Many centuries have passed since the day when an unknown photographer took the first picture of Kiev street. And even though 100 years of ancient Kiev biography seems to be a short instant - a lot of changes has taken place within this period of time.

 

An ecological tour to Chernobyl  

The price includes:
permition for entrance to the zone, meetings arrangement, transport services, lunch, guide services.  

9:00-11:30 - Transfer to Chernobyl Zone.
11:00-16:00 Chernobyl Zone. Meeting with the guide at the Dityatki block post. Documents, transport and luggage control. Instruction course of behavior in the zone, how to use protection frame. A photo-stop near the monument to courageous firemen of Chernobyl √ people who saved the world. Visit to the office of the Chernobylinterinform State Agency. Full and last information about the liquidation of the catastrophic consequences in the 30 km. zone, the most contagious places, machines cemeteries. Prognosis for the future. Visit to 30 kilometres zone through Leliv block post. You will be impressed by the tidy revetment on the edges of the road, studded with yellow signs. These ramparts are places of conservation of radio-active garbage and of remainders from whole villages. Photo-stop near the 4th reactor of the station. You will be 100 m. from the main closed object of the zone! You can greet the employees of the station. A visit to the press centre (except weekends!) and a documentary film demonstrating the liquidation and liquidators of the man-caused catastrophe on the 4th reactor. Photo-gallery, model of the Station, little known first-hand information about the sarcophagus conditions nowadays. You will be driven nearby a "red forest", which was left for scientific researches. Extreme! A "ghost city" Prypyat. You will visit the flats, left in 1986 where private things still can be found: kitchen utensils, furniture, curtains, books, musical instruments, toys!! You will see the town that was left by its 50 thousand inhabitants within 24 hours. The spirit of Soviet times darkness reign here. You can make pictures of National Emblem of the Soviet Union and of Soviet Ukraine, slogans Piece, Labor and May, red-yellow public call-box and other objects that are symbols of the 80-s in the Soviet Union. Also you will visit the Central Park with big dipper. They planned to open this big dipper up to 1 May 1986 (public holiday). This big dipper has never seen its visitors. Pripyat is similar to mummy. It has a body but it doesnt have a soul. Ecologically clean dinner: You'll participate in the cooking and checking the products with a dosimeter. Visiting the town of Chernobyl: the Park of Glory, Second World War Memorial, the Board of Memory to liquidators, examples of machinery, which took part in liquidating the results of the accident. Within the limits of the possible, You will interview people who live in the Exclusive Zone. Radiation control on the block post.

 NOTE: ONLY ADULTS (People over 18 years old) ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE PART IN THE TRIP.

Price in USD:
1-2 pax - $612 (group) + $18/person/lunch
3-7 pax - $677 (group) + $18/person/lunch
8-17 pax - $788 (group) + $18/person/lunch
18-35 pax - $1177 (group) + $18/person/lunch
36-49 pax - $1331 (group) + $18/person/lunch
8-49 pax at VIP coach - $1574 (group) + $18/person/lunch

 

17:00-19:30 Return to Kiev.

 

All Kiev in 3 hours! - excursion 

Duration - 3 hours.  
We offer you a nice opportunity to make a journey in the ancient city of Kiev. You will see the place, where the city was founded, also observe historical architectural monuments of 10th, 11th, 13th, 18th, 19th, and of course you will see modern Kiev. Our excursion with a professional guide interpreter starts from Old Kiev Hill (Vladimir's Hill, to the honor of Prince Volodimir, the baptizer of Kiev Rus), the place, where according to the chronicles, the first settlement was established by 3 brothers: Kiy, Shcheck, Horiv and their sister Lybid in 482 A.D. On Vladimir's Hill you will see the duplicate of the basement of Decytinnaya Church (10th), which was completely destroyed in 1240 during the tatar-mongol invasion. A nice example of Old Rus architecture raises over Volodimir's Hill (the architector Rastrelli). From the epoch of Volodimir we proceed to the epoch of Yaroslav the Wise, the son of Volodimir. The historical monument, preserved up to our days, is St. Sophia's Cathedral (1037). It is a unique specimen of Old Rus architecture. Mosaics and frescos in the interior of the Cathedral are of great value. There is a nice view from Sopia's Square to St. Michael Golden Domed Cathedral (1113), which was destroyed to the earth in 1934-35 by soviet regime and restored in 1998. Continuing our tour of the city we can not pass by the famous Golden Gates (11th), which were the part of fortifications of Kiev in their time, were completely destroyed in 1240 and reconstructed in 1750, 1837. The beauty and grandeur of the Golden Gates inspired a famous musician Musorgsky to write a composition "Pictures from the exhibition". From Kiev of Old Rus time we are proceeding to modern Kiev: a famous Opera House (1901), Kiev National University (1837-43). You will drive along the main street of Kreshchatik, will hear the history of this famous street. Near the Arch of Friendship a magnificent view to the Dniper river and to one of the old regions of Kiev, Podol, will be opened to you. You visit the Museum of the Second World War with the exposition of the military equipment.

