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20/05/2022

З відомим києвознавцем, письменником і художником Александр Федорович Павлов стався нещасний випадок. Він продає свої книги з автографами, аби мати кошти на лікування. Можливо, спільноту це зацікавить. Інформація у дописі.

27/03/2022

01/02/2022

Друзі, якщо ви зараз в Києві, не оминіть увагою виставку метра сучасного абстрактного експресіонізму Александр Федорович Павлов Вона проходить в чудовій галереї до 4 лютого Галерея "АВС-арт" Виставка Олександра ПАВЛОВА «ТАКИЙ ШАЛЕНИЙ СВІТ»

Олександр Павлов
Регата, 2007
Полотно, олія, 90х120

Виставка Олександра ПАВЛОВА «ТАКИЙ ШАЛЕНИЙ СВІТ»

13/11/2021

Київському метрополітену - 61 рік. Вітаємо столичну підземку. Дякуємо пану меру за жодну збудовану станцію. Бо будувати метро можуть не всі. Точніше, можуть не лише всі, але мало хто може це робити.
Є чотири мільйони киян, шістьом мільйонам з яких метро не потрібно. І взагалі, станції стомилися будуватися.

06/11/2021

Did you know that poplars on Shevchenko Boulevard have been growing for 180 years? Today we will take a virtual tour of this city artery and tell you about Governor Dmitry Bibikov. Shevchenko Boulevard is one of the four streets of the so-called "New building" ("new building") - a new part of Kyiv, which arose according to the first General Plan in the history of the city. Its author is Vikenty Beretti, the architect of the Red Building of the University of St. Vladimir (named after Shevchenko). The "new building" expanded Kyiv beyond the borders of the princely city of the eleventh century. Previously, the boulevard was called Universitetsky, and since the 1860s - Bibikovsky, in honor of the enemy Taras Shevchenko. Also, the boulevard, which was paved in 1840, became the first place in Kyiv, where the famous pyramidal poplars were planted.
Dmitry Bibikov was the governor-general of Kyiv, Podolsk, and Volyn, and it was he who, being the head of the “South-West Territory”, sent Taras Shevchenko into exile in the case of the Kyiv-Methodius brotherhood.
But back to the poplars. These noble trees were lucky, as linden trees were originally planted on the boulevard, which did not take root. But poplars not only began to grow well but almost immediately became the hallmark of Kyiv. These trees outlined not only a new street from Khreshchatyk to Galitskaya Square (Victory Square) but also a new district, of which the Kievsky Railway Station became a part in 1870. We can feel the spirit of that time from the first Kyiv photographs.
Although Bibikov did not like the Kyiv-Methodius Brotherhood and Taras Shevchenko, a lot was done under him in Kyiv. What was built under Dmitry Bibikov in Kyiv?
✅Red building of the University;
✅the First and Second Kyiv grammar schools were opened;
✅Cadet Corps;
✅the first park in Kyiv for public use on Vladimirskaya Gorka;
✅the first capital Chain Bridge;
✅New Pechersk Fortress
✅various cultural and educational institutions;
One of Bibikov's goals was to weaken the Polish influence on Kyiv and Right-Bank Ukraine as a whole. For this, he actively developed ethnographic and historical studies of the Ukrainian people, rather than against his own will, cultivated Ukrainophile sentiments. It was under him that the foundations of the scientific study of Ukraine were laid. Ukrainian scientists Panteleimon Kulish, Mikhail Maksimovich, Nikolay Kostomarov were able to work openly.
On Bibikovsky Boulevard, 36, there was the house of the lawyer, writer, and public figure of the Ukrainianophile Oleksandr Koniskiy. He is also known as the mentor of Mikhail Hrushevsky. Participants of semi-legal Ukrainian organizations gathered in this house. They were engaged in important business: compiled dictionaries, printed historical sources, recorded folklore. It was a subtle, but extremely necessary work for the benefit of the future statehood of Ukraine.
Opposite Konisky's house, there was a monument to Count O. Bobrinsky, a patron of the Kyiv railway, the owner of one of the largest sugar factories in Ukraine. Graf was an innovator - it was at his factory that steam engines were first used to produce sugar. His Excellency stood on a pedestal in an ancient Greek toga. Now on the site of the monument to Bobrinsky, there is a monument to Shchors.
They want to demolish the monument with Shchors, although it is, nevertheless, perhaps the best monument of Kyiv of the Soviet era. Progressive Kievites recommend slightly altering Shchors' face and giving it a different name. Fortunately, there are enough patriots and outstanding citizens among the sons of Kyiv. How do you feel about this idea? Write in the comments!
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30/10/2021

