Pechersk Raion

Termen Fountain in Mariinsky Park, Kiev

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360° VR panorama by the Termen Fountain (Фонтан Термена) in Mariinsky Park, Kiev. The fountain is one of six produced by the Termena factory around 1900. The fountains were placed at different locations in Kiev and offered a practical use as a source of clean water, as well as being for ornamental purposes.

Mariinsky park (Маріїнський парк) was founded in 1847, and is located near the central entrance to Mariinsky Palace. Today it is a popular green area for people to walk and relax.

People’s Friendship Arch, Kiev

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360° VR panorama under the Friendship Arch in Khreschatyk Park, Kiev. The Friendship Arch (Арка Дружби Народів) is dedicated to the friendship of Ukraine and Russia. Construction work started in 1978, and the arch opened on November 7th 1982, commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the USSR and the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev.

The arch was devised by sculptor A. Skoblikov and architects I. Ivanov, S.M. Mirgorodskii and K. Sidorov. Constructed from titanium alloy, the arch spans a diameter of 50 metres.

Underneath the arch are two smaller monuments. Centred under the arch is a 6.2 metre high bronze statue depicting Russian and Ukrainian workers holding up the Soviet Order of Friendship of Peoples.

To the right (south-east) of this is a granite stele depicting the Pereyaslav Council of 1654 where the Ukrainian Cossacks pledged allegiance to the Russian Tsar. At the centre of the stele are depicted Cossack Hetman Bogdan Khmelnitsky and the Russian ambassador Vasiliy Buturlin.

Behind the Friendship Arch are a number of fairground-style attractions, such as a bumper cars arena. Further behind these are a viewpoint area that provides good views across the Dnipro river. In the distance to the south-west can be seen the Ukrainian House, which was opened as the Lenin Museum at the same time as the Friendship Arch.

Viewpoint by Monument to Prince Volodymyr, Kiev

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360° VR panorama from the viewpoint in front of the Monument to Prince Volodymyr, in the Pechersk Raion of Kiev. The view looks out over the Dnipro river towards Trukhaniv Island, covered in trees in their autumn colours.

Prince Volodymyr, also known in English as St. Vladimir the Great, was the first Christian ruler of Ukraine. The monument is located in a park on Volodymyr’s Hill.