water out of the fountain will become a resident of Kyiv. Over the pavilion stands a statue of the Apostle Andrew; at the end of the 19th century a sundial was placed over the columns. In the 1930s the fountain was demolished (they say that an official saw a heap of garbage in the pavilion and was misunderstood when he said “Clear it away!”). But in 1982 the architect-restorers Y. Lositskiy and V. Shevchenko rebuilt it in its former shape. Inside the pavilion there is a concrete copy of Samson and the lion.
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- Kontraktova ploscha (Contracts’ Square).
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- View on Kyiv Mohyla Academy. Most presitigious western standard university. The oldest in Ukraine. The year of foundation of the Academy and of the Fraternal Monastery is considered to be 1615
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- Gostiniy dvor (Guest Courtyard). In 1809 construction began on a square building with shopping arcades in the middle of the square – Gostiniy Dvor (Hospitable Courtyard). It was designed by the Moscow architect Luigi Ruski. The first floor was barely completed when Podol was struck by fire. As a result, the shopping arcades were finished in haste, and remained only one story. Restorers subsequently unearthed Ruski’s blueprints, and in the 1980s, Gostiniy Dvor came to look the way it originally should have. Apart form shops and cafes, the building now houses the V. Zabolotniy Institute and the Library of Civil Construction of Ukraine.
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- Prince Mstislav Vladimirovich built the Church of the Blessed Virgin at the western end of the present square in 1132-1136. Before the construction began, the icon of the Blessed Virgin Pirogoshya was shipped from Byzantium (scholars believe that the name Pirogoshya comes from the Greek word “pirogotis” – “tower”: this was the name given in Byzantium to icons displayed in the towers of monastery walls or in which towers were depicted). The hero of “The Lay of Igor’s Campaign” – Prince Igor Sviatoslavovich – came to Pirogoshya to give thanks for his delivery from captivity among the nomads. The ancient church was rebuilt several times. In the first half of the 18th century it was the metropolitan church of Orthodox Kyiv (in those days, the church was known as Uspenskaya). During the period of the “Magdeburg Right,” the magistrates’ ceremonies took place here and the City Archive was kept here. This Podol shrine was demolished in 1935. The architects Y. Aseev, V. Otchenashko and others, rebuilt it with its former appearance in 1998.
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- Former Greek monastery on Podil. These adjoining modern-empire buildings (the architect V. Eysner, 1912-1914) originally belonged to St. Catherine’s Monastery, which served the community of Greek colonists. The monastery’s 18th century church, which was located at the end of the block, was demolished in 1929. The front buildings have survived, and are now used by the Kyiv and Regional Department of the National Bank of Ukraine. The destroyed bell tower over the right building was restored in 1996. It has now become a notable architectural feature.
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- A square with fountain next to Kontraktova square
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- Andreyevska church. (St Andrew church). The hill where the church is located was called “Andrew’s Hill” after the Apostle Saint Andrew. “The Chronicle of Bygone Times” contains an ancient legend about the Apostle Andrew, who traveled around the world and preached. One day he came to the banks of the Dnieper-Borysthenes River and spent the night there. In the morning he said to his followers: “Do you see these hills? On these hills, God will spread his grace. A town will appear, and God will raise many churches.” And having blessed the place, the Apostle placed the cross on the mountain. The tradition binds the construction of the cross with the location of Saint Andrew’s Church.
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- Monument to Petro Sagaydachny – hetman of Ukrainian cossacks. the most prominent hetmans – such as Piotr Konashevich-Sagaydachny, Bogdan Khmelnitsky and Ivan Mazepa – exercised an enormous influence over the life of Kyiv. Sagaydachny supported the Kyiv community (“Bratchiki”) and school, and helped to restore the city’s Orthodox metropolitanate during the period of the church union.
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- Square next to Guest court (Gostinyi dvir)
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- Sagaydachnogo street facing Kontraktova square
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- Laura Ashley women clothes store on Podol. There are other stores around. Mostly on Sahaydachnogo street and around Kontraktova square.
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- Cafe open terrace.
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- Japanese cuisine restaurant Podol Kiev. Sahaydachnogo Street.
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- Open cafes of Podol area
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- Podil buildings
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- View on Frist Ukrainian International bank office building
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- Two cossacks statue Podil kiev next to Zaporizhzhya restaurant
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- Open terrace of Zaporizhzhya restaurant
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- Sagaydachnogo street is the most popular street of Podol. It connects Poshtova and Kontraktova square. Lots of open cafes, restaurants, stores, and several hotels.
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- One of Podol cafes
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- Kiev excursion bus. Take a Kiev tour. Lots of things to see.
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- Podil streets
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- View on Kiev Imressa hotel with open terrace of hotel’s restaurant. A popular place day & night.
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- Podil open cafe. There are plenty of them
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- Podil Igorivska street
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- Kyiv is official Ukrainian from Kiev, and Podil is Ukrainian pronounciation from Russian Podol
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- Small Georgian restaurant. Original food. Worth trying.
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- Igorivska street. Upper end. Walking straight down Igorivska street you’ll be at river bank in 5 minutes
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- Sahaydachnogo street
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- View on Kiev Riviera hotel
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- Poshtova ploscha crossroad. You may use undeground to pass the street.
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- Podil building
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- In a few minutes it gets you from Pochtovaya Sq. (lower station) to Mikhaylovskaya Sq. (upper station). The downtime: since 6.30 to 23.00.
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- Riviera hotel restaurant – good food, nice place. Being invisible see Kiev people and tourists taking funicular.
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- View on St Andrew church
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- Poshtova square church. Finicular is across.
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- New buildings on Poshtova square Kiev. Still in old style. That’s the only excuse for new construction – to keep good style.
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- Two Kiev girls sitiing on bench at Poshtova square next to McDonalds
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- McDonalds Podol Kiev. 24/7 McDrive and picturesque view on river from summer terrace
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- Lots of new construction. This one is New Podol bridge going over Trukhanov island uniting Darnitsa and Podol. Spectacular project as you’ll be driving on top of the trees.
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- World War II soldiers and sailors monument at Dnipro river bank. Heroes who died freeing own country.
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- Podol architecture. Newly built buildings are in style of old traditions.
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- Kiev Podil hotel Impressa
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- Kiev Riviera hotel Podil area
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- Rebuilt from scratch. During the atheistic bacchanalia of 1935, the Church of Christ’s Nativity, which formerly stood between the Post Station and today’s Sagaydachnogo Street, was leveled. In May of 1861, the coffin with the remains of Taras Shevchenko was kept in this church during its shipment from Petersburg for burial in Kanev. Thousands of people gathered to say farewell to the Great Kobzar. A passerby asked: “Who is the deceased?” The answer was: “A simple peasant, but with the status of a general.” The church was subsequently called “Shevchenkova.”
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- View on Naberzhno-Khreschatytske roadway
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- Take a cruise to Kiev sea or short cruise at night time with disco and dances on boat. Or long cruise down the river to the Black Sea and Odessa.
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- Pedestrian bridge over Dnirpo river to Trukhanov island where the central beach is situated. Trukhanov island is also a base for sport boats.
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- Kiev central beach. View from riverboat station across Dnipro river
Kiev central beach. View from riverboat station across Dnipro river
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