Ancient Kiev - walking excursion 

Duration - 3 hours by walk.    
Kiev is considered to be one of the oldest cities in Europe, what is proved by the great quantity of invaluable historical monuments (more than 2000), dating back to 10th 11th centuries and preserved for the descendants. Together with a professional guide interpreter you will start your excursion from Old Kiev Hill (Volodimir's Hill), the place, where the first settlements were established (482 A. D.). You will see the duplicate of the basement of Desyatinnaya Church (the 10th century), the oldest Christian Church, founded by Prince Volodimir. From the epoch of Prince Volodimir you will immerse into the atmosphere of the 11th century, the time of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Volodimir's son. A splendid specimen of the architecture of the 11th century, which has survived during the tatar-mongol invasion and all following wars, is considered to be St. Sophia's Cathedral. One can really be impressed by the interior of the Cathedral, decorated with mosaics and frescos of the 11th century. You will be able to contemplate the famous Golden Gates not far from St. Sophia's Cathedral. They were demolished in 1240 and later rebuilt. This beautiful and mighty construction inspired a famous composer Musorgsky for writing a musical composition "Pictures from the exhibition". Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra is one of the most interesting architectural and historical monuments (1051), it was the centre of Christianity in the time of Kiev Rus and the complex possesses a number of active churches and unique caves with the remains of Saints.

Kiev-Pechersk Monastery - excursion 

Duration - 2 hours (without museums), 4 hours (with museums). Museum fee per pax - $3 (without museums), $7 (with museums).    
One of the most famous Kiev attractions, founded in 1051 by monks Antoniy and Feodosiy for enchanting and expansion of new religion - Christianity. The complex of Kiev-Pecherskaya Lavra Monastery includes Nearby and Far-off caves , the Church of the Savior on Berestove, Holy Trinity Gate Church, St Nicholas' Church and the Great Lavra Belfry, the highest in Ukraine (96,6), fully reconstructed Assumption Cathedral. The majority of the structures is built in the Ukrainian Baroque style. The ensemble is organically linked to the relief and forms a beautiful and majestic silhouette of Kiev from the Dnipro river side. Tour without museums includes panoramic tour in Kiev Pechersk Preserve and visit to the Caves. Tour with museums besides of panoramic tour in Kiev Pechersk Preserve and Caves includes Museum of Treasures, Museum of Microminiature and Bell Tower. In 1990 Kiev-Pecherskaya Lavra Monastery was enlisted into the UNESCO's World Heritage List

MUSEUM OF FOLK ARCHITECTURE 

 
Pyrohovo Village. (Tel: 266-2416). 
Open daily 10am-5pm; closed Wed.  

Entrance fee $1.00; $10.00 per person for English-speaking guide. Located in the outskirts of Kyiv, this open air museum takes you through Ukraine's history as you walk through the original homes of the past which have been moved here from all corners of Ukraine and restored. Traditional Ukrainian costume and ceramics are on exhibit. The open-air museum is set on 150 hectares of picturesque terrain on the southwestern outskirts of Kyiv. It was founded  in the late 1960's, and in 1976 it was opened to the public. To date, the museum has over 200 structures moved here from various regions of the Ukraine or econstructed on the spot. The museum has some 40,000 ethnographic exhibits, including folk costumes, fabrics, embroidery, carpets, ceramics, articles of metal, wood, glassware, musical nstruments, paintings, tools, household articles and the like. These objects are exhibited both inside the cottages and other farm buildings and in the permanent exhibition halls.   

 
ANDRIYIVSKY UZVIZ (ANDREW'S DESENT) 

Andriyivsky Uzviz was the shortest way from the Upper city to Podil. The name was known from 18 the century. In 1753 was built St. Andrew's Church (B.F. Rastrelli). By the legend, in times immemorial, there was the sea where the Dnipro  River flows now. When St. Andrew came to Kiev and erected the cross on the hill where now St. Andrew's Church stands, the sea drained away. But a part of it remained and hid under the hill. When later the church was built there, a stream opened under the altar. That is why there are no bells at St. Andrew's Church, as with the first bell stroke water would awaken and flood not only Kyiv but the entire territory of the left bank of the Dnipro.  Main structure executed in the 90s of the 19 century and at the beginning of the 20 century. Rebuilt as before is the place of exhibition - sale of paintings and folk creative works in the open air. Andriyivsky Uzviz is called Kyiv's Monmartre. If you go there on any day of the year, regardless of weather, you will see quite a few artists  showing their pictures, hung on the walls and fences, applied- and decorative-art artists displaying their wares right on the sidewalk or on little stands - rings, brooches, necklaces, embroidered shirts, earthenware of  most unusual shapes and forms, curious creations made of wood and other materials, to  red banners sporting various slogans, uniforms,  medals, coins and other paraphernalia of the defunct regime. 
Here you find yourself in an atmosphere of the late 19th-20th century with comfortable and cozy little cafes, small shops.   The sights is the house ╧13 where Mikhail Bulgakov lived, the author of "Master and Margaret" of the world fame. The house is now Bulgakov's museum. The other   museum of the Uzviz is quite a unique one being a museum of the street in which it is situated. It traces the Uzviz history in pictures, photographs and other things from the earliest times down to the present day. Along the street, there are much picture galleries and  artistic salons.