Why is the Red Taras Shevchenko University Building in Kyiv (University St. Vladimir) red? There were various legends and anecdotes about this: from the revolutionary mood of the students and teachers, for which the tsar ordered to paint the building red to shame. According to the second version, the architect of the University of St. Vladimir Vincent Beretti, on his way from St. Petersburg to Kyiv, had samples of paint stolen, and he accidentally chose the wrong color.
The color is unusual, as buildings in the classical style were usually painted yellow or dark gray. But in fact, the reason is that red and black are the colors of the ribbon of the Order of St. Vladimir, so the capitals and column bases are painted black, and the brick walls are painted red.
St. Vladimir opened on July 15 (O.S.) 1834. The event took place in Kyiv Lipki. It was there that in those years, in the ohms of the Russian and Polish aristocracy, temporary audiences were arranged. The opening was attended by Governor-General Vasily Levashov, Metropolitan Evgeny Bolkhovitinov, Field Marshal Osten-Saken.
An extremely important event. The opening of the University contributed to the development of the city in many areas:
✔cultural development;
✔typography;
✔the emergence of new bookstores;
✔revitalization of the sphere of recreation and entertainment;
✔an increase in the number of residents of Kyiv.
Kyiv became one of the cultural centers of the Empire, along with Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Kharkiv.
The construction of the Red Building itself began in 1837 and was completed in 1842. As we have already said, the architect was Vincent Beretti (1781 - 1842) - the most famous and outstanding Italian, Russian and Ukrainian architect. He was deservedly considered the best master of classical architecture. In addition to the buildings of the central square of Poltava and St. Petersburg classics, he took part in the construction of St. Isaac's Cathedral in 1830.
Beretti did not come to Kyiv alone, he took his student Pavel Sparro with him.
The trick was that the construction of the main building of St. Vladimir's University involved a significant change in the space around. Beretti took up this issue becoming the chief architect of the city. Vincent Beretti was the author of the first master plan of the city. thanks to the construction of the Red Building, a powerful development in the southwest direction began.
A new urban development axis was created - the intersection of Vladimirskaya and Universitetskaya streets (now - Shevchenko Boulevard). It was the time of a truly grandiose construction!
Before the revolution, the University was the largest building. Students not only studied here but also lived. The dormitory for state-funded students was on the fourth floor of a four-story square with a courtyard. Also in the Red Building were located:
✔canteen;
✔medical faculty clinics;
✔the catolic Church of St. Stanislaus (which was closed in 1863 after the second Polish uprising);
✔Orthodox Church of St. Vladimir;
✔Museum of the copy of antique plastic;
✔Museum of Numismatics;
✔fundamental library;
✔archive of ancient acts;
etc…
The hereditary Kievite Mikhail Maksimovich became the first rector. By the way, in 1827 he published the book "Little Russian Songs", which later Mikhail Hrushevsky will call the first work of scientific Ukrainian knowledge.
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22/10/2021

at was the idea. Its construction took place with difficulties and was greatly extended in time: the decision on construction was made in the middle of the 19th century, and the process itself lasted over forty years. It was worth it - the temple is one of the architectural gems and spiritual shrines of Ukraine. St. Vladimir's Cathedral is featured in many excursions of Kyiv Tours Dream & Go, and we will briefly tell about it here.
The story began like this: on July 12, 1853, Nicholas I, after a detailed acquaintance with the report of the Synod, approved the project and the creation of the Committee for the construction of the Vladimir Cathedral in Kyiv. Ivan Strom was appointed to lead the process. He was already known for such buildings as the Vladimir Cadet Corps and the Second Opera House. The drawings were ready by 1859.
According to the architect's idea, the Vladimir Cathedral was supposed to be based on the shape of a cross. Thirteen domes were conceived, as was the case for St. Sophia of Kyiv. Nicholas the First kept his finger on the pulse here and personally approved the drawings.
The construction site was allocated in 1860. Suddenly it turned out that even though the project was approved in St. Petersburg, they were not going to allocate money in full for it. Not having collected the required amount from private businesses and citizens, it was decided to reduce the cost of the project itself. To do this, they turned to the architect Pavel Sparro. He decided not to shred the building completely, but simply to remove the side aisles. The number of domes should now be seven.
But for this cut-down project, money was sought for another two years. The chief architect has also changed - now this position was occupied by Alexander Beretti. He significantly changed the drawings and the idea of ​​Strom-Sparro.
Alexander II was in Kyiv on his August visit in 1875. Colleagues of our excursion bureau of those times gave the emperor an excursion. He decided to take a ride, including to the site of the construction of the Vladimir Cathedral. But he was disappointed: there were no builders on the site, the forests practically rotted away.
There was no end to the sovereign's anger and indignation!
He ordered the completion of the cathedral without delay, for which he sent from St. Petersburg a notable architect at that time, Rudolf Bernhard. He recalculated the wall loads using more modern mathematical methods. The project has changed again, but now the walls have stopped cracking.
The cathedral was built in 1882. Now it had to be done inside. For the interiors, the ancient Byzantine style was chosen, which was characteristic of the times of the prince of Kievan Rus Vladimir. They attracted Adrian Prakhov, one of the best connoisseurs of ancient Byzantine art.
The famous Viktor Vasnetsov was the first to start painting the church. The as-yet-unknown and very young Mikhail Nesterov joined him. Wilhelm Kotarbinsky and Pavel Svedomsky also took part in the painting. These two artists are not known to the general public today, but at the time they were serious painters whose works were acquired by collectors such as Pavel Tretyakov.
Nowadays, not a single sightseeing tour of Kyiv is complete without a visit to the Vladimir Cathedral. It is also included in many thematic routes.
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17/10/2021

Of course, during the Kyiv tour, you will take a lot of photos and selfies. What if your walk is captured by a professional photographer who walks with you through the picturesque historical places of Kyiv? Our travel agency provides such a service!
At a certain part of the excursion, within about an hour, a professional photographer will join the excursion and take a lot of successful and beautiful pictures that will take a special place in your photo album. All photos will be processed before we transfer them to you. You will also receive the originals.
Combine an interesting excursion with a professional street photoshoot.
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14/10/2021

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