Monument sights in Ukraine
- Sort by:
- Popular
-
Babyn Yar
On 29 September 1941, Nazi troops rounded up Kyiv's 34,000-strong Jewish population, marched them to the Babyn Yar ravine, and massacred them all in the following 48 hours. Victims were shot and buried in the ravine. Over the next two years, many thousands more lost their lives at Babyn Yar when it was turned into a concentration camp, called Syrets after the Kyivan suburb it was in. Romany people, partisans and even footballers would be among those killed.
The place's dreadful history only came to light after the war, and three monuments have been erected over time. The first was a colossal Soviet effort dating from 1976, which is found in the southern sector of the park…
reviewed
-
A
Statue of the Duc de Richelieu
On bul Prymorsky, you'll find the statue of the Duc de Richelieu, Odesa's first governor, looking like a Roman in a toga, at the top of the Potemkin Steps. The view from here is of the passenger port, the towering Hotel Odessa and the Black Sea. The view, however, is probably better from the bottom of the steps, where the designers' optical illusion takes effect: the stairs seem higher than they are, thanks to a gradual narrowing from bottom (21m wide) to top (13m wide).
reviewed
-
B
Holocaust memorial
About 500m north of the Theatre of Opera and Ballet on pr Chornovola is the Holocaust memorial, a vaguely cubist statue of a tormented figure looking skyward. The Lviv ghetto began here after most of the city's Jews were killed or deported to Belzec in the 'Great Action' of August 1942. Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal was the most famous resident of the ghetto, which was liquidated in June 1943.
reviewed
-
C
Monument to the Victims of the Great Famine
Left of the St Michael’s Gold-Domed Monastery's entrance is a moving monument to the victims of the great famine. English placards above the monument tell the dark story of Ukraine’s holodomor.
reviewed
-
D
Taras Shevchenko Statue
Crossing the bridge to the island you immediately come face-to-face with a Taras Shevchenko statue the immense size of which would put most Lenin statues to shame.
reviewed
-
Monastyrsky Island
Monastyrsky Island is the site of the area's first human settlement. The Taras Shevshenko statue is here, along with St Nicholas Church, and some lovely beaches.
reviewed
-
Statue of Alexander Pushkin
Stop to admire the Statue of Alexander Pushkin, which emphasises what statues in northern Russian cities often forget - the lauded poet's African heritage.
reviewed
-
E
Eagle Column
The Eagle Column commemorates Russian ships deliberately scuppered at the mouth of the harbour in 1854 to make it impossible for enemy ships to pass.
reviewed
-
Kozytskoho Park
West of the Afghan War Museum is Kozytskoho Park, where you'll find a very Soviet-style WWII monument of three brutes in front of an eternal flame.
reviewed
-
Iron Column of Glory
The Iron Column of Glory, which is topped by a golden eagle, was erected on the 100th anniversary of Peter the Great's battle.
reviewed
Advertisement
-
F
Shevchenko Park
Shevchenko Park has a few interesting monuments, a soccer stadium and an Oceanarium
reviewed
